六、阅读与回答问题。
What will our world be like in 2050? Maybe no one knows. But it's very interesting to make some predictions(预测). Here are some exciting ones.
Languages English should still be the most popular language, but Chinese should be the second. Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese as their second language.
Water Water will become as expensive as oil(石油) because many rivers will disappear. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water.
Education and Science Students won't go to school. They will stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together on the Internet. We may eat more genetically modified(转基因的) foods. And more robots will be around us. Lots of dangerous work will be done by them.
Living People will live and work under the sea. Maybe there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea too. Everyone will carry a pocket computer because the computer will give people all the answers to their questions. Everyone will have telephones in their pockets too, and they can talk to their friends all over the world.
1. How many kinds of predictions are there in the passage?
Four.
2. What will people have to do if water becomes very expensive?
Save water and pay more for clean water.
3. How will students study in 2050?
They will stay at home and study online.
4. Why will people carry a pocket computer in the future?
Because it will give people all the
answers to their questions.
5. What do you think of the life in 2050? (请自拟一句话作答)
It may be different but interesting. (答案不唯一,言之有理即可。)
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇阅读理解简答题，解题思路清晰：首先通读全文梳理文章给出的预测分类，完成第一题的计数；之后针对每一道小题，带着题干关键词回到原文定位对应段落，找到匹配的原文内容直接提取信息作答即可，最后一道开放题结合文中对2050年生活的描述，写出逻辑通顺、言之有理的句子就可以。
【解析】
1. 梳理全文的预测板块，文章一共设置了Languages、Water、Education and Science、Living四个不同的预测主题，因此总共有4种预测。
2. 定位到Water对应的段落，原文明确说明"We will have to save water and pay more for clean water"，直接提取该内容作为答案即可。
3. 定位到Education and Science对应的段落，文中提到学生不用去学校，对应的学习方式是"They will stay at home and study online"，提取该信息作答。
4. 定位到Living对应的段落，原文给出了人们携带口袋电脑的原因"because the computer will give people all the answers to their questions"，整理后直接作答。
5. 本题为开放性试题，只要围绕2050年的生活给出正向、符合逻辑的描述，表达通顺即可，没有统一标准答案。
【答案】
1. Four.
2. Save water and pay more for clean water.
3. They will stay at home and study online.
4. Because it will give people all the answers to their questions.
5. It may be different but interesting. (答案不唯一,言之有理即可。)
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位，阅读信息提取，英语简答表达
【点评】
本题属于基础类阅读简答题型，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文中定位获取，难度较低，既考查了学生快速查找文本关键信息的能力，最后一道开放题也给了学生自主发挥的空间，锻炼了学生的英语语言输出能力。
【难度系数】
0.8
