1. 阅读理解

In the future, cookers will be ready for you to cook a complete meal at the touch of a switch at home. The television will tell you prices at the shops, news and entertainment. Videophones will bring pictures as well as sound. The home will become the centre of entertainment through television and electronic games. Machines will control temperature, lighting, entertainment, washing and gardening. Lighting serves as wallpaper and it will make your room look nicer. More people will eat out than they do today. Also they will have a lot more kinds of food.

At work, robots will take over most jobs in factories. Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week. Holidays will get longer.

There will be more foreign travels. Nonstop flights will be cheaper. Hobbies and education will become more and more important.

1. （1） People will know prices at the shops and news on___________.

   A . the computer B . television C . wallpaper D . the videophone
3. （2） What can make the room look nicer?

   A . Gardening. B . Switches. C . Lighting. D . Machines.
5. （3） People will work for __________ 30 hours a week.

   A . less than B . more than C . fewer than D . more or less
7. （4） The passage tells us that in the future __________.

   A . people will have less free time B . people will take over most jobs in factories C . there will be more people eating out D . people won't travel to space