Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2040．
   "What will our world be like in the year 2040？" asks Tom．
   "I don't know，" says Fred．"What do you think？"
   "Well，no one knows，but it's interesting to guess，" says Tom．"In the year 2040 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．Maybe we'll be able to see them at the same time．A lot of people will live and work under the sea．Maybe 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．Maybe 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 to the year 2040．I hope to go to the moon!And I also hope I'll be able to live under the sea，" says Fred．"Won't that be very interesting？Just like a fish!"

（1）What are Tom and Fred talking about？

D

D

A．Their school life．
B．Some interesting news．
C．The life in the past．
D．The life in the future．
（2）Machines will

A

A

in the future according to the passage．
A．do most of the work
B．work all day long
C．do all the work
D．work two or three days a week
（3）What do the underlined words "looking forward to" in the passage mean in Chinese？

C

C

A．尋找
B．思念
C．期望
D．追求
（4）Fred said

B

B

．
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