二、用方框中所给的单词填空。
traffic education technology video partner
1. Science and will change people's lives.
2. This is a(n) about the future.
3. Early is important for a child's future development.
4. Mike spoke angrily to his Amy, but he said sorry to her the next day.
5. Go straight and turn left at the lights.

1. technology 2. video 3. education 4. partner
5. traffic

【分析】首先明确方框内单词的词义：traffic（交通）、education（教育）、technology（科技）、video（视频）、partner（伙伴）。再逐句分析语境，匹配对应单词：第1句“科学和______改变人们的生活”，科学对应科技，选technology；第2句“关于未来的______”，video（视频）符合语境；第3句“早期______对孩子未来发展重要”，对应education（教育）；第4句“他的______Amy”，partner（伙伴）合适；第5句“____灯”，traffic（交通）符合。
【解析】1. 句意为“科学和科技将改变人们的生活”，“科技”对应单词technology，故填technology；2. 句意为“这是一个关于未来的视频”，“视频”对应单词video，故填video；3. 句意为“早期教育对孩子未来发展很重要”，“教育”对应单词education，故填education；4. 句意为“Mike对他的伙伴Amy生气地说话，第二天道歉”，“伙伴”对应单词partner，故填partner；5. 句意为“直走，在交通灯处左转”，“交通”对应单词traffic，故填traffic。
【答案】1. technology 2. video 3. education 4. partner 5. traffic
【知识点】词汇运用、词义辨析
【点评】本题考查单词在具体语境中的运用，需结合句子逻辑和单词词义匹配填空，属于基础词汇类题目，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.3

三、完形填空。
What will life be like in 50 years? It will be very 1 because many changes will take place. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing 2. There will be much more people in the world and most of them will live longer than we do now. Computers will be much smaller and more useful. And IT will be one of the most important 3 in school.
People in 50 years will work 4 hours than we do now, and they will have more free time to do sports, learn new skills and travel. Travelling will be much cheaper and easier. And more people will 5 to other countries for holidays.
There will also be 6 in our food. More land will be used for 7 new towns and houses. As a result, there will be less 8 for farms. However, scientists may 9 food in labs or invent new kinds of healthy meals to deal with this problem.
We can be 10 about the future. There must be new ways to solve problems, making the world more efficient, smarter, and full of surprises.
() 1. A. energetic B. different C. important D. difficult
() 2. A. slowly B. simply C. fast D. heavily
() 3. A. topics B. subjects C. texts D. tools
() 4. A. fewer B. more C. better D. longer
() 5. A. move B. go C. turn D. point
() 6. A. systems B. actions C. budgets D. changes
() 7. A. touching B. protecting C. building D. connecting
() 8. A. joy B. technology C. space D. transport
() 9. A. sell B. grow C. buy D. study
() 10. A. sure B. worried C. disappointed D. positive

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

【分析】首先通读全文，明确文章主题是探讨50年后的生活变化，需结合上下文语境、词义辨析及固定搭配逐一分析每个空：1. 由后文“many changes will take place”可知，50年后生活是不同的；2. 后文提到“much more people”，说明人口增长速度快；3. IT属于学校的学科范畴；4. 后文“more free time”提示工作时间更少；5. “去其他国家度假”是固定表达；6. 本段围绕食物的变化展开；7. “建造城镇和房屋”是固定搭配；8. 更多土地用于建城镇，导致农场空间减少；9. “种植食物”是固定短语，符合科学家在实验室解决食物问题的语境；10. 后文提到有新方法解决问题，体现对未来的积极态度。
【解析】1. 句意：50年后的生活会非常不同，因为会发生很多变化。different（不同的）符合语境，选B。2. 由后文“much more people”可知人口增长快，fast（快速地）符合，选C。3. IT是学校的学科之一，subjects（学科）符合，选B。4. 后文提到“more free time”，说明工作时间更少，fewer（更少的）修饰可数名词复数hours，选A。5. “go to other countries for holidays”意为“去其他国家度假”，固定搭配，选B。6. 本段围绕食物的变化展开，changes（变化）符合，选D。7. “build new towns and houses”意为“建造新的城镇和房屋”，build符合语境，选C。8. 更多土地用于建城镇，因此农场的空间更少，space（空间）符合，选C。9. “grow food”意为“种植食物”，科学家在实验室种植食物，选B。10. 后文提到有新方法解决问题，说明对未来是积极的态度，positive（积极的）符合，选D。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.D
【知识点】完形填空词义辨析、语境理解运用
【点评】本文围绕未来生活的变化展开，考查学生对上下文语境的理解及词汇词义辨析能力，是初中常见的完形填空题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6