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上海各区高三英语二模——语法填空 上海各区高三英语二模——语法填空 PAGE / NUMPAGES 上海各区高三英语二模——语法填空 【2018- 宝山区 -二模】 Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank . How Much of the Jetsons World Has Become a Reality? For most of our readers, The Jetsons may be an unfamiliar name. However, for many Americans born in or before the 1980s, it is a name we fondly remember. The Jestsons was a popular cartoon that featured a family living in an advanced world (21)______people settle in houses built in the sky, work only three days a week and drive flying cars that resemble flying saucers. While sky-high houses and three- day workweeks don a‘ppｔear to be on the horizon, other visions of the future (22)______(turn) into practical realities. Flying cars have been on the minds of scientists and inventors for decades. They are part of a typical imaging of the future fast-paced and luxurious, (23)______(allow) us to speed through the skies. As (24)______ (see) in The Sky ‘ s No longer the Limit, this flight of fancy may soon be a reality in Dubai. Aiming (25)______ (become) the world ‘ s most advanced city, Dubai is currently testing the first-ever flying taxi. (26)______ money still exists in its current cash-based form in The Jetsons, people today are looking toward a world where even cash is out-of-date. Bitcoin is a type of digital money that has taken the world by storm. Since its introduction, the money ‘ s price (27)______ (increase) to rates as high as US$ 19,000. This, however, may not predict well for the future of digital currency, as experts warn that Bitcoin is a bubble and (28)______ crash soon. It ‘ s possible that some dreams the future may still be (29)______ ______ our reach. Other more probable technologies already exist, for example, future flying eye hospitals in A Ho