五、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
What will the future be like? I think the environment will be great danger. Cities will be more crowded and polluted. There will be (few) trees.
I think (people) everyday life will be very different in the future. People will live under the sea. Some special machines will provide(提供) people with oxygen(氧气). There will be no pollution in the sea, and people will go on (eat) fish. People will have robots in (they) homes. These robots (help) them a lot. So people won't have to work long hours or spend too much time (do) housework, . In this way, people will spend more free time doing they like. I also believe that everyone (be) able to travel to the moon.

1. in 2. fewer 3. people's 4. eating 5. their 6. will help 7. doing 8. either 9. what 10. will be

【分析】
本题为语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配及语法规则逐一确定答案。解题思路：1. 第一空考查固定短语“in great danger”，需填介词in；2. 第二空修饰可数名词复数trees，表“更少的”，用few的比较级fewer；3. 第三空修饰名词life，需用people的名词所有格people's；4. 第四空考查固定搭配“go on doing sth.”，填eat的动名词形式eating；5. 第五空修饰名词homes，用they的形容词性物主代词their；6. 第六空描述未来机器人的动作，用一般将来时will help；7. 第七空考查固定搭配“spend time doing sth.”，填do的动名词形式doing；8. 第八空在否定句句末表“也”，用either；9. 第九空引导宾语从句作like的宾语，用what；10. 第十空描述未来状态，用一般将来时will be。
【解析】
1. 固定短语“in great danger”意为“处于极大危险中”，故填in；2. 此处表示与现在相比“更少的树”，修饰可数名词复数trees，用few的比较级fewer；3. 修饰名词life，需用名词所有格表示“人们的”，故填people's；4. 固定搭配“go on doing sth.”意为“继续做某事”，故填eating；5. 修饰名词homes，需用形容词性物主代词表示“他们的”，故填their；6. 描述未来机器人的动作，用一般将来时，故填will help；7. 固定搭配“spend time (in) doing sth.”意为“花费时间做某事”，故填doing；8. 否定句句末表“也”，用either；9. 引导宾语从句，在从句中作like的宾语，故填what；10. 描述未来的状态，用一般将来时，故填will be。
【答案】1. in 2. fewer 3. people's 4. eating 5. their 6. will help 7. doing 8. either 9. what 10. will be
【知识点】固定搭配、时态、词性转换
【点评】本题围绕未来话题，考查初中英语核心基础语法，涵盖固定短语、词性变化、时态等，是语法填空的典型题型，难度适中，注重语境运用。
【难度系数】0.6