阅读短文，选择正确答案。 What might the future be l

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阅读短文，选择正确答案。

     What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.

     The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches

for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the

journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more

than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by

2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will

no longer be a problem. 

     Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital (数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal

web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move

faster.

     Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel (燃料). Coal,

natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy (能源).

     Schools will go electronic (电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students.

Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find

information on the Internet. A computer will be the students' library, schoolbag and connection to the outside

world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the

students' parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.

1. More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during              . [ ]

A. Christmas Day

B. National Day

C. the Spring Festival

D. the Mid-autumn Festival

2. The newspapers will disappear              . [ ]

A. in 28 years

B. by 2020

C. by 2053

D. in 33 years

3.              is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy. [ ]

A. Coal

B. Wind

C. Nuclear power

D. Water

4. From the passage we can know              in the future. [ ]

A. the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem

B. 90% of the population will live in the city

C. robot teachers will check homework

D. readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet

5. What's the main idea of the last paragraph? [ ]

A. Schools will go electronic

B. Computers will be important

C. There will be robot teachers

D. School buses will be like spaceships