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.

Which “reply” CLOSET in meaning to?

It can be inferred from the passage that the principal cause of California’s population surge between 1940 and 1950 was ..........

According to the second paragraph, a useful theory is one that helps scientists to _______.

It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that Mantle ______.

According to paragraph 3, which of the following fields is NOT suitable for a person who does not want to live in a big city?

 The word “exert” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ................

The word “inhabitants” in line 2 is closest meaning to: .........

What happened to the writer’s grandfathers?

Although women think men should share the housework, those who don't have paid job agree to share ........... of the chores.

When was M.L. born?

According the passage, who receives the Pulitzer Prize?

The word "These" in paragraph 3 refers to ..........

What is the main idea of the passage?

Which of the following terms does the author define in the first paragraph?

M.L. was ................. by the atmosphere in which he grew up.

The "pounds" in the second paragraph are probably ...............

The man mentioned in the passage, who used his cellphone too often, ______.

The word "it" in paragraph 7 refers to ______.

After which year did the town really begin developing?

The writer says that when he was very young ________.

The word "others" in paragraph 3 refers to ................