“But the true fruition of Hawthorne’s vision may not come until the period from 2020 to 2050, when true artificial intelligent (AI) programs will finally be added to the Net, capable of reason, common sense, and speech recognition. Some call this the “fourth phase” of computing, when we will be able to communicate with the Internet as if it were an intelligent being. Eventually, accessing the Internet may resemble talking to the Magic Mirror of children’s fairy tales. Instead of typing arcane codes and symbols into a web navigator and being flooded with fifty thousand incorrect answers, in the future we will simply talk to our wall screen or tie clasp and access the entire planet’s formidable body of knowledge. This magic mirror, endowed with an intelligent system complete with common sense and reason, and, very possibly, a human face and a distinct personality, may act as an adviser, confidant, aide, secretary, and gofer all at the same time. One computer analyst commented that the future could resemble a Disney movie, as inanimate objects come alive and talk to each other and to us, like the talking tea kettle, Mrs. Potts, in Beauty and the Beast.” The author’s tone when discussing the future of the internet is best described as

a
Inspired
b
Magical
c
Irritated
d
Cautious

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

Use the drop-down menu to choose the best verb form to complete each sentence. if he a warmer jacket, he would not have gotten frostbite. i wish that those snakes fake. if they to go to the party, they would need a ride.

What are two themes in ted chiang’s “exhalation”?