Will people have robots教案

vi.reading comprehension
（a）
tom and fred are talking about the year 2020.“ what will our world be like in the year 2020?” “i don't know, ” says fred.“what do you think?” “well, no one knows, but it's interesting to guess.” “in the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer.the computer will give people the answers to all their problems.we shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the world.perhaps we'll be able to see them at the same time.” “a lot of people will live and work under the sea.perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too.” “machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they'll work only two or three days a week.they'll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.” “i'm looking forward （期待）to the year 2020.i hope to go to tile moon! ” “and 1 hope i'll be able to live under the sea.” says fred.“won't that be very interesting? just like a fish! ”
（　　）1.tom and fred talked about 　    .
a.their school life         b.some interesting news
c.their life in the past    d.their life in the future
（　　）2.machines will 　    .
a.do most of the work instead of people
b.do some of the work instead of people
c.do as much work as people
d.do as little work as people
（　　）3.from their talk, we know that 　    .
a.only fred hopes to fly to the moon
b.both of them hope to fly to the moon
c.one of them hopes to fly to the moon
d.neither of them hopes to fly to the moon
（　　）4.fred said 　    .
a.he liked fish very much
b.he would like to live under the sea like a fish
c.he would go fishing under the sea
d.he would spend a few days on the moon
（　　）5.which of the following statements is not mentioned?
a.people will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship.
b.people will have more holidays.
c.many people will live and work under the sea.
d.all the factories and farms will be built under the sea.
（b）
people use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need.when they work, they usually get paid in money.
most of the money used today is made of metal or paper.but in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money.one of the first kinds of money was shells.
in china, cloth and knives were used as money.elephant tusks（牙）, monkey tail and salt were used in some parts of the world.rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands.some animals were used as money, too.