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Futurologist is a new profession, which has appeared recently. Futurologists predict the future, _______________(1), nothing of the kind! Some big companies employ futurologists, and say that they help them develop their business. Futurologists study the present and say what is going to happen in the future. For example, they can say what people are going to wear, to eat and ______________(2). They can say what professions are going to be very popular and ___________(3). Futurologists analyze the technologies, which we use now, and suppose that things like an intelligent fridge, intelligent vacuum-cleaner or intelligent cooker will soon become usual in our house. They also say that technologies will often be presented in a human form, ____________(4). If the futurologists are right, our future is going to be an exciting time to live in.
A what jobs are likely to die out
B they use special techniques to predict the future
C drink in the nearest future
D but they are not wizards
E that is, in the form of humanlike robots
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It was my birthday and the whole world was smiling at me. I ___________5_(wake up) a bit later than usual. Though my bedroom door _____________6(close), I heard some nice noise in the kitchen. Then I smelt a wonderful taste of the vanilla cake. My Mum cooked it for very special occasions only. When I entered the kitchen, I saw a big bunch of flowers, which my brother____________7(bring) for me. Though he is much older than me, we get on very well together, and I was sure that the bunch of flowers wasn’t the only surprise from him. I ____________8(look for) the dress I was going to wear for the party, when the phone rang. A female voice said that she had prepared a present for me, which I ______________9(never/forget) in my life. Puzzled, I tried to recall if I had ever heard that voice before, but I couldn’t remember it…
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Though London is a modern city, there are many zones for 10_________ there. The British are 11_____________ of their parks, where lawns are green almost all the year round and tourists enjoy feeding grey squirrels. There are lots of squirrels in London parks. They jump across lawns, climb trees and look at people with their round black eyes. It’s 12____________ but those little animals with large bushy tails can do harm to some other animals! The problem is that the population of grey squirrels is 13___________ very quickly, and this affects the population of other animals in the area as they can’t get enough food. Now biologists think on the problem how to 14____________ wild animals from the squirrels!
1 a) resort b) reconstruction c) recreation d) resolution
2 a) proud b) afraid c) surprised d) sorry
3 a) unreal b) unusual c) incorrect d) unbelievable
4 a) moving b) running c) growing d) jumping
5 a) prevent b) protect c) pretend d) predict
