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根据下列短文，回答题。What might the house of the future be like? Grace can tell．More formally known as the Microsoft Home，her high—tech devices，along with 26 in design and construction，will change the 27 we think about our homes．
You enter the house，and Grace’s 28 ，coming from hidden speakers，passes on your messages；In the kitchen，you set a bag of flour on the intelligently 29 stone counter．Grace sees what you’re 30，and projects a list of flour—based food on the counter． 31 you choose on，Grace repeats instructions tor cooking．She 32 knows what’S in the cupboard．
The day when your house、viii be like a family member is not that far off．This 33 0f seamless computing，in which technology is everywhere yet nowhere(34 when we want it)，is emphasized in most future—home thinking．
Microsoft， 35 ，isn’t the only one exploring 36 technology can make our homes more 37 and comfortable．At the Georgia Institute of Technology，scientists are 38 systems that will allow older people to continue living 39．So Grandma’s home can be intelligently wired to 40 her patterns of wake，sleep and movement；family members would be 4l of any changes via computer．
Does spying on Grandma sound 42 ? Director Beth Mynatt says“A good bit of our 43 has been working on how to convey information without 44 privacy．We also don’t want to
create 45 anxiety．Maybe she just took a quiet day to read，and the system would have to recognize that．”
第26题答案为： A．promotions
B．applications
C．practices
D．advances
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