1 . Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box. What do you think of the problem mentioned in the passage?

available       critical        innovation        integrate potential        prediction       prospect          remote

There are many    1     about what the future will be like, but no one really knows for sure. We do know that there will be many new     2    in technology, though. These new advances will make thousands of new products    3     that no one has yet even thought about. With this, however, there is a     4    new problem which we do not have now: the gap between the technologically rich and the technologically poor. Not everyone may have the money to    5     new technology into their lives, and some people living in    6     areas may not have access to     7    new technology. In light of such    8    , many people are already working hard to make new technology cheaper and easier to buy so that everyone might benefit from it.