二、用方框中所给单词的适当形式补全短文。
positive less will worse future
When we talk about the 1. , some people may feel a little worried. They might think that things are getting 2. because of environmental（环境的）problems. But we should be 3. about the future. Lots of people are trying their best to protect the environment. I believe there will be some exciting changes.
Thanks to the development（发展）of technology, we 4. be able to travel in space one day. Also, there will be 5. boring and dangerous work because AI and robots will do it for us. Many amazing things will be possible in the future!

1. future 2. worse 3. positive 4. will 5. less

【分析】这是一道短文词汇填空题，解题思路为：先通读全文把握大意，再分析每个空格所在句子的语境，结合方框内单词的词义，匹配最符合语境的单词（方框内均为原形，无需变形）。具体步骤：1. 第1空需填名词，结合“谈论……”的语境选future；2. 第2空需填形容词比较级，对应前文的“担心”选worse；3. 第3空需填形容词，结合“be positive about”的搭配选positive；4. 第4空需填助动词，结合一般将来时结构选will；5. 第5空需填形容词，对应“更少的工作”选less。
【解析】1. 第1空：根据语境“当我们谈论未来时，有些人可能感到担心”，方框中future（未来）符合语境，故填future；2. 第2空：前文提到人们担心，此处表示“事情变得更糟”，worse（更糟的）符合语境，故填worse；3. 第3空：转折后表达对未来的积极态度，positive（积极的）符合“be positive about”的固定搭配，故填positive；4. 第4空：句子为一般将来时，there will be结构中需用助动词will，故填will；5. 第5空：根据“AI和机器人会做这些工作”，可知“更少的无聊危险工作”，less（更少的）符合语境，故填less。
【答案】1. future 2. worse 3. positive 4. will 5. less
【知识点】词汇运用、短文填空
【点评】本题考查词汇在具体语境中的运用，要求学生结合上下文理解词义并匹配合适的单词，属于基础题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.3

三、语法选择。
We often watch movies about the future. What will the future and our life be like in 20 years? Here are my predictions.
Our world will be much 1 than it is now. There will be more 2 in our life. They can help us finish the housework 3. They can also help us do some difficult and boring jobs. What's more, the robots can sense 4 feelings such as sadness and happiness. After working for a long time, we may feel relaxed by talking with them. Some 5 like humans and others may look like animals.
How about my life? Maybe in 20 years, I will become a pilot（飞行员）. As a pilot, I will travel all over the world 6 meet many interesting people. I will keep 7 dog at home. It will bring me a lot of joy. And I will also have a robot helper. 8 I leave my city for work, the robot can help look after my dog. During the holidays, my robot will make different plans 9 me and tell me how much each plan costs. Then I 10 choose the best one.
No one knows what will happen in the future. So let's wait and see!
（）1. A. smart B. smarter C. the smartest
（）2. A. robot B. robots C. robot's
（）3. A. uneasy B. easy C. easily
（）4. A. we B. us C. our
（）5. A. looked B. are looking C. will look
（）6. A. and B. or C. but
（）7. A. a B. an C. the
（）8. A. Because B. Unless C. If
（）9. A. in B. by C. for
（）10. A. must B. can C. should

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

【分析】
本题围绕未来生活话题，需结合语境和初中英语基础语法（如比较级、词性辨析、时态、连词、固定搭配等）逐个分析空格：1. 由than判断用比较级；2. there be结构后接复数名词；3. 修饰动词需用副词；4. 修饰名词用形容词性物主代词；5. 描述未来情况用一般将来时；6. 并列动作用并列连词；7. 泛指单数名词用不定冠词；8. 引导条件状语从句用if；9. 固定搭配make plans for sb；10. 表示“能够”用情态动词。
【解析】
1. 句中出现比较级标志词than，smart的比较级为smarter，选B；
2. there be句型后接复数名词，robot的复数是robots，选B；
3. 此处修饰动词finish，需用副词，easy的副词形式是easily，选C；
4. 修饰名词feelings需用形容词性物主代词，we的形容词性物主代词是our，选C；
5. 描述20年后的情况，用一般将来时（will+动词原形），选C；
6. travel all over the world和meet many interesting people是并列动作，用and连接，选A；
7. 泛指“一只狗”，dog以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，选A；
8. 句意为“如果我离开城市工作，机器人会帮我照顾狗”，引导条件状语从句用if，选C；
9. 固定搭配make plans for sb（为某人做计划），选C；
10. 句意为“然后我能选最好的那个”，表示“能够”用情态动词can，选B。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.B
【知识点】
形容词比较级、副词用法、情态动词
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础语法，结合语境分析即可解答，话题贴近学生生活，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6