拓展阅读（01）MyuncleJamesisafamousscientist．Helikestomakelotsofpredictionsaboutthefuture．Hesaysthatin100yearssomethingswillbebetterthannow．Forexample,wewillnothavetowashthedishesorsweep(打扫)thefloorbecausewe’llallhaverobotsinourhomes．Also,wewon’tneedtousepapermoney．We’llallusecreditcards（信用卡）tobuythings．We’llhavemorefreetime,andtravelingwillbefasterandcheaperthanitisnow．Maybesomepeoplewillspendtheirvacationsinspacestations．However,UncleJamessaysthatsomethingswillgetworseinthenextcentury(世纪)．Ifmorepeopleusecars,therewillbemorepollution．Also,iftherearefewertrees,theairwillbecomedirtier．Ifpollutiongetsreallybad,maybepeoplewillhavetogoandliveonMars（火星）．UncleJamessayswe’llbeverysorryifpollutionbecomesworse．1．WhatisUncleJames？(UncleJames是做什么的？)2．Whydoesn’tUncleJamesthinkpeopleinthefuturewilldothedishes？3．Whatdoeshethinkpeopleinthefuturewillusetobuythings？4．Whatwillhappenifmorepeopleusecars？5．Iftherearefewertrees,whatwillhappen？WhentheAmericansweregettingreadytosend(送)theirfirstmentothemoon,anoldAustralianwaswatchingTVinarestaurant(饭店).TherewasanEnglishmanintherestaurant,too,andhesaidtotheAustralian,"TheAmericansareclever(聪明的),aren'tthey?Theyaregoingtosendsomementothemoon.Itisaverylongwayfromourworld.""Oh,that'snothing,"theAustralianansweredquickly."Ourcountryisgoingtosendsomepeopletothesuninafewmonths.That'smuchfarther(更远)awaythanthemoon,youknow.""Oh,yes,itis,"theEnglishmansaid,"butthesunistoohotforpeopletogoto."TheAustralianlaughedandsaid,"Wewon'tgotothesunintheday,ofcourse(当然).We'llgothereatnight."1.Whoweregoingtosendtheirfirstmentothemoon?2.WhereweretheAustralianandEnglishmanwatchingTV?3.TheEnglishmanthought______.4.BoththeEnglishmenandtheAustralianknewthat______.5.TheAustralianthoughtthat______.TomandFredaretalkingabouttheyear2050."Whatwillourworldbelikeintheyear2050"askedTom."Idon’tknow."saysFred."Whatdoyouthink?""Well,nooneknows,butit’sinterestingtoguess(猜测).""Intheyear2050everyonewillcarry(携带)apocket(口袋)computer.Thecomputerwillgivepeopletheanswertoalltheirproblems.Wewillallhavetelephones,inourpockets,too,andwe’llbeabletotalktoourfriendsallovertheworld.Perhapswe’llbeabletoseethematthesametime.""Alotofpeoplewillliveandworkunderthesea.Maybetherewillbebigtowns,factories,andfarmsunderthesea,too.""Robotswilldomostofthework,andsopeoplewillhavemoreholidays.Perhaps(也许)they’llworkonlytwoorthreedaysaweek.They’llbeabletoflytothemoonbyrocketsandspendtheirholidaysthere.""I’mlookingforwardto(期待)theyear2050.Ihopetoflytothemoon.""AndIhopeI’llbeabletoliveunderthesea,"saysFred."Won’tthatbeveryinterestingJustlikeafish!1.TomandFredtalkabout_______.2.Accordingto(根据)thepassage,robotswill________拓展阅读（02）Lifeintheyear3044isverydifferentfromlifeinthe21stcentury(世纪).Westilldomanyofthethingsyoudid,butwedothemdifferently.Forexample,wenowhavee-friendstohelpusandkeepuscompany.Ane-friendisamachine（机器）thatlooksjustlikeahuman.Itcanwalkandtalklikehumansandcandoalmostthesamethingsaswehumando.Mye-friendisalotlikemeandwehavemuchfuntogether.Shehelpsmewithmyhomeworkandweoftengoswimming.Sheiscomputerizedtotakecareofmeincase(万一)anythinghappens,soIalwaysfeelsafe(安全的)whenwearetogether.Shecanalsosendmemessages(短信).andIcandownload(下载)informationfromhermemorychip（存储芯片）.It’ssogreattohaveane-friend–--Ifeelnever...
