People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that they don’t even know what their own lives will be like in a few years’ time. What follows is not science fiction. It is how experts see the future.

You are daydreaming behind the steering wheel; is it too dangerous? No! That’s no problem because you have it on automatic pilot, and with its hi-tech computers and cameras, your car “know” how to get you home safe and sound.

What is for lunch? In the old days you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or a pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. If your body needs more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine makes you a salad.

After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work. Thanks to your information screen and your latest generation computer, you needn’t go to the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co- worker in Brazil. You can instantly send back a reply to him and go on to deal with other matters.

What is the main idea of the passage?

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• As it can be inferred from the passage, what benefits does Internet II have over the Internet I?

• The word “bounds” in line 5 is closest in meaning to ......

• Who is the most likely speaker?

• The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

• A main difference between tsunamis in Japan and in Hawaii is that tsunamis in Japan are more likely to _________ .

• Which of the following is closest in meaning to “frigid” in paragraph 1?

• Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a source of information for The Sea Around Us?

• People need to communicate in order to__________

• In what way is Juliette’s current job better her first job?

• What is true of Lake Vostok?

• All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it______.

• What does “they” refer to?

• The word “employers” in the passage refers to ..............

• Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

• The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

• According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT ______.

• The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to______________.