"Remember that by the terms of the contract you are ____ to leave before midday," the voice said. "Yes, yes, I know. I was ____ about to pack when you rang." "Midday," the voice repeated. "I know. As I said, I was on the ____ of leaving - packing, then leaving." "That is, ____ you want to pay for another week," the voice continued. "No, no I'll ____ out by twelve," I stammered. "It does say very clearly on your door that all guests are ____ vacate their rooms by midday," the voice went on, quite unnecessarily, I thought. "Look. I've told you," I said, "I'll have ____ before the clock strikes twelve! I'm ____ in less than fifteen minutes. The flies, ants, and cockroaches will soon be partying in a punctually vacated apartment. Have no fear." "Kindly remember that the new occupants ____ in at.." 'I know! Midday!' I screamed, and threw down the phone. 1. He was ____ resigning when the news of his promotion came through. 2. Our builder told me he ____ best to get the materials as soon as he could. 3. I think we'd better leave this resaturant as soon ____ the bill. 4. If that little boy carries on like that, he ____ accident before long. 5. By the time I qualify, I ____ law for six years. 6. Our company is ____ over by a multi-national. Despite all the lessons we have learned from history, it is difficult ____ conceive what people are likely to be doing a hundred years ____ now. During this century, so many changes have taken place that any idea as to what new invention is ____ become an integral part of our lives has become more of a guessing game than ever. For a start, in ten years' time, today's innovations will probably gave ____ out of date. There ____ little doubt that many of our habitual, taken-for-granted activities such as shopping and going to school ____ disappeared by the year 2100, largely due to the growth of electronic media. But what we have little idea about is how this ____ affect our personal relationships. Or rather, not ours as this will be long after ____ left this earth. What concerns us is how our great-great-great grandchildren ____ living. Will people still ____ talking to each other face to face, or only via computers? Will they still be able to find a friendly shoulder to cry on when they ____ feeling low? In the long run, who knows? A: What do you think you will be doing five years from now? B: I'm not sure. Maybe I ____ married by then. How about you? A: I ____ medical school, so I ____ my internship five years from now. A: So you ____ around here in five years, I guess. Where do you think you ____? B: Wherever I get my internship.

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