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The Future of Shopping One evening last week, a man walked in to a supermarket in Seattle. He picked
up some vegetables, meat, tea and coffee. As he was going round, he noticed there were no shop
assistants anywhere. When he had finished, he put everything into a shopping bag. Then, instead of
going to the check-out to pay, he walked out of the store. Maybe you’re asking yourself why he wasn’t
arrested, but in fact he hadn’t done anything wrong. He was in one of America’s first completely
automatic supermarkets, and it has has no shop assistants. Before you go in, a machine takes the details
of your bank card. Inside the store, cameras use facial recognition technology to follow you round, and
they recognise and record everything that you pick up. When you leave, the central computer knows
exactly what you have bought and it works out your bill. When shoppers were asked how they felt about
the new system, they had different opinions. Many of the older shoppers said they didn’t like it, and said it
felt strange. Younger shoppers were much more positive. Cindy Havholm, 15, said she thought it was
‘awesome’. One of the problems of using new technology like this is that people often lose their jobs. It’s
something that factory workers know all about. Many of them have lost their jobs and the factories they
used to work in are now full of robots and computers. It’s not just factory jobs that are disappearing. You
can study almost anything on the Internet, and teaching software is getting better and better – so in the
future we may not need so many teachers. The same thing is happening to doctors, nurses, taxi drivers,
travel agents … the list goes on and on. Will this be a problem for young people? Will there be any jobs
for today’s teenagers in tomorrow’s world? The answer is probably yes. The good news is that when old
jobs disappear, new ones are created. Today’s young people will do different jobs, but most of these jobs
will be better-paid and more interesting than the ones people do today.
1. Read the text. In what order (1–6) does the text mention …
A the sort of jobs that have disappeared? ___
B people’s feelings about a new supermarket? ___
C the jobs young people will do in the future? ___
D someone shopping in a new supermarket? ___
E jobs that are changing now because of technology? ___
F watching what customers do in a supermarket? __
USE OF ENGLISH
2. Complete with must, should and have to in the correct form
1. If you want to work in the USA you _________________ speak good English.
2. You _________________ give someone a clock as a present.
3. You are ill. You _________________ go to school today.
4. You _________________ remember to feed the dog.
5. You _________________ say anything stupid if you want to keep your job.
6. Tomorrow is Sunday! So I _________________ go to school!
7. You _________________ have goals in life.
8. If you see Pauline, you _________________ be polite to her!
9. You _________________ forget the lunch with our neighbours!
10. Please, tell her that she _________________ get good results at school!
3. Choose the correct option

I _____ leave early because I wasn't feeling well.

a.had to
 b.must
c.have to
You _____ do something to solve this problem.
a.have to
b.'ve to
c.must

I don't like these clothes, but I _____ wear them at work.

a.must
b.'ve to
c.have to

Teacher: 'You _____ arrive on time for class.'

a.must
b.mustn't
c.have to

We didn't have money, so we _____ find a cash dispenser.

a.must
b.had to
c.have to
4. Rewrite these sentences using reported speech
1) "He works in a bank." said Mia
2) "We went out last night." I said
3) "I'm coming!" My mom shouted
4) "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived."
5) "I'd never been there before."
6) "I didn't go to the party."
7) "Lucy will come later." The teacher said
8) "He hasn't eaten breakfast."
9) "I can help you tomorrow." Marcus told
10) "You should go to bed early."
5. Complete with the correct form of reported speech
a. They said, "This is our book." → They said
b. She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday." → She said
c. He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow." → He said
d. You said, "I will do this for him." → You said
e. She said, "I am not hungry now." → She said
 f. They said, "We have never been here before." → They said
g. They said, "We were in London last week." → They said
h. He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow." → He said
i. He said, "They won't sleep." → He said
j. She said, "It is very quiet here." → She said

6. Second conditional: complete with the correct form

a. If I ________________ (have) more money, I'd travel more.

b. What would you do if you _______________ (find) a lot of money in the street?

c. A lot of health problems could be prevented if people ____________ (be) better.

d. If I had her number, I ____________ (phone) her; but I don't have it.

e. Our kids would be happier if we _____________ (live) in the country.

7. Choose a pair of verbs and complete the sentences: (to come)+ (to prepare), (to have)+(to buy), (to

be)+(to invite) , (to live)+(to visit) ,(to be) +(to play) , (to study)+(to be)

a. If I ______________ home earlier, I ______________ dinner.

b. If we ______________ in Rome, Francesco ______________ us.

c. If Tim and Tom ______________ older, they ______________ (to play) in our hockey team.

d. If he ______________ my friend, I ______________ him to my birthday party.

e. If Susan ______________ harder, she ______________ better at school.

f. If they ______________ enough money, they ______________ a new car.