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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. concerned；B. signals；C. mechanical；D. monitor；E. identification；F. philosophical
G. thoughts；H. assume；I. embedded；J. privacy；K. procedures

Would you wear a computer under your skin?

Forget smartphones and smart glasses. One day, we might have smart tattoos, body modifications. The company NewDealDesign came up with an idea for a product called UnderSkin. The device would look like a pair of tattoos on your arms and the side of your thumb, but it would actually be a very thin computer implanted just below your skin. It would draw power from your body’s energy, and you could use it to unlock doors, 1 your health, exchange and store information, or even express your personality. UnderSkin is just an idea — you can’t go out and get one — but the technology exists to make it work. “We 2 it is about five years from being real,” says designer Gadi Amit.

Writer and technology initiator Amal Graffstra already has a chip called a radio-frequency 3 tag implanted in his hand. “I use it to log into my computer. I also use it to share contact details with people,” he says. The chip is about the size of a grain of rice and responds to radio 4 with a unique number for recognition.

If a computerized tattoo or 5 tag isn’t crazy enough for you, what about a brain chip? The company Intel is working on technology that would let you control your devices with your mind. Dean Pomerleau, one of the researchers, explains, “We’re trying to prove you can do interesting things with brain waves…. Imagine being able to surf the Web with the power of your 6 .”

Do you think these chips sound frightening or cool? Some doctors are 7 about people hurting themselves while getting devices implanted. They argue that medical 8 are meant to heal sick people, and not to give healthy people special powers. Others worry about hacking and 9 . Could someone hack in and steal your identity, or even control your mind? On a more 10 level, if you have a computer inside your body, are you still human? Or are you a cyborg, a being that is part human and part machine, or a machine that looks like a human being?

What do you think — would you want a computer under your skin?

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