牛津广州深圳版八年级英语下册 Unit 8 Life in the future
话题8：畅想未来（基础版）
A. 听单句话
根据所听到的话和卷面的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑
每小题听一遍。听每小题之前，你有5秒钟时间阅读题目，每小题听完之后你有5秒钟答题时间。
1.In our city of the future, most people will work six hours a day and three days a week.
2.There will be fewer offices in the future because most people will work from home by computer.
3.In 2050, our smart fridge will order food for us because the fridge can tell the computer in the supermarket what
we need.
4.There will be fewer workers in factories because most work will be done by robots in 2050.
5.In the future, we don’t need to eat food, because we only take some pills which can provide us energy.
B. 听对话
回答每段对话后面的问题，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选
的选项涂黑。每段对话听两遍。听每小题之前，你有5秒钟时间阅读题目，每小题听完之后你有5秒钟答
题时间。
听第一段对话，回答第6小题。
W: I think people will have lots of money in the future. What about you, Peter?
M: Linda, I don't think people will use money in the future. Everything will be free.
听第二段对话，回答第7小题。
W: I will be a computer programmer in ten years.
M: Great, Sally! I think your dream will come true.
听第三段对话，回答第8小题。
M: Man will live on Mars, do you think so?
W: Maybe, but we must know the following things. First, there are 687 days a year. Then, you have to wear a
mask because there is too much dust. Next, you have to wear warm clothes. It’s colder on Mars than on Earth.
听第四段对话，回答第9小题。
W: Where were you from three to four on Sunday afternoon?
M: Um... I was meeting an old friend at Tatian’s Cafe.
W: Where did you sit?
M: By the window.W: Did you see the car accident in the street?
M: Yes, we did. I called the police at once and my friend took a video of the accident.
听第五段对话，回答第10-11小题。
M: Good morning, Mary. Tomorrow is October 1st. The National Day holiday will begin soon!
W: Yeah. I can’t wait! By the way, what’s your plan for it?
M: Well, I plan to do some reading at home. My father bought me a book called The Three-Body Problem and I
want to finish reading it.
W: That’s a good book. I’m also reading a science fiction book, too. It is called The Stars of Future 2049.
M: I have heard of it before. It was written by a scientist named Zhang Wenwu.
W: Yes, and it will be filmed. I’m really looking forward to it.
M: Sounds cool. Oh, the bell is ringing. Let’s get back to our seats and get ready for the first class.
听第六段对话，回答第12-13小题。
M: Do you think our life will be different in 2050?
W: Of course, it will be quite different from our life today. Children won’t need to go to school because they can
stay at home and have their classes in front of their laptops. More people will work at home.
M: That’s very interesting. So there will hardly be traffic jams or heavy air pollution.
W: Sure! Future cars might be able to fly in the sky. It will be more convenient for people to travel around the
world. Besides, robots will help us do many things, and we will spend more time with our families and friends.
听第七段对话，回答第14-15小题。
W: Oh, no, we’re going to be late today. The traffic is too crowded. It’s a bad decision to drive to work during rush
hour.
M: There’re more and more cars on the road. It’s a bad experience to drive in the big city. How I wish I could
have a flying car, then I will not be trapped on the road any more.
W: Maybe there will be flying cars in the future.
M: I hope so. What do you think the flying car will be like?
W: It’ll be in the shape of a bird. And it’ll use solar energy instead of oil. It will be environmentally friendly.
Besides, it will be much faster than our cars today.
M: Then we’ll be able to go easily from one place to another.
W: That’s right. Let’s expect the invention of flying cars!
C. 听独白
请根据所听内容，在每小题所给出的三个选项中，选出一个能完成句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应
题目所选的选项涂黑。独白听两遍。听独白之前，你有25秒钟时间阅读题目，听完之后你有25秒钟答题
时间。听第一段独白，回答第16-20小题。现在你有25秒钟的读题时间。
Amy will hold a birthday party at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at her house. She will invite her best friends John and
Mary to come. Amy will wear the pink dress that her father bought her last Saturday. It’s her favourite dress. On
that day, they will have a great meal together first. Then they will sing birthday songs and eat a birthday cake.
Amy’s mother will make the cake for them. After having the cake, Amy will dance and play games with her
friends and her parents. Amy believes that they will have a good time.
听第二段独白，回答第21-25小题。现在你有25秒钟的读题时间。
Susan’s Expectations for Her Future Life
My name is Susan. I would like to share with you my expectations for my future life. In 15 years, I think I’ll be an
international news reporter. I’ll live in Beijing, because there will be more chances for me. I’ll travel to different
places around the world. As a reporter, I’ll meet many interesting people and see new things. And I’ll also make a
lot of friends from work. I’ll not keep pets because I’ll have little free time to take care of them. Besides, my
apartment will not be big enough for pets. Maybe I’ll be busy with my work, but I’ll still have some time to relax
myself. I hope I’ll be able to take my parents to travel abroad when possible.
D. 听填信息
你将听到一段短文，请你根据所听内容填写下面的信息卡，并将答案写在答题卡相应题目的答题位置。
听短文之前，你有25秒钟时间阅读题目，听完之后你有25秒钟答题时间。
In the future transportation will become cleaner, faster and safer. It is likely for man to go on a space travel.
We can take a vacation on the moon or visit other planets. With the earth’s land left not enough room, man can
even live under the sea.
As for education, there will be no more teachers giving lessons in the classroom. Students can study 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 enjoy 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 easier.
答案
1.A 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.B 13.C 14.B 15.C
16.B 17.C 18.A 19.A 20.B 21.B 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.A
26. other planets 27. under the sea 28. teachers 29. at home 30. longer and healthier
