四、完形填空（20 分）

（ A ）

在下列短文的每个空格中填上一个合适的词，使文章的意思完整（单词的首字母已给出）。

Mrs Jones was a teacher, her house was not far f 37 her school, and she always walked t 38 . All the pupils in this school w 39 very young. Once Mrs Jones walked to school o 40 a very cold and windy moming in November and the cold w 41 went into her eyes, and big tears( 眼泪 ) began running out of t 42 . She r 43 the school, opened the door and went into the classroom. It was nice and warm there and Mrs Jones was happy. But then a small boy looked at her f 44 a few minutes, put his arm r 45 her and said k 46 ,"Don't cry. This school isn't very. bad, is it?"

（ B ）

阅读下面短文，从四个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?

The population is  47 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 48  than before. 49 will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at  50 .

People will work fewer hours than they did in tile 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports, 51 TV and travelling. Travelling will be  52 . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our fixed, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so  53 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,  54 they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be  55 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots ( 机器人). 56 this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

47. A. making B. growing C. running D. doing
48. A. longer B. shorter C. faster D. taller
49. A. Trains B. Cars C. Computer D. Houses
50. A. factory B. hospital C. farm D. school
51. A. watching B. seeing C. looking D. buying
52. A. less interesting B. much easier C. more expensive D. more difficult
53. A. fruit B. milk C. meat D. bread
54. A. instead B. sometimes C. still D. however
55. A. dangerous B. difficult C. heavy D. different
56. A. Thanks for B. Many thanks C. Because of D. Because