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1. Like most false （predictions ）before, this one cannot come true, either.

2. Windows has already got its （dominant ）position in the industry.

3. Many people are afraid to open their door （after dark ）.

4. Citizens（市民）have reacted by arming themselves with various （weapons .）

5. People will be able to （make ）water （from ）moon rocks for use in the colonies（聚居地）.

6. These mirrors send （ sunlight）into the colony.

7. Einstein’（organ ）was not bigger or heavier than anyone else’s.

8. It’s easy for the visitor to be （ dazzled）by modern America .

9. It seems that everywhere you go, there is something to （ celebrate.）

10.The opportunities (机会) to be （ entertained）in the US are endless.

11. The US also （leads the way ）in many of the contemporary (当代的) arts.

12. Americans have come to realize that their natural environment needs （looking after .）

13. Today, it takes just hours to cross the continent (大陆) by （ aircraft）.

14.（By the time ）they start school, little girls have an advantage (优势) that boys do not have.

15. The mother unconsciously trains her son to ( move away)from her, to develop independence.

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1. Researchers, analysts and other experts predict that an explosion of___ intelligent, networked， single-purpose devices will replace the all-purpose, one-size-fits-all PC.

2 But like most false predictions before, this one cannot _come true__, either.

3.Windows2000 will _run on__ PCs, workstations and servers all the way up to massive date warehouses.

4.The heavy smoker _no longer__ smoked 40 cigarettes a day because of lung cancer.

5.Crime has many forms, including crimes _on__ property, person, and government.

6 .Other experts argue about who is really to _blame for （be to blame 是短语，不是blame for,别弄错了） __ criminal behavior: the individual or society.

7.The most important problem that still remains unsolved, however, is how to _stop__ crime _from__ happening.

8.Maybe, one day, people from our planet will have to live __in_ space. They will not live on the other planets, _such as__ Venus or Mars, but in large space colonies.

9.Look at the colony in the picture; It is cylindrical, __with_ a diameter of five hundred meters.

10.On each side of the cylinder there is a long mirror. These mirrors send sunlight _into__ the colony. They also __change_ day _into__ night, and change one season into the next.

11.The house _is made of__ stone.

12.Many people are afraid to open their door （after dark ）