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DIRECTIONS:
Directions: Read the technology predictions from the past. Choose the correct word below to complete each sentence.
computers | motion picture | radio |
telephone | television | World Wide Web |
1. "There is no reason people would want ________________________ in their homes."
2. "A student body that once said 'I want my MTV' is about to be succeeded by one that demands 'I want my ____________________.' "
3. "This ____________________________ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
4. "I believe that the ______________________ is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks."
5. "In five years, you will not be able to buy a _____________________ that is not Internet-enabled."
6. "I think there is a world market for maybe five ____________________."
7. "The _________________________ has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
8. "There won't be schools in the future. The whole system is based on a set of structural concepts that are incompatible with the presence of __________________________."
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