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.

The word “urgent” in the last paragraph probably means .............

Which piece of equipment is used at the end of the recording process?

What is the main idea of the passage?

Faugel’s research showed that beta blockers given to his sample ...............

A nod of the head from the teacher will likely ask his student to __________ what he is saying.

Which of the following conclusions about squirrels is supported by information in the passage?

The word "vulnerable" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .............

Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?

Did the town people believe the story of the five men about their meeting with Bigfoot?

Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. Department of Transportation?

When is the wedding ceremony completed?

The word “uniformity” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.

When the concept of universal primary education was introduced, education ................

Which of the following would most likely NOT be reflected in a person's costume, as it is defined in the passage?

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about primitive art?

All of these following sentences are true for the first day of the professor in Brazil EXCEPT .......

The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to ___________.

The passage is mainly about the subject of .............

According to the passage, the doers of education are .............

The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means .........

In order to operate a computer, a student does not have to be _______