(1) Why will people run their errands electronically?
A)Because it is convenient and time-saving.
B)Because they will simply talk to their home computers.
C)Because they can exchange their ideas with computers.
(2) What does the phrase "to run errand" mean in the passage?
A)To go shopping.
B)To help do something.
C)To operate computers.
(3) What does the passage probably imply at the end?
A)Computer shopping will at last destroy old tradition.
B)Though time-saving, computer shopping might make people lazy.
C)Though convenient,computer shopping may be too dull.
Wi1l people still go to grocery store for food and to the bank for money fifty years from now? Some experts think that in fifty years, people will do both of these things -- and more -- in their living rooms. It is convenient to do this. What they will have to do is to buy home computers without even having to take any course in programing. They will simply talk to their computers and, if these futurists are right, the computers will talk back to them.
More and more, poople will shop from house. It saves much of their time. Let's say a family wants to buy a TV. They will see a picture of the model they want on a video screen and find the store with the best price. Then they'll send a message to that store, and the right amount of money will be taken out of their bank account and put into the store's. Of course, many pcople wilI run most of their errands electronically. But sometimes they will still want to go shopping the "old-fashioned" way -- going from store to store to find shoes that fit or a comfortable chair for the living room.
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