The document contains sample responses to comprehension questions about a passage on predictions for the year 2000 that was made in the early 1900s. The passage discussed predictions regarding life expectancy, language use, transportation, and communication technologies. The document provides sample answers to multiple choice and true/false questions testing comprehension of key details and predictions contained in the original passage.

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3. Answers B. Answers will vary. Sample answers:
1. The average life expectancy in 1900 was 35 years.
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2. He thought there would be no C, X, or Q; spelling would be by sound; the language
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would be condensed; and English would be the most widely spoken language. The
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prediction about English being the most widely spoken language came true.
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3. He was probably thinking about airplanes.
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4. Automobiles have replaced all horse-drawn vehicles.
5. There will never be tubes connecting houses to a store. This is impossible.
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5. Answers will vary. Sample answers:
1. By the time we arrive at the picnic, it will have started to rain.
2. I will have fallen asleep by the time the movie is over.
3. By 2013, the summer Olympics will have taken place in London.
4. By the time my father retires, he will have worked at his company for 20 years.
5. He will have decided which college to attend by February.
6. By the time you come to the table, the food will have gotten cold.
7. She will have learned to drive by the time she graduates.

6. Answers will vary. Sample answers.
they will have been married for 25 years
he will have been a vegetarian for four weeks
she will have been working there for 10 months
you will have been studying for four hours
I will have lost 15 pounds
I will have lived in Singapore for 15 years
we will have waited for 30 minutes
it will have been playing for three
hours
will manufacture receive
make am going to buy
am going to travel get
will run starts
drive are going to see
Are going to argue change
Answers will vary. Sample answers.

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12. 1. false (He paid 20 million dollars.)
2. false (The first year of flights is already booked.)
3. true
4. false (The hotel will spin in order to reproduce Earth's gravity.)
5. false (The moon hotel will be powered by solar power.)
6. true
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