In the not-too-distant future, we     1     (live) in smart homes     2     will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment. Intelligent controls will control just about everything in our home. For example, they will use integrated     3     (sensor) to go into an energy-efficient mode when we leave home while     4     instant we get home, we’ll find everything     5     (prepare) for us, including dinner, our favourite music or TV programmes. In addition, smart homes will be monitoring our health every day. If they find there is something     6     (normal) or we have a critical illness, they will give us a warning early on and     7     (potential) save our life. Smart homes will also be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. If they find something wrong, they will detect it and provide us     8     the relevant information for us     9     (fix) the problem.

In a word, this smart technology is not a fantasy. Nevertheless, it will be some years     10     most new homes begin to use it.