2 Read, choose and write. 读一读，选一选，写一写。
will be clean will take around
The city ① under the sea. People will live in glass balls.
Sea animals will be all ② the houses. There will be special farms under the sea. A special glass box ③ people up to the land. It will go very fast! Life under the sea will be ④ , beautiful and interesting!

① will be ② around ③ will take ④ clean

【分析】首先通读短文，明确主题是介绍未来海底城市的生活，结合句子结构、词汇含义及语境逐个分析每个空的选择：①处句子缺少谓语，需用一般将来时的系表结构；②处需填表示位置关系的介词；③处需填表示“带……去”的谓语短语；④处需填与beautiful、interesting并列的形容词。
【解析】1. 空①：主语The city后需接谓语，结合一般将来时语境，will be构成“将会在……”，符合“城市将会在海底”的表述，故选will be；2. 空②：描述海洋动物与房子的位置，around表示“在……周围”，符合语境，故选around；3. 空③：主语A special glass box需接谓语，will take表示“带……去”，符合“带人们去陆地”的意思，故选will take；4. 空④：需填描述海底生活的形容词，clean与beautiful、interesting并列，符合语境，故选clean。
【答案】①will be ②around ③will take ④clean
【知识点】一般将来时、介词用法、形容词辨析
【点评】本题为英语选词填空题，考查学生对词汇含义、句子结构及语境的综合运用能力，难度适中，需结合上下文逐一分析。
【难度系数】0.5

3 Read and tick or cross. Then answer the question. 读一读，在正确的句子前打√，在错误的句子前打×。然后回答问题。
Cyber (网络的) city
The cyber city will be virtual (虚拟的). People will sleep in a special capsule (胶囊仓), and send their minds (想法) and dreams into a super computer. People won’t need to eat, because the capsule will keep their lives. It will feel like a game, but far more real and amazing.
In a cyber city, everything will be fun. People will be able to make their houses look like a castle (城堡), a huge tree house, or a spaceship (宇宙飞船)! Travel will also be easy and fast. People won’t need to drive for hours or take a plane. They will just need to imagine (想象) the place and be there in a second.
() ① This cyber city is in the real world.
() ② People will have fun in a cyber city.
() ③ All the houses in a cyber city will look the same.
() ④ People will travel by car in a cyber city.

5 Some people worry about the addiction (成瘾) to the cyber city – people will stay there for too long and won’t come back to the real world. Will it be a good thing to live in a cyber city and why?

① × ② √ ③ × ④ × ⑤ 略。

【分析】
先通读短文，理解网络城市的特点，再将每个小题的句子与原文内容逐一对比，判断正误；最后结合短文核心内容回答问题。
【解析】
① 原文明确提到“The cyber city will be virtual (虚拟的)”，说明网络城市是虚拟的，并非现实世界的，故该句错误，打×。
② 原文第二段开头“In a cyber city, everything will be fun”表明在网络城市里人们会过得开心，故该句正确，打√。
③ 原文提到人们可以把房子做成城堡、树屋、宇宙飞船等不同样式，并非都一样，故该句错误，打×。
④ 原文指出“People won’t need to drive for hours or take a plane”，说明不用开车旅行，故该句错误，打×。
对于问题，可结合短文合理表达，如：It won’t be a good thing. Because people may get addicted to the cyber city and ignore real life.
【答案】①× ②√ ③× ④×
【知识点】阅读理解判断正误；阅读理解问答
【点评】本题考查学生的英语阅读理解能力，需要学生准确抓取原文信息，对比判断并合理作答，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6