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By 2050，Futurologists（未来学家） predict that life will probably be very different _____ 2050.
TV channels will have disappeared. ________, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program______(direct) to the television．Today, we can use the World Wide Web _______read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away．By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers, ______ books will come to us by computer.
Cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast．Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won’t_____any accidents．Today, many cars have computers _______tell drivers exactly where they are．By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination．Space planes will take people halfway around the world _____  2 hours．Today, _______United States Space Shuttle can go into space and _____ on Earth again．By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just 2 hours.
Robots will have ______(place) people in factories．Many factories already use robots．Big companies prefer robots—they don’t ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a ______．By 2050, we will see robots everywhere—in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.
Medical technology will have conquered many ________．Today, there is equipment that connects directly to the brain___ (help) people hear．By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and hear______