Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, Cor D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.

            Technology will allow homes in the future to be “smart.” Appliances will communicate with each other and with you. Your stove, for instance, will tell you (25) ________ your food is cooked and ready to eat. The technology is possible (26) ________ tiny information-storing devices called RFID1 chips. People already use them to keep track of pets and farm animals. Future RFID chips will store information about (27) ________ the items in your cabinets. For example, they will record the date that you bought each item. Other devices will “read” this information using radio waves. When you need more food, your cabinets will tell you to buy it.

            In a smart home, you won’t have to repaint the walls. The walls will (28) ________ be digital screens, like computer or TV screens. The technology is called OLED and it’s here already. A computer network will link these walls with everything else in your house. Called “ambient intelligence,” this computer “brain” will control your entire house. It will also (29) ________ to your preferences. Your house will learn about your likes and dislikes. It will then use that knowledge to control the environment.

Question 25:    A. that                  B. how                      C. who                           D. when

Question 26:    A. because            B. because of            C. instead of                  D. despite

Question 27:    A. all                    B. every                    C. any                            D. each

Question 28:    A. definitely         B. really                    C. actually                     D. completely

Question 29:    A. access              B. fit                         C. apply                         D. adapt