八年级下U8 Life in the future测试卷
（B卷·提升能力）
【牛津（广州，深圳，沈阳）版】
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为100分，考试时间为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
1、 语法选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分。)
Artificial intelligence(人工智能), or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to think and work like humans.
AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technologies. AI is rapidly catching up ___1____ the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition(识别)____2___ a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminals(罪犯). Once they caught a criminal when he attended ___3____concert. It also checks the ID of ride-hailing(网约车)drivers and ____4____people pay for things with a smile.
AI is also used in self-driving cars____5____ are believed to be the future of____6_____. Most drivers may wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, _____7____ self-driving cars don't have this____8____. Carmakers are testing a light signal system to help them“speak" to humans. The system can show____9____ self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding(让路)，it ____10______ two white lights side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by that the car is about to speed up.
Service Robots also show you how___11_____ AI is. Imagine this- you come back home from school and____12_____robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you___13______ the piano, just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future,____14_____ service robots will become good home helpers.
AI is so powerful that it ____15_____help human beings and even replace us in many jobs.
1．A．with B．to C．of D．from
2．A．uses B．used C．is used D．is using
3．A．a B．an C．the D．/
4．A．let B．lets C．letting D．to let
5．A．what B．whom C．which D．who
6. A. drive B. drives C. driving D. to drive
7. A. and B. but C. or D. so
8．A．able B．ability C．unable D．ably
9．A．which B．what C．how D．when
10. A. flashes B. will flash C. flash D. is flashing
11. A．great B．greatly C．greater D．greatest
12. A. you B. your C. yourself D. yours
13. A．play B．playing C．played D．to play
14. A．thousand B．thousands C．thousand of D．thousands of
15. A. can B. must C. need D. should
【答案】ACABC CBBBB ABDDA
【解析】文章主要介绍了人工智能系统。人工智能系统现在广泛地应用于面部识别、自驾车、智能机器人等多个方面。
1．句意：人工智能正在快速地赶上人类的能力识别人脸。
with和；to到；of的；from从；catch up with赶上……；根据文章可知随着科技的快速发展，人工智能在赶超人类识别的能力；故选A。
2．句意：人脸识别在世界上被广泛应用。
uses动词单数；used过去式；is used被动语态；is using现在进行时态的结构；根据主语 facial recognition和动词use之间是被动关系，所以用被动语态，结构是be+过去分词；故选C。
3．句意：曾经当一个罪犯参加一场音乐会时，他们抓住了他。
不定冠词a/an一个，表示泛指，a用于辅音音素前，an用于元音音素前；定冠词the这个，那个，通常用于特指；这里是泛指一场音乐会，concert以辅音音素开头；故选A。
4．B 句意：它还可以检查叫车司机的身份，让人们微笑着付款。考查时态。主语是it 第三人称单数用现在时态。答案选B
5．句意：人工智能也被用在相信是驾驶的未来的无人驾驶的汽车上。
根据句子结构，可知空格处是定语从句的引导词；当先行词是物时，引导词用which 或that；what不引导定语从句；当先行词是人时，引导词在从句中作宾语，引导词用whom或who；当引导词是人时，引导词用who或that；这里先行词是cars，在从句中做主语，所以引导词用which；故选C。
6. 句意：人工智能也被用在相信是驾驶的未来的无人驾驶的汽车上。介词of后面动词用Ving形式。答案选C
7. 句意：大多数司机可能会向路人挥手或点头，让他们过马路，但自动驾驶汽车没有这种能力。考查连词，前后句子转折关系，用but 答案选B
8．句意：但是无人驾驶汽车没有这个功能。
able有能力的，形容词；ability能力，名词；unable不能的，形容词；ably能干地，副词；根据句子结构，可知这里用名词作have的宾语；故选B。
9．句意：这个系统能显示无人驾驶汽车将会做什么。
which哪一个；what什么；how怎样；when什么时候；根据句子结构可知空格处是宾语从句的引导词；由后面举的例子，可知显示汽车会做什么；故选B。
10. 句意：如果无人驾驶汽车正在让路，它会同时闪烁两个白光。条件状语从句,从句用现在时,主句用一般将来时态.答案选B
11．句意：服务机器人也给你展示人工智能是多么的好。
great好的，形容词；greatly好地，副词；greater比较好；greatest最好；根据句子结构，可知是感叹句结构，用原级，is是系动词，用形容词作表语；故选A。
12.句意: 你放学回家，你的机器人管家在门口等你.名词前面用形容词性物主代词.答案选B
13．句意：晚饭后，他教你弹钢琴。
play动词原形；playing现在分词；played过去式；to play不定式；根据teach sb. to do sth.教某人做某事，不定式做宾补；故选D。
14．句意：数以千计的服务机器人将会变成好的家庭助手。数以千计的.thousands of 固定搭配.答案选D
15. 句意: 人工智能是如此强大，它可以帮助人类，甚至在许多工作中取代我们。考查情态动词.can “能会”一种能力.答案选A
二、完形填空 （共10分，每小题1分）
As a child, I was easy to get angry and wasn’t good at communicating with people.
I still remember it was in early ___16___. Some leaves started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day as I was getting ready for school, my mother hurried to my room and ___17___ handed me my father’s vest (背心). At that time, I had a ___18___ size than my father, so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn’t able to breathe! I realized that it was a small ___19___ made by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I ___20___ her without thinking much. I took it off so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and ___21___ out of the house before my mother could stop me. I just couldn’t stay there for one more second!
Later, my mother shared her ___22___ feelings with my father, “See what your son has done! …” Instead of speaking angrily about me or saying he would beat me, my father ___23___ asked my mother to mend the vest.
Later when my mother told me about my father’s response (反应), I felt terribly ___24___ for what I had done. My father’s gentle kindness taught me a lesson which I would never forget.
From that day on, I have learned to ____25____ myself. Of course, there are times when I am angry. Whenever that happens, I will try to remember my father’s vest. It always reminds me to think about others and be kind to others.
16. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
17. A. sadly B. cheerfully C. slowly D. carelessly
18. A. thinner B. smaller C. larger D. shorter
19. A. mistake B. decision C. difference D. challenge
20. A. laughed at B. shouted at C. talked with D. listened to
21. A. walked B. rushed C. went D. looked
22. A. good B. bad C. bored D. surprised
23. A. quietly B. excitedly C. rudely D. faithfully
24. A. angry B. frightened C. nervous D. sorry
25. A. relax B. help C. control D. understand
【答案】16. C 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B 21. B 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C
【解析】本文主要记叙了作者自己是一个孩子的时候，很容易生气且不擅长与人沟通。一次作者的母亲拿错了背心，这让作者很生气，朝母亲大喊然后冲出家门，后来父亲的教导使得作者开始学习控制自己。
16.句意：我还记得那是在初秋。
spring春天；summer夏天；autumn秋天；winter冬天。根据后句“Some leaves started to turn yellow and the weather became cool.”可推知，应是在初秋。故选C。
17.句意：一天，当我准备上学的时候，我母亲匆匆赶到我的房间，不小心把我父亲的背心递给了我。
sadly伤心地；cheerfully愉快地；slowly慢慢地；carelessly粗心地。根据前句“my mother hurried to my room”可推知，应是不小心把我父亲的背心递给了我。故选D。
18.句意：当时我的尺寸比我父亲的大。
thinner更瘦；smaller更小；larger更大；shorter更短。根据后句“so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn’t able to breathe!”可知，应是当时作者的背心尺寸比父亲的大。故选C。
19.句意：我意识到这是我母亲犯的一个小错误。
mistake错误；decision决定；difference不同；challenge挑战。根据上文语境可知，母亲拿错了背心，所以是犯了一个错误。故选A。
20.句意：但我没多想就冲她大喊大叫。
laughed at嘲笑；shouted at喊叫；talked with交谈；listened to听。根据后句“I took it off so wildly that I made a hole in it.”语境可知，应是冲母亲大喊大叫。故选B。
21.句意：母亲还没来得及阻止我，我就穿上自己的背心冲出了房子。
walked步行；rushed冲出；went去；looked看。根据下句“I just couldn’t stay there for one more second!”可知，应是冲出了房子。故选B。
22.句意：后来，我母亲把她坏心情告诉了我父亲。
good好的；bad坏的；bored感到无聊的；surprised感到惊讶的。根据下句“See what your son has done! …”可知，应是母亲把她的坏心情告诉了我父亲。故选B。
23.句意：父亲没有气愤地说我，也没有说他会打我，而是悄悄地让母亲补背心。
quietly安静地；excitedly兴奋地；rudely粗鲁地；faithfully准确地。根据空前“Instead of speaking angrily about me or saying he would beat me,”可知，应是悄悄地让母亲补背心。故选A。
24.句意：后来，当母亲告诉我父亲的反应时，我为自己的所作所为感到非常抱歉。
angry生气的；frightened害怕的；nervous紧张的；sorry抱歉的。根据下句“My father’s gentle kindness taught me a lesson which I would never forget.”可知，应是为自己的所作所为感到非常抱歉。故选D。
25.句意：从那天起，我学会了控制自己。
relax放松；help帮助；control控制；understand理解。根据下文“Of course, there are times when I am angry. Whenever that happens, I will try to remember my father’s vest. It always reminds me to think about others and be kind to others.”可知，应是学会了控制自己。故选C。
三、阅读 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
In the future, we won’t have to change many clothes every day. We will wear a kind of special clothes. We can be warm when we feel cold and be cool when we feel hot. They will have many beautiful colours. We can change the colour we like anytime.
In the future, there are more and more kinds of food we can choose. They will be much more delicious than now. They will not be expensive. We can buy them with little money. Isn’t it wonderful
In the future, all of us will live in beautiful houses. It can move anywhere. When we want to change the place we live, it will take us quickly without any trouble.
In the future, we won’t have to go to work by bus or bike. Everyone will have a small but useful plane. We can go anywhere we like by plane. How great will be!
In the future, maybe each family will have a robot. Our mothers won’t be busy at housework. They won’t be tired. When we feel bad, we won’t have to go to hospital to see a doctor. The teachers won’t need to go to school to work because they can teach students through World Wide Web.
26．Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage
A．We will wear a kind of special clothes in the future.
B．In the future, we will have more and more kinds of food to eat.
C．The food in the future will be very cheap.
D．In the future, the colors of clothes will be fewer.
27．What’s the special feature of the future’s house
A．It can speak with us. B．It can move anywhere.
C．It has more beautiful colors. D．It is cheap.
28．How do we go to work in the future
A．By bus. B．By bike. C．On foot. D．By plane.
29．What may each family have in the future
A．They may have a robot. B．They may have a doctor.
C．They may have a teacher. D．They may have a special wallet.
30．What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) to the life in the future
A．Hopeful. B．Satisfied. C．Sad. D．Angry
【答案】DBDAA
【解析】本文主要讲了作者从衣食住行等方面对未来生活的畅想。
26．细节理解题。根据“They will have many beautiful colours.”可知未来的衣服有很多漂亮的颜色，D项错误。故选D。
27．细节理解题。根据“In the future, all of us will live in beautiful houses. It can move anywhere.”可知未来房子的特殊特征是它能够随处移动。故选B。
28．细节理解题。根据“Everyone will have a small but useful plane. We can go anywhere we like by plane.”可知未来去任何地方包括去上班都乘坐飞机。故选D。
29．细节理解题。根据“In the future, maybe each family will have a robot.”可知未来可能每个家庭都有一个机器人。故选A。
30．观点态度题。通读全文可知作者对未来世界的畅想都是积极方面的，由此推出作者对未来的生活满怀希望。故选A。
B
In 2050 we will still celebrate most of the same festivals as people celebrate now, and for us Chinese people the most important festival is still Spring Festival. People sometimes call Spring Festival “Luna New Year”. “Lunar” means “something to do with the Moon”, and you will never guess where I will spend the “Lunar New Year” in 2050—I want to spend it on the Moon!
In autumn, 2049, McDonald’s（Yes, we still have McDonald’s in 2049!）will hold a competition to celebrate the opening of their first branch（分部）on the Moon. The first prize is a trip to the Moon for the winner and his or her family. The winner will be allowed to choose when to take the trip. Luckily, I win the prize! I decide to go at Spring Festival.
By 2048 or 2049, we may have learnt in our history class that the first space tourist is a rich businessman who paid millions of dollars to be allowed to take a ride on a rocket. Space travel will be a lot more common than it is now. But it is still something only billionaires（亿万富翁）can mon families like mine can hardly have the chance to take holidays in space.
So we will be all very happy and thrilled when we really arrive at Jiuquan Space Centre in Gansu. The television cameras are there to record pictures of us getting into the space bus and then it is“… 3, 2, 1—Go!”We are on our way to the Moon.
31. “You will never guess...”in Paragraph 1 shows that the writer is going to tell us something ______.
A. dangerous B. surprising C. useful D. terrible
32. What will the winner be allowed to choose if he or she wins the competition
A. The place to take the trip. B. The time to take the trip.
C. The season to take the trip. D. The prize.
33. In the year 2050，holidays in space are _____.
A. very usual for most common people
B. not what we want to have
C. still too expensive for most people
D. not too expensive for us
34. The underlined word “thrilled” in the last paragraph means “______”.
A. tired B. worried C. pleased D. excited
35. Where will the writer want to spend the Spring Festival in 2050
A. At home. B. At the Space Centre.
C. On the Moon. D. On the rocket.
【答案】BBCDC
【解析】本文讲述未来如何进行太空旅行的。
31.B 细节理解题。介绍一些未来意想不到的事情。
32.B 细节理解题。从The first prize is a trip to the Moon for the winner and his or her family.可知答案。
33.C细节理解题。Space travel will be a lot more common than it is now. But it is still something only billionaires（亿万富翁）can afford. 太空旅行将比现在更加普遍。但这仍然是只有亿万富翁才能负担得起的。故答案选C。
34.D字义猜测题。因为作者得了一等奖，要参加太空旅行。故即开心又兴奋。所以答案选D。
35.C 因为作者得了一等奖，要参加太空旅行，从这里The first prize is a trip to the Moon for the winner and his or her family.知是月球。
C
A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. The report is from a company, It asked experts on space and architecture（建筑学）, as well as city planners, to give their the life in 2121. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different from how we do these things today. The experts used the Internet as an example. They said that 25 years ago, people could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would change our lives. The Internet has completely changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.
Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the prediction（预言）they thought would probably happen in the future. They thought that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work at home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3-D printers that will send you a design for furniture or a food recipe（食谱）and then “print" the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and make us healthy. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get energies that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that is not mentioned is whether people will need to study English or not.
36 The writer uses the example of the Internet in Paragraph 1 to show________.
A. the Internet was often used
B. the Internet has developed fast
C. people will not believe the changes
D. technology will change people's lives
37 With the help of highly developed 3-D printers, a way to get a sofa in 2121 is to____________
A. buy one in a shop
C. get a design and “print” one
B. ask somebody to make one
D. design and make one by oneself
38 According to the passage, the prediction that is not mentioned is___________
A. how people will work
B. where people will get resources
C. what people will have at home to treat illness
D. whether people will still need to learn English
39 The passage is mainly about______________.
A. the life in 2121 B. holidays in space
C. the history of the Internet D. medical instruments
40. The passage is most probably from__________.
A. an advertisement B. a newspaper C. a story book D. a health report
【答案】DCDAB
【解析】：本文描述了一百年后人类的生活情况：更多的高楼、水下城市、太空旅游、3D打印……，人类的生活会与现在大不一样，而且许多人相信这一切将会发生。
36．推理判断题。 根据上文“They said the way we live，work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today．他们认为2121年的生活、工作以及出游方式将与当今截然不同．”可知想利用互联网来表明：未来生活将因科技会发生很大变化，故选D。
37．细节理解题。 根据“People will have highly developed 3﹣D printers that will let you download a design for furniture or a food recipe and then ‘print’ the sofa，table or pizza at home．通过先进的3D打印机，人们可以下载家具设计以及美食菜谱，通过它们在家‘打印’沙发、桌子或是披萨。”故选C。
38．细节理解题。根据下文“A prediction that is missing is whether people will still need to study English．”可知人们不知道未来还需不需要学习英语．故选D。
39．推理判断题。根据“A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years now．有一份报告预测了100年后人类的生活．”可知这篇短文主要是关于2121年的生活，故选A。
40．推理判断题。根据短文大意可知，这是一篇预测未来生活的文章，可能出现在报纸上，故选B。
D
What’s going to happen in the future Will robots control our planet Will computers become smarter than us Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC.
Bionic（仿生的）Eyes
They are no longer something, only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to see things clearly—by wearing bionic eyes.
A blind eye can no longer sense sight, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send information to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A bionic eye with very clear pictures could be just in a few years away.
Digital Money
We used to pay with cash for everything we bought. Now we can use Wechat Pay or Alipay to shop, money is spent without seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. People only need to take a mobile phone wherever they go. Using these ways is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.
It is reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be the next.
Self-driving Cars
Unlike a human driver a self-driving car won’t be influenced by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to follow the rules of the road strictly and keep a safe space from other cars. This would greatly make the number of road accidents smaller. You can even take a short rest while the car drives itself. In the future, driverless cars would be widely accepted.
41. Which of the following payments is not mentioned in this passage
A. Cash B. Wechat Pay C. Alipay D. Credit card
42. Bionic eyes send information to the________.
A. mind B. camera C. computer D. heart
43. From the report, we can learn some information about________.
A. industry and farming B. traffic and journey
C. science and technology D. culture and art
44. The passage tells us that________.
A. bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction films
B. the blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future
C. self-driving cars will be influenced by something outside
D. there will be no accidents at all if self-driving cars are used
45. We can infer（推断）that________ from the passage.
A. there would be a number of self-driving cars on the road
B. robots would control the world
C. the blind could use glasses to see things around
D. we would live a hard life with digital money
【答案】DACBA
【解析】这是一篇说明文。主要讲的是科学家认为10—30年后最有可能发生的几件事情：盲人会有仿生眼；数字货币；无人驾驶车。
41.细节理解题。根据“We used to pay with cash for everything we bought. Now we can use Wechat Pay or Alipay to shop, money is spent without seeing it.”可知，这里提到了现金，微信支付，支付宝支付，没有提到信用卡支付，故选D。
42.细节理解题。根据“but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send information to the mind.”可知，仿生眼可以使用相机“看到”环境，并向大脑发送信息。故选A。
43.细节理解题。综合全文的“仿生眼”“数字货币”“无人驾驶车”可知，这些都和科学技术有关，故选C。
44.推理判断题。根据“A bionic eye with very clear pictures could be just in a few years away.”（拥有清晰图像的仿生眼可能会在几年内问世）可推断，佩戴仿生眼的盲人将来可能看得更清楚，故选B。
45.推理判断题。根据“ In the future, driverless cars would be widely accepted.”（在未来，无人驾驶汽车将被广泛接受）可推断，路上将会有很多无人驾驶的汽车，故选A。
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据短文内容，将下面A---E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使得补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。
Roads of the Future
Over the past few years, cars have become smarter and smarter. Some of them can even drive themselves. Now, our roads have followed sui(跟着做). In the United Kingdom alone, there are around 650 kilometers of “smart roads”in use. ___46____ Some new technologies are being put to use.
Roads that recharge
____47____ Why not look to the roads With the right technologies, cars around the world could be producing energy as they go.
Piezoelectric roads(压电路) mix traditional asphalt (柏油) with new materials. They use vibrations (振动) from passing cars to produce electricity. Piezoelectricity, in fact, is nothing new. It was invented in 1880. ____48____ The U.K.’s Lancaster University is going to change that. It has been improving the technology, including developing roadside batteries that can store the electricity.
Roads that never freeze
____49____ A tech company in Israel (以色列) has developed the snowless roads. When they detect snow or ice on their surfaces, the roads will heat themselves up, melting the snow or ice away. The project has been successfully tested on a few Canadian roads and in some of its car parks.
Built-in brain
Roads of the future may be able to know how many people are on them. They could send them updates on weather and traffic jams, and recharge electric cars as they drive.
____50____ By sensing the weight of a vehicle, the company’s smart roads can track(跟踪）the speed of each wheel. “We are basically making very large touchpads,” says Tim Sylvester, CEO of the company. “But instead of looking for fingers, our roads look for tires.” After having collected traffic data, the roads will send it to the drivers.
A．This seems to be a dream, but one American company has almost made it come true.
B．However, it has never been widely used before now.
C．It can be dangerous to drive in snowy weather.
D．Across the world, many more are being built.
E．Global warming has forced us to search for new energy sources.
【答案】DEBCA
【解析】本文从三方面给我们介绍了未来的道路是怎样的。
46．根据“In the United Kingdom alone, there are around 650 kilometers of “smart roads”in use.”和“Some new technologies are being put to use.”可知，空处可能与新技术的使用有关，选项D“在世界范围内，还有更多的在建项目。”符合语境。故选D。
47．根据“Why not look to the roads With the right technologies, cars around the world could be producing energy as they go.”可知，空处应是解释使用正确的技术生产新能源的原因，选项E“全球变暖迫使我们寻找新能源。”符合语境。故选E。
48．根据“It was invented in 1880...The U.K.’s Lancaster University is going to change that. ”可知，空处应进一步说明压电现象，以及英国兰卡斯特大学要做出改变的原因，选项B“然而，在此之前，它从未被广泛使用。”符合语境。故选B。
49．根据“ A tech company in Israel (以色列) has developed the Snowless roads. ”可知，空处与有雪结冰的道路有关，选项C“下雪天开车是危险的。”符合语境。故选C。
50．空处应是一个承上启下的句子，总结上文，并引出下文，上文讲的是未来的道路可以做的事情，下文举了一个例子，选项A“这似乎是一个梦想，但一家美国公司几乎让它成为现实。”符合语境，故选A。
第2卷 写作（共30分）
第一节、短文填词（5分）
In the future transportation will become cleaner, faster and safer. It is likely for man to go on a space
1. t________ . We can take a vacation on the moon or visit other planets. With the earth’s land left no enough room, man can even live under the sea.
As for education, there will be no more 2.t___________ giving lessons in the classroom.
Students can 3. s___________ at home on the radio or Tv instead of going to school every day. In addition, every family will have videophones, through which we can go shopping and take a physical examination .
In the field of health and medicine , people in the future will be able to 4.e________ a longer and healthier life and remain active even in old age.
In a word, in the future the new science and technology can make our life more c__________.
【答案】travel 2.teachers 3.study 4.enjoy 5.comfortable
第二节 完成句子。（共5小题，满分10分）
3. 请让李小姐尽快复我电话。
Please ask Mr. Li to call me back ______ ________ _________ ________.
4. 你可以在网上搜寻各种信息。
All kinds of information _________ ________ __________ ________ on the Internet.
5. 他决定现在开始为比赛做准备。
He decided ________ __________ _________ the competition from now on.
6. 我对这辆汽车很满意。
I _________ _________ ___________ the car
7. 我进房间的时候，他正在玩电脑游戏。
When I ________ into the room, he _________ __________ a computer game.
【答案】 1.as soon as possible 2.can be searched for 3.to prepare for 4.am satisfied with 5.went was playing
第三节：书面表达
由于人口的快速增长，地球变得越来越拥挤，人们认为将来人类有可能移居火星。请根据要点提示，以“Life on Mars in the future”为题，写一篇短文来描述将来在火星上的生活情况。
要点：
1. 火星重力只有地球重力的八分之三，所以人们外出时需要穿上特制的靴子；
2. 人们将有更多空间居住，更多的时间放松；
3. 火星上的食物将是药片的形式，不太可口；
4. 火星上没有学校，每个学生将用星际网络相连的电脑在网络学校学习；
5. 航天飞机速度很快，但不太舒服。
提示词：重力gravity 靴子boots
星际网络interplanetary network 航天飞机spacecraft
要求：1. 80个词左右；标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数内；
2. 必须包括以上全部要点，可以适当发挥；
3. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
4. 条理清楚，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范。
Life on Mars in the future
In the future, people would move to other planets like Mars, because the Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. What would life on Mars be like Let’s go and have a look.
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【范文赏析】
In the future, people would move to other planets like Mars, because the Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. What would life on Mars be like Let’s go and have a look.
The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on Earth, so people would have to wear special boots to keep themselves from floating off into space when they go out. People would have more space and they would live in big, comfortable rooms. What’s more, people could have more time to relax because robots would do most of the work. The food on Mars would be in the form of pills. It would not be as tasty as that on Earth.
There would be no schools on Mars. Every student would have a computer at home connected to an interplanetary network. They would study at online school with e-teachers. The spacecraft would travel very fast, but it is not very comfortable.
All in all, life on Mars will be exciting, but maybe a little uncomfortable.
1 / 15八年级下U8 Life in the future测试卷
（B卷·提升能力）
【牛津（广州，深圳，沈阳）版】
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为100分，考试时间为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
1、 语法选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分。)
Artificial intelligence(人工智能), or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to think and work like humans.
AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technologies. AI is rapidly catching up ___1____ the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition(识别)____2___ a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminals(罪犯). Once they caught a criminal when he attended ___3____concert. It also checks the ID of ride-hailing(网约车)drivers and ____4____people pay for things with a smile.
AI is also used in self-driving cars____5____ are believed to be the future of____6_____. Most drivers may wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, _____7____ self-driving cars don't have this____8____. Carmakers are testing a light signal system to help them“speak" to humans. The system can show____9____ self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding(让路)，it ____10______ two white lights side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by that the car is about to speed up.
Service Robots also show you how___11_____ AI is. Imagine this- you come back home from school and____12_____robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you___13______ the piano, just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future,____14_____ service robots will become good home helpers.
AI is so powerful that it ____15_____help human beings and even replace us in many jobs.
1．A．with B．to C．of D．from
2．A．uses B．used C．is used D．is using
3．A．a B．an C．the D．/
4．A．let B．lets C．letting D．to let
5．A．what B．whom C．which D．who
6. A. drive B. drives C. driving D. to drive
7. A. and B. but C. or D. so
8．A．able B．ability C．unable D．ably
9．A．which B．what C．how D．when
10. A. flashes B. will flash C. flash D. is flashing
11. A．great B．greatly C．greater D．greatest
12. A. you B. your C. yourself D. yours
13. A．play B．playing C．played D．to play
14. A．thousand B．thousands C．thousand of D．thousands of
15. A. can B. must C. need D. should
二、完形填空 （共10分，每小题1分）
As a child, I was easy to get angry and wasn’t good at communicating with people.
I still remember it was in early ___16___. Some leaves started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day as I was getting ready for school, my mother hurried to my room and ___17___ handed me my father’s vest (背心). At that time, I had a ___18___ size than my father, so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn’t able to breathe! I realized that it was a small ___19___ made by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I ___20___ her without thinking much. I took it off so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and ___21___ out of the house before my mother could stop me. I just couldn’t stay there for one more second!
Later, my mother shared her ___22___ feelings with my father, “See what your son has done! …” Instead of speaking angrily about me or saying he would beat me, my father ___23___ asked my mother to mend the vest.
Later when my mother told me about my father’s response (反应), I felt terribly ___24___ for what I had done. My father’s gentle kindness taught me a lesson which I would never forget.
From that day on, I have learned to ____25____ myself. Of course, there are times when I am angry. Whenever that happens, I will try to remember my father’s vest. It always reminds me to think about others and be kind to others.
16. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
17. A. sadly B. cheerfully C. slowly D. carelessly
18. A. thinner B. smaller C. larger D. shorter
19. A. mistake B. decision C. difference D. challenge
20. A. laughed at B. shouted at C. talked with D. listened to
21. A. walked B. rushed C. went D. looked
22. A. good B. bad C. bored D. surprised
23. A. quietly B. excitedly C. rudely D. faithfully
24. A. angry B. frightened C. nervous D. sorry
25. A. relax B. help C. control D. understand
三、阅读 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
In the future, we won’t have to change many clothes every day. We will wear a kind of special clothes. We can be warm when we feel cold and be cool when we feel hot. They will have many beautiful colours. We can change the colour we like anytime.
In the future, there are more and more kinds of food we can choose. They will be much more delicious than now. They will not be expensive. We can buy them with little money. Isn’t it wonderful
In the future, all of us will live in beautiful houses. It can move anywhere. When we want to change the place we live, it will take us quickly without any trouble.
In the future, we won’t have to go to work by bus or bike. Everyone will have a small but useful plane. We can go anywhere we like by plane. How great will be!
In the future, maybe each family will have a robot. Our mothers won’t be busy at housework. They won’t be tired. When we feel bad, we won’t have to go to hospital to see a doctor. The teachers won’t need to go to school to work because they can teach students through World Wide Web.
26．Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage
A．We will wear a kind of special clothes in the future.
B．In the future, we will have more and more kinds of food to eat.
C．The food in the future will be very cheap.
D．In the future, the colors of clothes will be fewer.
27．What’s the special feature of the future’s house
A．It can speak with us. B．It can move anywhere.
C．It has more beautiful colors. D．It is cheap.
28．How do we go to work in the future
A．By bus. B．By bike. C．On foot. D．By plane.
29．What may each family have in the future
A．They may have a robot. B．They may have a doctor.
C．They may have a teacher. D．They may have a special wallet.
30．What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) to the life in the future
A．Hopeful. B．Satisfied. C．Sad. D．Angry
B
In 2050 we will still celebrate most of the same festivals as people celebrate now, and for us Chinese people the most important festival is still Spring Festival. People sometimes call Spring Festival “Luna New Year”. “Lunar” means “something to do with the Moon”, and you will never guess where I will spend the “Lunar New Year” in 2050—I want to spend it on the Moon!
In autumn, 2049, McDonald’s（Yes, we still have McDonald’s in 2049!）will hold a competition to celebrate the opening of their first branch（分部）on the Moon. The first prize is a trip to the Moon for the winner and his or her family. The winner will be allowed to choose when to take the trip. Luckily, I win the prize! I decide to go at Spring Festival.
By 2048 or 2049, we may have learnt in our history class that the first space tourist is a rich businessman who paid millions of dollars to be allowed to take a ride on a rocket. Space travel will be a lot more common than it is now. But it is still something only billionaires（亿万富翁）can mon families like mine can hardly have the chance to take holidays in space.
So we will be all very happy and thrilled when we really arrive at Jiuquan Space Centre in Gansu. The television cameras are there to record pictures of us getting into the space bus and then it is“… 3, 2, 1—Go!”We are on our way to the Moon.
31. “You will never guess...”in Paragraph 1 shows that the writer is going to tell us something ______.
A. dangerous B. surprising C. useful D. terrible
32. What will the winner be allowed to choose if he or she wins the competition
A. The place to take the trip. B. The time to take the trip.
C. The season to take the trip. D. The prize.
33. In the year 2050，holidays in space are _____.
A. very usual for most common people
B. not what we want to have
C. still too expensive for most people
D. not too expensive for us
34. The underlined word “thrilled” in the last paragraph means “______”.
A. tired B. worried C. pleased D. excited
35. Where will the writer want to spend the Spring Festival in 2050
A. At home. B. At the Space Centre.
C. On the Moon. D. On the rocket.
C
A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. The report is from a company, It asked experts on space and architecture（建筑学）, as well as city planners, to give their the life in 2121. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different from how we do these things today. The experts used the Internet as an example. They said that 25 years ago, people could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would change our lives. The Internet has completely changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.
Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the prediction（预言）they thought would probably happen in the future. They thought that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work at home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3-D printers that will send you a design for furniture or a food recipe（食谱）and then “print" the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and make us healthy. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get energies that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that is not mentioned is whether people will need to study English or not.
36 The writer uses the example of the Internet in Paragraph 1 to show________.
A. the Internet was often used
B. the Internet has developed fast
C. people will not believe the changes
D. technology will change people's lives
37 With the help of highly developed 3-D printers, a way to get a sofa in 2121 is to____________
A. buy one in a shop
C. get a design and “print” one
B. ask somebody to make one
D. design and make one by oneself
38 According to the passage, the prediction that is not mentioned is___________
A. how people will work
B. where people will get resources
C. what people will have at home to treat illness
D. whether people will still need to learn English
39 The passage is mainly about______________.
A. the life in 2121 B. holidays in space
C. the history of the Internet D. medical instruments
40. The passage is most probably from__________.
A. an advertisement B. a newspaper C. a story book D. a health report
D
What’s going to happen in the future Will robots control our planet Will computers become smarter than us Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10-30 years from now, according to the BBC.
Bionic（仿生的）Eyes
They are no longer something, only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to see things clearly—by wearing bionic eyes.
A blind eye can no longer sense sight, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send information to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A bionic eye with very clear pictures could be just in a few years away.
Digital Money
We used to pay with cash for everything we bought. Now we can use Wechat Pay or Alipay to shop, money is spent without seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. People only need to take a mobile phone wherever they go. Using these ways is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.
It is reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be the next.
Self-driving Cars
Unlike a human driver a self-driving car won’t be influenced by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to follow the rules of the road strictly and keep a safe space from other cars. This would greatly make the number of road accidents smaller. You can even take a short rest while the car drives itself. In the future, driverless cars would be widely accepted.
41. Which of the following payments is not mentioned in this passage
A. Cash B. Wechat Pay C. Alipay D. Credit card
42. Bionic eyes send information to the________.
A. mind B. camera C. computer D. heart
43. From the report, we can learn some information about________.
A. industry and farming B. traffic and journey
C. science and technology D. culture and art
44. The passage tells us that________.
A. bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction films
B. the blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future
C. self-driving cars will be influenced by something outside
D. there will be no accidents at all if self-driving cars are used
45. We can infer（推断）that________ from the passage.
A. there would be a number of self-driving cars on the road
B. robots would control the world
C. the blind could use glasses to see things around
D. we would live a hard life with digital money
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据短文内容，将下面A---E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使得补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。
Roads of the Future
Over the past few years, cars have become smarter and smarter. Some of them can even drive themselves. Now, our roads have followed sui(跟着做). In the United Kingdom alone, there are around 650 kilometers of “smart roads”in use. ___46____ Some new technologies are being put to use.
Roads that recharge
____47____ Why not look to the roads With the right technologies, cars around the world could be producing energy as they go.
Piezoelectric roads(压电路) mix traditional asphalt (柏油) with new materials. They use vibrations (振动) from passing cars to produce electricity. Piezoelectricity, in fact, is nothing new. It was invented in 1880. ____48____ The U.K.’s Lancaster University is going to change that. It has been improving the technology, including developing roadside batteries that can store the electricity.
Roads that never freeze
____49____ A tech company in Israel (以色列) has developed the snowless roads. When they detect snow or ice on their surfaces, the roads will heat themselves up, melting the snow or ice away. The project has been successfully tested on a few Canadian roads and in some of its car parks.
Built-in brain
Roads of the future may be able to know how many people are on them. They could send them updates on weather and traffic jams, and recharge electric cars as they drive.
____50____ By sensing the weight of a vehicle, the company’s smart roads can track(跟踪）the speed of each wheel. “We are basically making very large touchpads,” says Tim Sylvester, CEO of the company. “But instead of looking for fingers, our roads look for tires.” After having collected traffic data, the roads will send it to the drivers.
A．This seems to be a dream, but one American company has almost made it come true.
B．However, it has never been widely used before now.
C．It can be dangerous to drive in snowy weather.
D．Across the world, many more are being built.
E．Global warming has forced us to search for new energy sources.
第2卷 写作（共30分）
第一节、短文填词（5分）
In the future transportation will become cleaner, faster and safer. It is likely for man to go on a space
1. t________ . We can take a vacation on the moon or visit other planets. With the earth’s land left no enough room, man can even live under the sea.
As for education, there will be no more 2.t___________ giving lessons in the classroom.
Students can 3. s___________ at home on the radio or Tv instead of going to school every day. In addition, every family will have videophones, through which we can go shopping and take a physical examination .
In the field of health and medicine , people in the future will be able to 4.e________ a longer and healthier life and remain active even in old age.
In a word, in the future the new science and technology can make our life more c__________.
第二节 完成句子。（共5小题，满分10分）
3. 请让李小姐尽快复我电话。
Please ask Mr. Li to call me back ______ ________ _________ ________.
4. 你可以在网上搜寻各种信息。
All kinds of information _________ ________ __________ ________ on the Internet.
5. 他决定现在开始为比赛做准备。
He decided ________ __________ _________ the competition from now on.
6. 我对这辆汽车很满意。
I _________ _________ ___________ the car
7. 我进房间的时候，他正在玩电脑游戏。
When I ________ into the room, he _________ __________ a computer game.
第三节：书面表达
由于人口的快速增长，地球变得越来越拥挤，人们认为将来人类有可能移居火星。请根据要点提示，以“Life on Mars in the future”为题，写一篇短文来描述将来在火星上的生活情况。
要点：
1. 火星重力只有地球重力的八分之三，所以人们外出时需要穿上特制的靴子；
2. 人们将有更多空间居住，更多的时间放松；
3. 火星上的食物将是药片的形式，不太可口；
4. 火星上没有学校，每个学生将用星际网络相连的电脑在网络学校学习；
5. 航天飞机速度很快，但不太舒服。
提示词：重力gravity 靴子boots
星际网络interplanetary network 航天飞机spacecraft
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3. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
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Life on Mars in the future
In the future, people would move to other planets like Mars, because the Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. What would life on Mars be like Let’s go and have a look.
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