八年级下U8 Life in the future测试卷
（A卷·夯实基础）
【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90分，考试时间为100
分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
一、语法选择（15分）
What might the future be like? Here 1 some predictions: things to come
and things to go.
The Spring Festival is one of 2 Chinese holidays, but it has caused
headaches for 3 Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time,
making the journey of 4 home difficult. But in a few years, Spring Festival
travel may not be 5 problem at all. China plans 6 more than 120, 000
kilometers of railways and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And 7
most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to 8 places to find a job.
Newspapers 9 to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will 10 to personal web tools
through the Internet. Readers can 11 topics with journalists and editors. Information will move 12 than now.
Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important 13 the students. Everything will be in the computer
and students will not need to bring 14 books to school. Computers will be the 15 library, school bag and
connection to the outside world. Robot teachers will check homework on computers and communicate with the
students' parents through e-mail. And school buses will be comfortable and safe, just like spaceships.
1. A. is B. are C. was D. were
2. A. important B. more important C. most important D. the most important
3. A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of
4. A. went B. going C. gone D. goes
5. A. a B. an C. the D. /
6. A. building B. to build C. to be built D. build
7. A. though B. when C. because D. although
8. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
9. A. come B. will come C. came D. comes
1 / 910. A. send B. sent C. be sending D. be sent
11. A. discuss B. discussed C. discussing D. to discuss
12. A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. fastly
13. A. over B. without C. among D. after
14. A. theirs B. them C. they D. their
15. A. student B. students C. student’s D. students’
二、完形填空(每题1分，共10分)
“Ladies and gentlemen, the time train has arrived at the terminal （终点）!” After the train had stopped, I
realized that I had come to the ____1 6 ____ 2035.
Suddenly, I heard someone calling my name. I turned around and found a
robot waving to me. She told me that she would be my tour_____17____
during the trip. “ ____1 8 ____ me and I will show you around the city!” she
said.
Lots of criss-crosing airlanes （纵横交错的空中车道）caught my eyes as
soon as I walked out of the train station. The robot explained that the new traffic system was designed by famous
engineers and it had _____19____ the traffic problems completely.
I felt a little ____ 20 ___ then, so we made our way to a restaurant nearby. Just as I realized that there was no
menu, a waiter began to ___ 21 ___ my body with a special instrument. It made me so scared that I jumped out of
my seat. The robot told me to calm down and explained that the machine was able to _____22___ which dish suits
my body most.
At the end of the tour, we went to an amusement park. Amazingly, there were no rides at all. ____ 23 ____ ,
everything was run through virtual reality（ 虚拟现实）. I put on a VR headset and tried the roller coaster. It was so
real that I could ____ 24 ___ my clothes wet with sweat （汗）by nervousness.
We finally returned to the train station. Just as I got on the train, I heard a familiar（熟悉的） _____ 25 ___ . I
opened my eyes to see my mom standing over me.
“Time to go to school now!” she said.
16. A. hour B. date C. month D. year
17. A. guest B. teacher C. guide D. passenger
18. A. Follow B. Lead C. Stop D. Teach
19. A. answered B. appeared C. solved D. kept
2 / 920. A. hungry B. thirsty C. relaxed D. excited
21. A. look after B. take up C. look through D. pick up
22. A. find B. find out C. think of D. understand
23. A. Besides B. Also C. Anyway D. Instead
24. A. smell B. feel C. seem D. taste
25. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. ring
三、阅读理解（分两节，共35分）
第一节、阅读选择（30分）
A
What will happen to humans and other living things in the future? When I was a little girl, I often thought
about this question and drew pictures of my imaginary future life in my album.
How will people in the future live? Perhaps, there will be cities underground, in the air or in the sea,
spaceships and undersea trains. With advanced technology, we may even be able to fly on a broom
Living conditions will also certainly change. Just imagine living in a house where it feels like spring all year
because of an intelligent thermostat（恒温器）. All complicated and boring chores will be done by a robot. Maybe
we’ll make the Internet of Things come true. It can automatically remind us to get up, display the weather forecast,
control the electrical appliances and make phone calls.
As for travel, it may be possible to travel through time and space freely. What if there were time machines to
travel to any time in history? If I could use a time machine, I would go to the age of dinosaurs, more and more
people would choose dinosaurs as pets-you might even see people walk dinosaurs in the streets.
Maybe one day, riding flying dinosaurs to schools in cities in the sky will be common. Many kinds of
creatures, robots and aliens
26. The writer talks about ________ in the future in this passage.
A. Harry Potter and schools B. history lessons and pets
C. living conditions and travel D. seasons and transportation
27. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The robot. B. Weather forecast. C. Internet of Things. D. Intelligent thermostat.
28. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Life in the future. B. My dream life. C. Future life problem. D. Enjoy your life.
B
3 / 9It's Friday morning in the year 2025, and he is getting late. He gets
worried watching the music video that is playing in the corner of his
bathroom while he is brushing his teeth. How will he get to his office on
time?
With a quick check, his smart computer tells him that the train which
travels up to 400 miles an hour will be a bit late too. So he decides to let his small car, which uses clean energy,
drive him. It's designed to know the way, and it will get him there without speeding, getting lost, or crashing.
Getting into his office chair, which changes colour to match what he is wearing, he picks up the morning
newspaper of yesterday. Written on special paper which can be used again and again, the newspaper continues to
rewrite itself with today's headlines. Now it’s time for his big meeting. Oh no! He has left his handwritten notes at
home. No problem. The smart pen he used has copied what he wrote.
His watch which is also the video phone suddenly rings. His best friend's face appears on the screen asking
what he is going to do this weekend.
Are you going to wear your 3D glasses and play virtual （虚拟的）football with the US Olympic team?”
“No, no,” he answers.
His friend says, “So would you like to take the new nanotube(纳米管)lift 60.000 miles into space
with me?"
Could this scene really take place in just a few years? The scientists who are now developing all these things
think so. These things may be seen everywhere in 20 years like mobile phones and DVD players today.
29. Why does he NOT take the train to work?
A.The train is too slow. B The train will be late.
C. The train has already left. D He doesn't like to take the train.
30. What can rewrite itself?
A. The smart pen. B. The handwritten notes. C. The newspaper. D. The watch.
31. His friend asks him to_________ this weekend.
A. play football with him B. join the US Olympic team
C. watch the Olympic Games D. go to space with him
32. According to the last paragraph, the high-technology things mentioned in the passage may be very_______ in
20 years.
4 / 9A. strange B. common C. interesting D. expensive
D
Technology is developing fast and it has become an important part of our life. Then what will the world be like
in the future?
3-D food will be both delicious and nutritious(有营养的). We can use 3-D printers to print some basic
materials. Scientists believe we just need to turn on a printer in the kitchen and then we can enjoy our favorite food.
5G network will allow more people to get information. Big companies like China Mobile and China Unicom
will start to offer 5G. 5G is expected to download(下载) about 10 times faster than 4G. For example, we can
download a film within just 1 minute. But with a 4G network, it takes about 10 minutes.
Space tour will be a piece of cake. For us common people on the earth, the dream of travelling around space
will come true. In the coming years, spacecraft will be as popular as buses, trains and planes. We can leave our
home and enter space to take an adventure (冒险). And even we will get used to living there.
You won’t worry the quality(质量) while shopping online. Some researchers are working on computer screens
that can feel a sense of touch when you touch them. “If you’re shopping online for clothes, you could feel fabric(面
料).” said Cynthia, an engineer at Texas A＆B University, US.
A robot will be a part of life. Robots can do the same things as we humans do, like driving cars. But they will
be used in other areas as well. They will have the ability to think. They can tell the difference between right and
wrong.
In a word, just as Jules Verne said, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.”
33. Paragraph 3 isn’t developed by ________.
A. listing numbers B. giving reasons C. giving examples D. making comparisons
34. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. 3-D food will be easy to make but taste bad. B. Space tour will be easy for only rich people.
C. All the clothes will sell well. D. Robots will be used more widely.
35. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refers to________.
A. fabric B. clothes C. researchers D. computer screens
36. The text is probably from ________.
A. a science magazine B. a story book C. a travel guide D. a history book
5 / 9D
As populations keep increasing in cities, city planners look under their feet for answers. With space in cities so
limited, often the only choice for those who can afford to expand their property is to go underground.
One idea, which hasn’t been realized yet, is the ‘Earth-scraper’ mentioned for Mexico City. This 65-storey
inverted (倒置的) pyramid has been suggested as a way to provide office, shopping and living space without
having to tear down the city’s historic buildings or break its 8-storey height requirement.
Many questions remain to be discussed, however, such as how you provide light, remove waste and protect
people from fire or floods. Some of them have been answered with the construction (建设) of the Intercontinental
Shanghai Wonderland hotel in China. This 336-room resort was built into the rock face of an 88m-deep, disused
quarry (采石场) .
The island city-state of Singapore is also exploring its underground choices. Not only are its Jurong Rock
Caverns being turned into an underground storage facility (装备) for the nation’s oil reserves, but there are also
plans to build an ‘Underground Science City’ for 4,200 scientists to carry out research.
In New York, the Lowline Project is turning a disused subway station into a park. Expected to open in 2021, it
uses a system of above-ground light-collection dishes to provide enough light to grow plants, trees and grass.
37．What’s the reason for people to explore the underground space?
A．People who explore the underground space can afford to expand their property.
B．Scientists have new discoveries when they are exploring the underground space.
C．The population in cities is growing and the space in cities is too small to live in.
D．People explore the underground space because they want new places to live in.
38．Which is NOT the requirement of the buildings in Mexico?
A．People cannot tear down the city’s historic buildings.
B．People should have enough living space in the city.
C．People can have buildings over the height of 65 storeys.
D．People should have buildings within the height requirement.
39．What can you infer from Paragraph 4?
A．Singapore is building Jurong Rock Caverns and Underground Science City.
B．Singapore is planning its underground buildings because of its small size.
C．Singaporean scientists like underground buildings very much.
6 / 9D．Jurong Rock Caverns is built to satisfy people’s shopping needs.
40．What is the best title for the passage?
A．Cities are building wonderful hotels like Shanghai.
B．Cities are suffering from many problems.
C．Underground cities can grow plants and trees.
D．Underground cities will be the choice of future.
第二节、阅读填空（5分）
In many big cities in the world, many people think the overuse of cars is one of the main causes of air
pollution. Cars in the future must be environment-friendly. _____41_____
Some experts think that today’s cars are in trouble because they use too much petrol (汽油). _____42_____
The car of tomorrow will be made without air conditioning. The tomorrow’s car will be very small, so that only
takes up very little room. It needn’t have a pollution control system because it won’t use petrol. _____43_____
Very few people will be killed in accidents because the top speed will be very low. However, we are also warned
not to ask for pretty colors because the cars will come in grey only.
___4 4 _____ They are sure that people will be happier in the future. They think that all our problems will soon
be solved by car companies with the production of the supercar(超级汽车). _____45_____ The supercar will have
four rooms, TVs, running water, heat, air conditioning and maybe a swimming pool. Large families will travel on
long trips comfortably. The supercar will not pollute the environment because they will run on water.
A．What will cars be like in the future?
B．Other car experts do not hold the same idea.
C．In fact, this car will be pushed by clean energy.
D．They say the car of the future will be much smaller.
E．Tomorrow’s cars will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable.
第2卷 非选择题（共35分）
第一节、短文填词（5分）
This underwater hotel is in the shape of a whale. It has 50 bedrooms, a cafe and a shopping centre. Mrs. Peng
stayed at the hotel with her children recently and they had great fun.
Forever Green Houses
7 / 9These houses are both “green” and 1 “s______”. The energy is environment friendly and the home appliances are
intelligent. Mr. Yu 2 c________ recommends these houses because they will 3. s________ everyone.
The CJ3
The car 4.m______ the hydrogen in it with oxygen from the air to make electricity. It has an electronic map and is
driven by a computer. Mr. Hu helps protect the environment by driving the CJ3 because of the new 5.
t___________.
第二节、完成句子（每题2分，共10分）
1. 天气太差了！ 恐怕我们不得不取消这次野餐活动。
________ ________ ________ it is! I’m afraid that we have to cancel this picnic.
2. 这里是公共场所， 禁止停车！
This is the public place and cars ________ ________ ________ here.
3. 小孩最好不要单独去游泳, 除非有父母的陪同。
Children ________ ________ ________ ________ swimming alone unless their parents are with them.
4. 如果你想制作一个蛋糕, 你首先需要将面粉和黄油混合在一起。
_________ you want to make a cake, you should first ________ flour ________ butter.
5. 当你从天空俯瞰这个岛, 你会发现它呈五角星形状。
When you see the island from sky, you will find it is _______ ________ ________ _______a five-pointed star.
第三节、书面表达（15分）
Live in the future
根据以下的内容，通过合理的想象，用英语写一篇短文来展示未来的科技新生活 。
1. 交通将变得更加快捷，安全，人类可以到月球或者其它星球上度假,甚至可以在海底生活。
2. 孩子可以在家通过电视和广播接受教育。
3.每家都有可视电话（videophones），通过可视电话可以体检或购物。
4.在医疗保健方面，人们可以享受更加长寿健康的生活。
字数：80个单词左右, 文章开头已给出。
In the future，transportation will become cleaner, faster and safer. It is likely for man to go on a space travel.
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