Section C

Step 1 . 阅读短文，判断对（T）错（F）

Do you think you will have your own robot?

In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most unpleasant jobs.

Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and do the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch.

But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it's easy for a child to wake up and know where they are Mr White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years.

Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will never get bored.

In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under building. That may not seem possible now, but computer, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago.

(T)1. People will have their own robots in the future.

(F)2. Japanese companies have already made robots look like people and do the same things as us.

(F)3. James thinks it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person.

(F)4. After an earthquake, a spider robot could help look for people under buildings.

(T)5. Robot scientists believe that it will take hundreds of years to make the robots are just like humans.

Step 2 . 根据短文内容，回答问题

Life in the year 2050 will be different from today. Between then and now many changes will take place. But what will the changes be?

The population(人口) is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And much more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe 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 will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

( B )1.In the future there will be .

A. much more fruit B. more people C. less vegetables D. less people

( D )2.Every family will have at least one in the year 2050.

A. robot B. cow C. house D. computer

( A )3.In the year 2050 people don't have to .

A. work long hours B. work fast