1 . “Ladies and gentlemen, the time train has arrived at the terminal!” It felt like I had woken up from a dream, _________ soon discovered I had come to 2035. Suddenly, I heard a strange voice calling my name. I turned around, only to find a robot _________ to me enthusiastically. “I’ll show you around the city in 2035!” I nodded immediately, _________ what the city would be like.

Once I walked out of the train station, many crossed air lanes came into view. The robot, seeing how _________ I was, explained the new traffic system to me. The system was put into place by many famous engineers using highly _________ technology. In fact, it eliminated (消除) the issue of traffic jams entirely.

Next we made our way to a restaurant nearby. Just as I _________ that there was no menu, a waiter began to scan my body with a special _________, which gave me a big fright, so I _________ out of my seat immediately. The robot explained it was just a machine that was able to figure out what our body needed and chose the recipe that _________ us most. The waiter then introduced me to the electronic screen that allowed me to choose the environment according to my __________. I pressed the “beach” button on the screen and __________ I felt a sea breeze. I couldn’t help but __________ at how rapidly technology had advanced.

We __________ returned to the train station. Just as I __________ the train, I heard a familiar voice calling my name. I opened my eyes to see my mom standing over me. What a __________ dream!

2 . I log onto a computer at the doctor’s office to say I have arrived and then wait until a voice calls me into the examination room. There, a robotic nurse ________ me onto the scales and then takes my blood pressure. Some time later, in steps the doctor, who is also a robot. He notes down my ________ and gives me a(n) ________. I pay for my visit using a credit card and return home without having met another human being. This is my nightmarish vision of the future, which hasn’t happened ________ yet.

I should say I really do like many aspects of ________. I am a big fan of air conditioning in summer and heaters in winter. But I am writing this because I don’t want machines to ________.

When I call my dentist’s office and actually get a human being on the line, I am ________. And when I see the introduction of yet more self-service checkout stations at the grocery store, I feel like ________, “When it comes to cashiers, make mine a(n) ________, please!”

After all, human cashiers sometimes ________ you a store coupon for items you are buying.

Even more than that, real-life cashiers often take an interest in particularly cute children, which can ________ young mothers’ day. A cashier may also show compassion for an elderly person ________ to get that last penny out of his purse.

Machines can be ________ and cost-effective and they often get the job done just fine. ________ they lack an element so important to everyday life.

Call it the spirit, the soul or the heart. It is ________ no machine will ever have. It is human being that encourages us to smile at others, which may be what they need at that moment.

3 . _______ to us all, Martin Luther King was the black leader in America, who devoted his life to the racial equality, and died for his beliefs. The following is a(n) _______ from his famous speech delivered in the large audience of American people. The speech is called “I have a dream”.

I say to you today, my friend, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I will have a dream. It is a dream deeply _______ in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this _______ will rise up and live out the true meaning of its belief that “all men are _______ equal”.

I have a dream that the sons of _______ slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of _______. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis(绿洲) of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation _______ they will not be judged by the color of their skin _______ by the content of their character.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. This is our hope and faith. __________ this faith, we will work together, pray together, struggle together, go to jail together, stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.