technology.(　　)

3．According to the text, computers will become more intelligent.(　　)

4．By the year 2030, human­like robots may be sent around our bodies to carry out repairs to keep us healthy.(　　)

5．According to the text, we may be able to live in other suitable places in our solar system at the end of the century.(　　)

答案：1～5　FFTFT

(Ⅱ)Fill in the blanks according to the text.

Hannah Jones 1.looks_into the future.

A 2.seminar of futurologists will be held on Friday. The following is what the experts 3.predict： Many people are interested in the future. People who plan the future of the world for a living are called futurologists.

In the next few years It will be more 4.convenient for people to use computers through voices.

By the year 2015 New types of material that will remain stainless 5.whatever you spill on them will have been produced by the clothing industry.

By the year 2025 No one will die because of 6.lack of food or live on welfare and everyone can live in peace and 7.equality.

By the year 2030 It will be theoretically possible for people to live for a t least 150 years with the 8.development of biochemistry and medical science.

By the middle of the

century A new type of 9.electronic human might have developed by linking our brains to much smarter computers and a huge database.

By the end of the century Other places will have been

10．discovered in the solar system and ways to go further into space will also have been discovered.

Study­reading

Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.

1．The future is now big business and many people will attend the seminar with dreams of starting new enterprises based on the predictions they will hear this weekend.

[句式分析]

[尝试翻译]　现在"未来"是个大的热门议题，许多人将参加研讨会，他们梦想在这个周末听到的预测的基础上开始新的事业。

2．By the year 2030, development in biochemistry and medical science will have made it theoretically possible for us to live for at least 150 years.

[句式分析]

[尝试翻译]　到2030年，生物化学和医学的发展将能够在理论上使人类至少活到150岁。

3．At nine o'clock on Saturday morning, I'll be sitting in the front row and listening to the great Professor Willard talking about th e future of my brain.