Unit 8 Life in the future 单元拓展阅读训练（含解析）

Unit 8 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津深圳版 英语八年级下册 一、阅读理解 Technology is developing fast and it has become an important part of our life. Then what will the world be like in the future 3 D food will be both delicious and nutritious. We can use 3 D printers(打印机) to print some basic materials. And we can go further. Scientists believe that we just need to turn on a printer in the kitchen and then we can enjoy our delicious food whenever we like. The 5G network will allow many more people to get information. Big companies like China Mobile and China Unicom will start to offer 5G. It is said that it promises download(下载) speeds 10 to 20 times faster than 4G. For example, we can download a film within just 1 second. But with a 4G network, it takes a few minutes. There will be much bandwidth(带宽) and we can get unlimited(无限的) information. Underwater cities will give us more space. The Earth is becoming more and more crowded(拥挤的). We will build more underwater homes under the sea. And the sea will provide enough power(动力) to meet the need of people who live in the underwater homes. Space tour will be a piece of cake. For us common people on the Earth, the dream of travelling around space will come true. In the coming years, spaceships will be as popular as buses, trains and planes. We can leave our home and enter space to take an adventure(冒险). And we will even get used to living there. A robot will be a part of life. Robots can do many of the same things as we humans do, like driving cars. But they will be used in other areas as well. They will be able to think. They can tell the difference between right and wrong. In a word, just as Jules Verne said, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make it real.” 1．According to the passage, which of the following statements about the future world is TRUE A．3 D food will be easy to make but won’t taste good. B．With 5G, users will get only a little information. C．Underwater cities will provide more living space. D．A robot will do everything for us as human beings. 2．The underlined phrase “a piece of cake” in Paragraph 5 probably means “_____”． A．something easy to do B．something of high technology C．something small to eat D．something with a low price 3．What can we infer(推断) from the passage A．People will live a hard life in the future. B．Technology will make our future better. C．People will have no real friends in the future. D．Technology will make no difference to our future. Do you know chocolate has its festival in Europe Europeans see chocolate as one kind of culture. So every October, people get together in Perugia, Italy to celebrate the European Chocolate Festival, one of the most exciting food festivals. Thousands of visitors from all over the world come to the big festival. It’s a good chance to talk together and pass on chocolate culture. There are many wonderful shows during the festival such as high buildings, great books, world-famous ... ...