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
一、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_____
1 / 10service 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.
2 / 10From 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?
3 / 10A．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 afford. Common families like mine can hardly have
the chance to take holidays in space.
4 / 10So 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.
5 / 10We 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.
6 / 10A 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
7 / 10D. 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.
8 / 10D．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；
9 / 102. 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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