单选题
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A] 、[B] 、[C] 三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

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【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】考查上下文理解。our home我们的家)the world世界；a factory工厂。由下文的描述与展望可知这里应指“世界将来会是个什么样子”，故选[B] 。其余两项与文意无关。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】考查形容词。pleased感到高兴的(它指人，应用人作主语)；nouse没用(其后不跟不定式，而跟动词的-ing形式)；interesting有趣的(它用物作主语，其后能跟不定式，符合题意)。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】carry(随身)携带，bring带来(它含有方向义，指从远处带到说话处来)；give给(其后应跟双宾语)。由上下文可知这里强调的是电脑小、可随身携带，因此用carry。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】考查副词用法。again指“再(一次)，又(一次)”；also指“还，也”，它不用在句末，也不能用逗号与其他部分隔开；too指“还，也”，用在句末且用逗号和其他部分隔开，符合题意。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】考查动词辨义与上下文理解。call叫，打电话，拜访)see看到；look看。由上下文可知这里指的是在打电话的同时还能看到对方，强调的是结果，因此用see。注意look是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】考查限定词与上下文理解。首先，work为不可数名词，不能用many和every修饰，其次，由上下文特别是后文中的have more holidays及work only two or three days a week可知机器应当是代替人做大部分工作，人们才会有更多的假期，因此选most。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】考查形容词与上下文理解。sorry抱歉的，内疚的；glad高兴的；sure确信的。它们都可作表语，但由文意可知此处应选glad才符合上下文逻辑。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】考查上下文理解。由短文最后一句的补充说明(Just like a fish)及常识可知此处指(像鱼一样)在海里生活，选in the sea。其余两项都不是鱼能生存的地方。