(26) ________ in technology have made a lot of changes to our everyday lifestyles, but one of the biggest has got to be how we read books. Since the invention of the e-book, there has been a significant change to our reading habits. Given the choice between taking a couple of heavy paperbacks on holiday or an e- book device like a Kindle, most of us, including our parents and grandparents, would unsurprisingly opt (27) ________ Kindle. But what would our lives be like with no books at all? It's ...

(26) ________ in technology have made a lot of changes to our everyday lifestyles, but one of the biggest has got to be how we read books. Since the invention of the e-book, there has been a significant change to our reading habits. Given the choice between taking a couple of heavy paperbacks on holiday or an e- book device like a Kindle, most of us, including our parents and grandparents, would unsurprisingly opt (27) ________ Kindle.

But what would our lives be like with no books at all? It's a (28) ________ question. Some educational specialists are making predictions that in the future we won't even see books in classrooms - everything will be done online! (29) ________ of the idea of getting rid of books say that there will always be a need for paper-based versions of materials. (30) ________, to be realistic, we have to accept that there is a remote chance that in a decade's time, schools and classrooms will be book-free! What do you think of that?