You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young­looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you're not old at all. And your parents just had an anti­aging (抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age!

　　You say to your shirt, "Turn red." It changes from blue to red. In 2035, "smart clothes" contain particles (粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change your clothes' color or pattern.

　　You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, "You shouldn't drink that！" Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk, and it knows the milk is old. In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

　　It's time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your "smart car" where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve (袖子). Such "smart technology" is all around you.

　　So will all these things come true? "For new technology to succeed，" says scientist Andrew Zolli, "it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already." The Internet is one example - what will be the next?

　　5．We can learn from the text that in the future ________.

　　A．people will never get old

　　B．everyone will look the same

　　C．red will be the most popular color

　　D．clothes will be able to change their pattern

　　6．What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

　　A．Milk will be harmful to health.

　　B．More drinks will be available for sale.

　　C．Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.

　　D．Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.

　　7．What is the text mainly about?

　　A．Food and clothing in 2035.

　　B．Future technology in everyday life.

　　C．Medical treatments of the future.

　　D．The reason for the success of new technology.

　　C

　　In her new book, The Smartest Kids in the World, Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high­school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students' test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Wroclaw is that the latter has no football team or teams of any kind.

　　That American high schools spend more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. In December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results are announced, it's safe to predict that American high­school students will once again show their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like China, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.

Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in