The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in ho

The home of the future won’t be completely differentand we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today．But people will want to shape their homes to matchtheir dreams．No two homes will be the same．People will be able to buy “house kits” containing abasic house structure, with movable walls, doors and windows．They will put together the different parts to createthe home they want．

Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others willstill exist but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers suchas builders, gardeners and electricians won’t disappear because machines can’treplace them. Teachers will still exist because students need human contact.But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will beworking more from home. The medical technology revolution and space travel willcreate new jobs which we can only imagine today．

Space holidays will develop in the future, but theseholidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap. Short space tripswill develop first, then space hotels will orbit the earth where it will bepossible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there willbe holiday centres on the moon with leisure facilities for families．

Paper won’t exist in the future. Instead, there willbe e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This willdevelop in order to save natural resources. E-newspapers and e-magazines willreplace traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download informationand news articles from the Internet every day onto our reuseable paper．

The laws of physics tell us that the earth is going todisappear some time in the future．This isn’tgoing to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in fivebillion years when our sun explodes (爆炸)．We will have to explore the universe and find anotherhome. At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and diewith it, or we leave and move to another planet. There won’t be any otherchoice.

1.Homes of the future will ________．

A．be completelydifferent from those of today

B．be verysimilar to our homes

C．all bedifferent from one another

D．be movable asyou want

2.Space trips and staying in space hotels will________．

A．become a verycommon way to spend a holiday

B．be the bestholiday option for families

C．attract a lotof people

D．still only befor very rich people

3.E-paper will replace traditional paper because________．

A．we will useit again

B．it won’t waste natural resource

C．it will becheaper to produce

D．it will beconvenient to carry

4.We will have move to another planet ________．

A．if we want tosave the human race

B．when the sunexplodes

C．when theearth disappears

D．when theearth is too crowded to fill people on

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1.C

2.D

3.B.

4.A.

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