B

　　What will our future look like? People have always been wondering about this question. Go on reading this text and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.

　　How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.

　　What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity , radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.

　　Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.

　　5．What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?

　　A．Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.

　　B．The world will be completely changed tomorrow.

　　C．The world is quite different from what it was.

　　D．Our basic needs will not change in the future.

　　6．Our past inventions have made ________.

　　A．our daily life more stressful

　　B．it easy for us to live

　　C．us work less time

　　D．our work easily done

　　7．What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?

　　A．To focus on making more inventions.

　　B．To produce more cars for transportation.

　　C．To spend more time working on the Internet.

　　D．To work much harder to achieve their goals.

　　8．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

　　A．What result we'll receive in the future.

　　B．The decisions we make for our future.

　　C．The two reasons of predicting the future.

　　D．The importance of predicting the future.

　　C

　　CELL PHONES ARE THE NEW CIGARETTES

　　When you sit down, you pick it out. When you are in your car, you reach for it.When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.

　　 Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone.And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their desire to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away.In just the past couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and counselors(顾问)in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.