新目标八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习.doc

新目标八年级英语下册阅读理解专项练习 A Life in the 2050s will be different from it is now, because many changes will take place. What will the changes be? The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer study will be one of the important subjects in schools. People will work fewer hours, but have more free time for sports, TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many people will go to other countries for holiday. There will be changes in our food, too. Because more and more people know the importance of healthy diet, maybe no one will eat meat. Instead they will eat more vegetables and fruit. So people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This will be a problem. ( ) 1. In the 2050s, there will be . A. more trees B. more people C. fewer countries D. more work to do ( ) 2. In the future, people will not have to . A. travel B. work hard C. work long D. eat meat ( ) 3. Every family will have at least one in the 2050s according to the passage. A. computer B. house C. TV D. robot ( ) 4. Traveling will be in the 2050s. A. less interesting B. more difficult C. more expensive D. much cheaper and easier ( ) 5. People in the 2050s may not have as much as we do now. A. fruit B. vegetables C. bread D. meat B Dear John, I’m very excited about your coming and staying in Chichester next week. The day after tomorrow I have to go away on business for three days at the beginning of the week, but I will be back when you come. I’ll leave a key with my friend next door at Number 21, so you won’t have to wait before I return. Now let me tell you how to get here, though(尽管) it’s not very difficult to find. Walk u