一、根据课文内容及首字母提示完成短文
The earth is becoming more and more c and p because the population is increasing r. It is hoped that people could start all over again on Mars. By the year of 2100, our s can travel at the speed of light and the journey might only take about 20 minutes although people might feel uncomfortable. Also, it is more likely that the food would be in the form of p.
The gravity on Mars is only about t of that on the earth. People have to wear the boots which are s designed for walking on Mars. At the same time, people on Mars might live more c because of more space. Moreover, people could have more time to relax because r would do most of work for us. In general, life on Mars would be interesting as well as c.

crowded; polluted; rapidly; spaceships; pills; third; specially; comfortably; robots; challenging

1. 由“the population is increasing”及首字母“c”可知地球变得“拥挤”，填“crowded”；2. 人口增长导致地球“污染”，填“polluted”；3. 修饰“increasing”用副词“rapidly”；4. “travel at the speed of light”的应是“飞船”，填“spaceships”；5. 食物形式，结合首字母“p”推测为“ pills”；6. 火星重力约为地球的“三分之一”，填“third”；7. 靴子是“专门”设计的，填“specially”；8. 更多空间意味着生活更“舒适”，填“comfortably”；9. 做大部分工作的是“机器人”，填“robots”；10. 火星生活有趣且“具有挑战性”，填“challenging”。

二、微写作
Can you tell us the differences between life on the Earth today and life on Mars in 2100? (At least 2-3 aspects)1. Environment: Earth has a natural atmosphere with oxygen and stable temperature; Mars in 2100 may have artificial habitats with controlled air and temperature.
2. Transportation: On Earth, people use cars, planes, etc., on land and in the air; On Mars, people may use special rovers or small spacecraft for travel.
3. Daily life: Earth has abundant natural resources for food and water; Mars may rely on hydroponic farming and recycled water systems.

1. Environment: Earth has a natural atmosphere with oxygen and stable temperature; Mars in 2100 may have artificial habitats with controlled air and temperature.
2. Transportation: On Earth, people use cars, planes, etc., on land and in the air; On Mars, people may use special rovers or small spacecraft for travel.
3. Daily life: Earth has abundant natural resources for food and water; Mars may rely on hydroponic farming and recycled water systems.

三、完形填空
In the film Avengers: Age of Ultron (复仇者联盟2：奥创纪元), a computer which is designed to bring peace to the world decides that the 1 way to achieve peace is to kill all humans—no people, no war. Yet the computer, Ultron, finally failed, but the film is making people nervous about 2 the future will be like when machines become programmed with artificial intelligence (人工智能).
Artificial intelligence is the ability of computers to do things that require 3. Right now computers don't really think, they just process a lot of information very quickly. But scientists are developing new computers that will act like the human brain. They will be able to think and create, and not just follow 4 of a human programmer.
Gray Scott, an American scientist who spends his time 5 the future, is hopeful about the future of artificial intelligence and says it will be helpful to humans. It will do most of our jobs and allow people to enjoy life. However, Elon Musk, the inventor of the Tesla electric cars, says these machines with artificial intelligence are "probably more dangerous than 6 else" and once they begin thinking for themselves they will be out of human control.
It's a bit 7 to think that some day, instead of machines working for us, we will be working for them; or, even worse, not working at all. By 2025, it's said that 50 percent of American jobs will be done by computers. People 8 little knowledge and few skills had lost most of these jobs. However, with artificial intelligent machines, even highly educated and highly skilled workers may be 9. Engineers, doctors, and even scientists may find themselves jobless.
In 19th century England, there was a group called the Luddites. They were textile (纺织的) workers whose jobs had been replaced by machines. They 10 the machines in hopes of getting their jobs back. It didn't work. Technology moved forward, as it always does, and people had to adapt (适应).
Perhaps one day we will have to use our "real" intelligence to make sure a machine's "artificial" intelligence doesn't lose control and cause more harm than good.
( ) 1. A. hardest B. lowest C. simplest D. earliest ()
( ) 2. A. how B. what C. who D. which ()
( ) 3. A. thought B. action C. decision D. advice ()
( ) 4. A. introductions B. instructions C. inventions D. invitations ()
( ) 5. A. talking about B. worrying about C. dreaming about D. thinking about ()
( ) 6. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything ()
( ) 7. A. exciting B. interesting C. frightening D. amazing ()
( ) 8. A. with B. in C. of D. at ()
( ) 9. A. out of control B. out of breath C. out of danger D. out of work ()
( ) 10. A. developed B. destroyed C. discovered D. discussed ()

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. B

1. 正确答案是C。在句子中提到“the simplest way to achieve peace is to kill all humans”，意思是实现和平最简单的方法是杀死所有人类，因此选项C“simplest”最符合语境。
2. 正确答案是B。句子中询问的是未来的样子，而"what...be like"是固定句型，用来询问某物的性质、特征等，因此选择B，即"what"。
3. 正确答案是A。句子中提到“require thought”，意思是需要思考，而thought是名词，表示思考。因此，答案为A。
4. 正确答案是B。句子中提到了“follow instructions”，意思是“遵循指令”，而“instructions”是指令的意思，因此B选项“instructions”是正确的。
5. 正确答案是D。句子中提到一个美国科学家花时间思考未来，根据常识和语境，思考应该是关于未来的，而think about正是表示“思考，想”的短语，因此D选项“thinking about”最符合句意。
6. 正确答案是D。句子中使用了比较级形式“more dangerous”，表示这些机器比其他任何东西都更危险，因此需要使用anything else来表示“其他任何东西”。因此，D选项是正确的。
7. 正确答案是C。句子中说到想到某一天我们不是机器为我们工作，而是我们为机器工作或者甚至更糟，我们不工作，这会让人感到害怕，因此用frightening这个词来形容这种感受。因此，答案为C。
8. 正确答案是A。句子中的“with little knowledge and few skills”是介词短语作定语，修饰前面的名词“people”，表示这些人知识匮乏、技能差。而“with”是表示“具有，带有”的介词，符合句意。因此，答案为A。
9. 正确答案是D。句子中提到“jobless”，表示失业，而“out of work”也是表示失业的常用短语，因此答案为D。
10. 正确答案是B。句子中说到他们毁坏机器希望找回工作，根据常识和语境，毁坏应该是对机器进行的动作，而destroyed正是destroy的过去式，表示毁坏。因此B选项正确。