“Who would you like to change your life with if possible?” Last week, we _________ many middle school students this question. The following (下列) are some of their _________.

I want to change my life with my friend, Wang Xiaohui. She is studying in _________, England now. She has been to many countries, such _________ the USA and France. They are the places I wish to visit. What’s more, she _________ much better English than me. If I change my life with her, I can visit many beautiful countries, eat delicious _________ and _________ different kinds of people there.

I’d like to change my life with my Chinese teacher Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao is a very _________ lady. She knows a lot, _________ she always has so many interesting stories to __________ us. We all like her classes. I also want to be such __________ excellent teacher and be __________ with my students.

I will change my life with my __________ brother. My brother is a college student now. He has to go to classes all the time. He can study what he is __________ in. And he even has a part-time job to make money. To __________, all of these sound (听起来) very interesting. I really want a life like this.

The world’s population has been growing quickly. The environment is becoming worse and worse. Food prices, meanwhile, have kept rising. These ________ have made us worry about whether we will have enough food for everyone in the future. What will we be eating 20 years from now?

Thankfully, there are so-called food futurologists (未来学家). These people have been looking for new ways to produce food.

In the future, meat will be able to be produced not only on the farm but also in the lab. Growing meat in the lab is good for the environment since ________ greenhouse gases are produced. It also requires less water. But many people still find it hard to accept lab-grown meat. They wonder whether it will be good for their health.

Insects may be the last thing you would consider eating. The idea of eating insects sounds ________ . However, insects are expected to become one of our basic types of food in the future. Worldwide, there are 1,400 different kinds of insects that we can safely eat. Researchers say insects can provide as much nutrition as traditional meat. It costs less to raise insects than farm animals. ________, in some places, insects have already become a popular food. Wasps (黄蜂) are considered delicious in Japan. And eating crickets is widely accepted in Thailand.

Another possible solution for our future dinner table is sonic-enhanced food (声音增强性食物). Believe it or not, sound can ________ the taste of food. Scientists have found certain sounds can make things taste sweeter or more bitter. In this way, we can use some music to make the food taste sweet.

These are just some of the possible foods that we may see in the future. ________ can say for sure what exactly it is we will be eating 20 years from now. You can use your imagination to think about some other possible foods we might see in the future.

It’s a summer morning in 2040. The Internet is all around you. All the things you’re about to do appear according to the data streams (数据流) flying across the________.

Cars and buses adjust (调节) ________ numbers and ways according to the data streams, too. Buying your kids wonderful birthday gifts is ________ and quick in 2040. It is because your data will quickly tell you the best shopping service. And it will be just what your ________ want. Best of all, doctors will have an easy way to check (检查) your medical history because of the data.

It ________ good, doesn’t it? In the future, data will ________ most of things. This ________ is from a person and he created the web. Last month in London, he said that one day we might also have much greater ownership (所有物) over the data.

“I would like us to ________ a world. In the world, I would have my own data,” he said. “We’ll be able to write apps. They can take data ________ all different parts of my life, my friends’ lives and my family’s lives.”

We never know what will happen in the future, but the world wide web in 2040 promises to be different. We can be ________ of one thing: we will do our best to make it come true.