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Was it you or your brother?

  Once there were two brothers who were twins．They looked very alike．They both had the same dark brown hair, blue eyes，and beautiful teeth．They were both 170cm tall and both weight 75kg．

  They not only looked alike but also sounded alike on the telephone．Not even their family could tell the difference．They dressed alike，listened to the same music，and read the same books．They even laughed at the same jokes．

  When they were twenty—three，they got married and a year later both had sons．They years went by and as they began to grow old，they both wore glasses and eventually(最后)they both became bald．

  Then one day, one of the brothers got sick and died．A few days later a man stopped the other twin in the street．

    “Excuse me for asking，”he said， “ But was it you or your brother who died? ”

1．It was not easy to tell the two men from each other because      ．

  A．they were brothers      B．they were hand some(英俊)

  C．they were the same age   D．they were twins

2.The twin brothers      ．

    A. looked very much alike    B. had different colored hair

    C. looked like film stars    D. wore different clothes

 3．“They both became bald”means    ．

   A. they became young      B．they had sons

   C．they had little hair   D．they died

4．The only difference between the twins was    ．

   A. one was shorter than the other    B．one got sick and died

 C. one got married and had a son     D．one was bald and the other wasn't

5．The man stopped the other twin in the street because    ．

  A．he wanted to talk with him

  B．he didn’t know which of them died

  C．he wanted to make friends with him

  D．he was surprised to see him in the street

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  Life in the twenty-first century will be very different from life today．Between then and now many changes will take place，but what will the changes be?

  The population is growing fast．There will be a large number of 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 for sports，watching TV and traveling．Traveling will be much easier and cheaper．And many more people will go to other countries for holidays．

  There will be changes in our food，too．Maybe no one will eat meat every day．Instead they eat more fruits and vegetables．People will be much healthier.

  Work in the future will be different，too．Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots．Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do．This will be a problem．

1．There will be    in the future．

  A. small population    B．few changes

  C. more people         D．few people

2．In the future more people will    ．

  A．go to other countries for holidays  B．study at school

  C．will go earlier                     D．work for many hours

3．People will prefer    to    in the future．

  A．fruits and vegetables；meat    B．meat；fruits and vegetables

  C．fruits and meat；vegetables    D．meat and vegetables；fruits

4．The robots will do    in the future．

  A．a(chǎn)ll t11e work     B．the dangerous work

  C. only housework    D．the easy work for people

5．Which of the following sentences is TRUE about the computer?

  A．It will be much bigger, so few people will use it．

  B．It will be much smaller and more useful for people．

  C．It will be smaller and not many people will use it．

  D．It will be bigger and a lot of people will use it

19、—Would you come along with me?

一         ．But first I have to finish the homework

  A．Yes．I want     B．Sorry．I can’t go     C．I'd like to    D．OK．I will go

18、一A11 of us don’t know these words．

—     look them up in the dictionary?

  A．Why    B．What about  C．Why don’t D．Why not

17、—There is       knocking at the door．Go and see who it is．

—OK, mum．

  A．nobody    B．somebody    C．a(chǎn)nybody D．everybody

16、—Hi，Bill! Why didn’t  you go?

—We   the train for Beijing last night。So we’ll have to fly there this evening．

A．missed    B．lost    C．caught    D．took

15、—There are a lot of robots     in the exhibition．

—Oh．really? I will go there．

A．on show    B．displayed    C．on display    D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

14、一Do you know the actor         has been playing James Bond in several 007 films?

一Yes．he is Pierce Brucenan．

A．which    B．whose    C．Who D．whom

13、At last he      some good ideas about their volunteer day．

A．thought out    B．come up with    C．fixed up     D．put up