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1、2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练二轮精品题（33）及答案阅读理解Today,theworldisrapidlyurbanizing．Withhalfoftheworldpopulationexpectedtoliveincitiesbytheearlypartofthe21stcentury,theShanghai2010WorldExpo'sfocusonabettercitybearsprofoundmeaning．Whatmightfuturecitieslooklike28yearsfromnow?Herearesomescenarios:th
2、ingstocome,thingstogo．ZerowasteWastedisposalisoneofthebiggestheadachesforcities．Apartfromrecyclablewaste,everythingisburiedorincinerated,onlytopollutetheenvironment．Plasticwasteremainsundergroundforseveraldecades．Theworldproducesmuchmoregarbagethatitcandisposeof．NowattheExpo,all
3、wasteisdeliveredtoacompressionstationwherethewasteissorted,filtered,decontaminated,deodorizedandcompressedbeforefinallybeingdisposedofatdesignatedspots．InBeijing,peoplelivingintheAsuweiareaturntheirhouseholdwasteintoorganicfertilizerswhichareusedtogrowplantsatresidencecommunitie
4、s．NomoretransportationproblemsduringSpringFestivalTheSpringFestival,themostimportantChineseholidaywheneveryonereturnshome,hascausedheadachesformillionsofChinese．Morethan2billionpeopletravelatthesametime,makingobtainingtravelticketsandthejourneydifficult．Butin28years．SpringFestiv
5、altravelmaynotbeaproblematall．Chinaplanstohavemorethan120,000kilometersofrailwayandarapidtransportationnetworkthatwillserve90percentofthepopulationby2020．AndbecausemostofChinawillbecities,peoplewillnothavetogotootherplacestofindajob,somigrationwillnolongerbesolarge-scale．Newspap
6、erstodisappearAmericanscholarPhilipMeyerpredictsthatnewspaperwillcometoanendin2043．UtagawaReizou,formereditor-in-chiefofTheMainichiDailyNews．believesthatthenewspaper-9-willbegonein2030．Thiskindofpredictionmayworrythoseinprintnewsbusiness．IntheU．K．,thecirculationsofnationalnewspa
7、persaredeclining．MajorJapanesenewspapershavegoneintodebt．IntheUS,decliningcirculationsandadrevenueshaveforcedseveralnewspaperstostopprintingpaperEditionsMediatycoonRupertMurdochthinksthefutureofmediareliesoninteractionthroughtheInternet．Inthefuture,digitalnewspaperswillbesenttop
8、ortalwebterminalsthroughwirelessly．Readerscandi
