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Pearson has __1__ together to work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a __2__ millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key __3__ and discoveries to take place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an __4__ life expectancy and dozens of artificial organs __5__ into use between now and 2040. Pearson also __6__ a breakthrough in computer human links. By linking __7__ to our nervous system, computers could pick up __8__ we feel and, hopefully, simulate __9__ too so that we can start to __10__ full sensory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star Trek holodeck, he says. But that, Pearson points __11__, is only the start of man-machine __12__:It will be the beginning of the long process of integration that will __13__ lead to a fully electronic human before the end of the next century.__14__ his research, Pearson is able to put dates to most of the breakthroughs that can be predicted. However, there are still no __15__ for when faster-than-light travel will be __16__, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible. But he does __17__ social problems as a result of technological advances. A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, __18__ problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic __19__ robots will mean people may not be able to __20__ between their human friends and the droids. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder-kitchen rage. 1.[A]taken[B]pieced [C]kept [D]made 2.[A]complicated [B]delicate[C]subtle[D]unique 3.[A]breakthroughs [B]findings[C]events [D]incidents 4.[A]expanded [B]extended [C]enlarged[D]enriched 5.[A]being[B]becoming [C]carrying[D]coming 6.[A]schedules [B]plans[C]predicts[D]designs 7.[A]directly[B]instantly[C]precisely[D]automatically 8.[A]that [B]how [C]what[D]all 9.[A]thinking[B]hearing [C]sight[D]feeling 10.[A]form [B]develop [C]find [D]undertake 11.[A]out[B]at [C]to[D]toward 12.[A]program[B]production [C]experiment [D]integration 13.[A]finally[B]ultimately[C]utterly[D]absolutely 14.[A]Through[B]Though [C]During[D]By 15.[A]forecasts[B]articles [C]stories [D]meetings 16.[A]advisable[B]affordable [C]available [D]valuable 17.[A]solve [B]arose [C]exercise[D]expect 18.[A]confront[B]cause[C]witness[D]collect 19.[A]lovely[B]likely [C]lifelike [D]lively 20.[A]distinguish[B]differ [C]diagnose[D]deviate | 
