eng7-R6· Unit 6· ~20 min
Read an article about future life
Read one narrator’s imagined 2050 city and distinguish its predictions, systems, and effects.
The narrator imagines one city in 2050. Buildings, transport, shopping, work, leisure, and urban farming are presented as predictions inside that imagined setting. Read conditional steps in order, connect stated causes to their stated effects, and do not turn the narrator’s vision into a claim about every real future city.
Key terms
virtual — created with computer technology rather than existing in the real world
fitting room — a place where people try clothes on
traffic jam — many cars moving very slowly on a road
futuristic — very modern and seeming to come from the future
leisure activity — an activity done in free time
| Area | Predicted feature | Stated result |
|---|---|---|
| Homes | App-controlled virtual views | Residents can change or turn off a view. |
| Transport | Robots fly cars and car parks are in the air | Street space becomes available for green areas. |
| Shopping | Codes and apps support food and clothing choices | Food arrives at the door and a virtual self tries clothes. |
| Work and leisure | People work less and earn more | They have more leisure and spend much time with family and friends. |
| Food growing | Special farmlands grow plants | The narrator praises the view, smell, and fresh air. |
✎Test a claim against the imagined setting
- 1Frame: Notice that the article begins in 2050 and describes one narrator’s city.
- 2Locate: Find the exact sentence that supports or contradicts the claim.
- 3Limit: State the result as a prediction in this city, without extending it to all future places.
💡Track cause words
Because, thanks to, and as a result link only the causes and effects the narrator states.
🚫Do not swap people and robots
The narrator says robots fly cars; the text does not say people drive those cars themselves.
Rules
- 1Treat details introduced by the 2050 setting as the narrator’s predictions, not established present facts.
- 2Use the exact quoted excerpt as evidence.
- 3Keep each pronoun connected to its named antecedent in the same excerpt.
- 4Follow process words such as scan, choose, and then in their stated order.
- 5For a main idea, choose a statement broad enough to cover the whole excerpt.
- 6For an inference or comparison, combine only relationships directly supported by all quoted sentences.
- 7Choose Not Given when the excerpt supplies no information needed to judge a statement.
Practice
6 easy · 6 medium · 6 hard
Up to 10 random questions per test