《2025年学力水平快乐假期暑假八年级英语人教版北京教育出版社》

 2. Tingting and Ma Jian are watching TV with Tingting's father in the living room. Read and answer the questions. (T=Tingting, F=Tingting's father, M=Ma Jian, E=expert)
F: Tingting, Ma Jian, come quickly. The program is very interesting. An American expert is talking about the house in the future.
T&M: OK, we're coming.
E:... In 20 years, we won't live in space or underground. We'll live in houses and flats just as we do today. They'll look much the same as they do today, at least from the outside. But they will be different inside. People will be able to change them. That means we can move the walls to make bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room will disappear. However the kitchen will become the most important room in the house. We'll still use it for cooking and also use it more as a family room. And the bathroom will be bigger. We'll spend more time in the bath...
M: Ah, the living room is going away. We won't be able to watch TV together here. We'll stay in the kitchen and the bath for long.
E:... A lot of furniture will be the same. I think a single computer will control most things in the house. And it will have a voice recognition system(语音识别系统). If you say "Turn on the light" the light comes on... The technology will be smarter. For example, if we have no more milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. Maybe a shopping list will show on a screen on the fridge, and the toilet will move higher or lower, depending on who use it—a child or an adult...
T&M: How interesting!
(1)What is the TV program about?
(2)Will people live under the ground in 20 years?
(3)What will happen to the dining rooms and living rooms?
(4)What will you do to turn off the light easily in the house in the future?
(5)What will the toilet be able to do?
(6)Which things do you think will happen and which won't happen? Underline in the passage.

答案：
(1)The house in the future.
(2)No, they won't.
(3)They will disappear/go away.
(4)I only need to say "Turn off the light".
(5)It will move higher or lower, depending on who use it.