三、阅读理解
Life in the future will be different from life in the 21st century, because many changes will take place in the future, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in schools.
People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building 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 healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
()1. People may not have as much as they do in the 21st century.
A. fruit B. water C. bread D. meat
()2. In the future people won't have to .
A. travel B. work fast
C. work long hours D. eat meat
()3. Traveling will be .
A. less interesting B. more difficult
C. more expensive D. much cheaper and easier
()4. In the future there will be .
A. more cows and sheep B. more people
C. fewer people D. fewer houses
()5. Every family will have at least one in the future.
A. computer B. cow C. child D. robot

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A

【分析】
这是一篇关于未来生活的英语阅读理解题，解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每道题目，根据题干关键词定位原文对应段落，找到与选项匹配的细节信息，从而选出正确答案。具体到各题：1. 定位食物相关段落找肉类的描述；2. 定位工作时间相关内容；3. 定位旅行相关描述；4. 定位人口相关信息；5. 定位家庭物品相关内容。
【解析】
1. 第1题：定位到原文第四段，由“so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day.”可知未来肉类更贵，人们可能没有21世纪那么多肉类，故选D。
2. 第2题：定位到原文第三段第一句“People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century”，可知未来人们工作时间更短，不必长时间工作，故选C。
3. 第3题：定位到原文第三段“Traveling will be much cheaper and easier”，直接对应选项D，故选D。
4. 第4题：定位到原文第二段“The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people”，可知未来人口更多，故选B。
5. 第5题：定位到原文第二段“Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home”，可知每个家庭至少有一台电脑，故选A。
【答案】
1.D 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解细节理解、文本信息定位
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解的细节理解类题目，所有题目答案均可通过准确定位原文对应细节直接得出，难度较低，只要认真阅读原文即可正确解答。
【难度系数】
0.8