Ⅶ、完形填空。(10分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Life in the 21st century will be different from that in the 20th century, because many changes

41   in the new century,   42   what will the changes be?

First, the population is growing very fast. There   43  more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be   44  smaller and more useful, and there will be   45   one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important   subjects in schools.

Second, people will work    46      hours than they did in  the 20th century, and they’ll have more free time for sports,   47   TV and traveling. Traveling will be even cheaper and easier. And more people will go to other countries for holidays.

Third, there will be changes in our food, too. People will use more land   48   new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, instead, they will eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be    49     .

Last, work in the future will be   50  , too. Robots will do the dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

(   )41.A.take place  B.take the place  C.will happen  D.took place

(   )42.A.but    B.and    C.so    D.or

(   )43.A.will be   B.will have   C.are   D.have

(   )44.A.very       B.quite    C.much   D.too

(   )45.A.at most   B.at least    C.more than  D.less than

(   )46.A.few       B.little       C.less   D.fewer

(   )47.A.watch   B.watching   C.see   D.seeing

(   )48.A.build   B.builds    C. to build     D. for build

(   )49.A.unhealthy  B.health          C.healthiest  D.healthier

(   )50.A.dangerous  B.difficult       C.different  D.the same

Ⅷ、阅读理解。(15分)

(A)

Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.

No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.

People began to live near one another, so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages, and these villages became even larger.

When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.

Today, it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?

根据短文内容，判断正(A)误(B)。

(   )51.People moved from place to place to hunt animals.

(   )52.The story says,“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed.” In this sentence, the word “they” means people.

(   )53.When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.

(   )54.All people like to live only in big cities.

(   )55.People built factories after the cities grew big.