六、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

What will life be like in the future? Let's have a look.
In the future, homes will be very different. There will be smart robots in our 1. . These robots can help people do all kinds of housework 2. cleaning and cooking. People will have 3. free time to do what they like.
Cars may be able to fly in the sky in the future. If this 4. , there will be fewer traffic problems on the roads. People can travel 5. and more easily. Some people may even take trips to other 6. .
Many jobs that people do now will be done by machines in the future. For example, robots will take the place of factory workers to do some 7. and dangerous work. But at the same time, new jobs will 8. , such as jobs related to AI and space exploration (探索).
People will have more chances to spend their free time. They can have VR (虚拟现实) experiences at home. It will 9. them feel like they are in different places and times.
In a word, the future will be full of changes. We don't know 10. what it will be like, but we can imagine and look forward to it.

1. houses
2. like
3. more
4. happens
5. faster
6. planets
7. boring
8. appear
9. make
10. exactly

【分析】
做选词填空类题目时，首先通读短文把握整体语境，明确短文围绕“未来生活”展开；接着分析每个空格所需的词性、词义，从方框给出的词汇中筛选匹配的词；最后结合语法规则（如名词单复数、动词时态、形容词/副词变形等）对所选词汇进行适当调整，确保每词仅用一次，使短文通顺完整。
【解析】
1. 前文提到“homes（家）”，此处表示“在我们的房子里”，方框中“house”需用复数形式，故填houses。
2. 后文“cleaning and cooking（打扫和做饭）”是对家务的举例，“like”表示“像”，符合语境，故填like。
3. 结合语境“有更多空闲时间做喜欢的事”，方框中“more”表示“更多”，符合语义，故填more。
4. 此处是if引导的条件状语从句，主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时，主语是this，动词“happen”需用第三人称单数形式happens，故填happens。
5. 前文提到汽车能飞，此处表示“旅行更快”，“fast”的比较级faster，与“more easily”并列，符合语境，故填faster。
6. 前文提到“take trips to other（去其他……旅行）”，方框中“planet”需用复数形式planets，故填planets。
7. 此处修饰“work（工作）”，与“dangerous（危险的）”并列，“boring”表示“无聊的”，符合语境，故填boring。
8. 结合语境“新工作会出现”，“appear”表示“出现”，will后接动词原形，故填appear。
9. 固定搭配“make sb do sth（让某人做某事）”，will后接动词原形，故填make。
10. 此处修饰动词“know”，需用副词，“exact”的副词形式exactly，符合语境，故填exactly。
【答案】
1. houses
2. like
3. more
4. happens
5. faster
6. planets
7. boring
8. appear
9. make
10. exactly
【知识点】
词汇运用、名词单复数、动词时态
【点评】
本题围绕未来生活话题设置选词填空，既考查学生对方框词汇的词义理解，又涉及名词复数、动词第三人称单数、形容词比较级、副词变形等基础语法，需要学生结合上下文语境分析每个空的需求，是一道兼顾基础与语境运用的常规题型。
【难度系数】
0.5

七、阅读短文,根据语篇要求填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Jennifer is watching a video about future predictions.
In the future, there 1. be more people in cities. But the good news is that the transport system will be better and 2. efficient. This means there will be fewer traffic accidents. Besides, students probably won't go to school in the future. They'll study at home 3. any place they want. We'll also have better health care technology, and there will be health care machines in our homes. These machines will tell us how 4. solve small health problems before they become bigger. More people will live to be over 100 years old. Travel will become much easier in the future. Flying cars can take us to any place in 5. short time. Trips will be very convenient and enjoyable.

1. will
2. more
3. or
4. to
5. a

【分析】
本题为语篇填空题，需结合时间状语、并列结构、固定搭配及语法规则逐一分析：第1空根据时间标志词确定时态；第2空由并列连词连接比较级，需用多音节形容词的比较级形式；第3空根据句意判断选择连词；第4空考查“疑问词+不定式”结构；第5空为固定短语搭配。
【解析】
1. 句中时间状语“In the future”表将来，需用一般将来时，there be的将来时结构为“there will be”，故填will；
2. “and”连接并列的比较级成分，efficient是多音节形容词，其比较级为more efficient，故填more；
3. 句意：他们将在家或任何想去的地方学习，or表示选择关系，符合语境，故填or；
4. “疑问词+不定式”结构可作宾语，how后接to solve构成“how to do sth”，故填to；
5. 固定短语“in a short time”意为“短时间内”，符合语境，故填a。
【答案】
1. will；2. more；3. or；4. to；5. a
【知识点】
一般将来时、形容词比较级、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法与常用固定搭配，结合语篇语境即可完成，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7