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[E] Many technologies that seem commonplace today appeared miraculous when they first appeared on the scene. The creative minds __33__ these amazing inventions were not all scientists, however. In many cases, they were writers of science fiction. These literary masters __34__ of some incredible innovations way before their time.       Examples of current technologies that were once science fiction are not hard to find. The Internet was envisioned by Mark Twain in 1898. Credit cards were predicted by Edward Bellamy in 1888. Satellites were written about by Arthur C. Clarke in 1945. __35__ weaponry like submarines, tanks and atomic bombs appeared in novels by Jules Verne (1869) and H.G. Well (1903, 1914). Lunar exploration was visualized by Johannes Kepler as __36__ as 1634.       So what does this suggest for the future? The bizarre fantasies of today’s science-fiction writers may one day be accepted as normal devices. Already we are seeing __37__ like flying cars, real-time language translation and even thought-controlled computers. The future is becoming “now” faster than ever before!
33.
(A) further
(B) toward
(C) despite
(D) behind

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難度:適中0.5
統計:A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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