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课时训练三 短文改错 Life in the twenty－one century will be very 1．＿＿＿ different with life today． There will be many 2．＿＿＿ changes．What can the changes be？ The population 3．＿＿＿ is growing fast．That will be many more people in 4．＿＿＿ the world and most of them will live in longer 5．＿＿＿ than people live now．Computers will be much 6 ＿＿＿ more smaller and more useful， and there will 7．＿＿＿ be one in every home． People will work few 8．＿＿＿ hours than they now and they will have more 9．＿＿＿ free time for reading books，watch TV and traveling． 10．＿＿＿ A Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy, it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable. We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.” 11.The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ . bright B. dirty C. comfortable D. dark 12.When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____ A. Of course , it loves me , since I love it . B. If I love it , it should love me. C. I hope it will bring me a s