Future in the past I

When centuries turn, people invariably look to the future, and the 1900 was no expcepition. Following the great inventions of the 1800s, the 20th century was ____________ a time of further technological achievement.

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In 1900 the Wright Brothers _____________ to make the first powered aeroplane flight,

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and the horse _____________ rule the roads for much longer because

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Henrique Ford __________ to turn the automobile into a mass-market product.

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1900 was the year that engineer john Elfreth Watkins _________ write an article entitled "What May happen in the Next Hundred Years."

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The article predicted that in the in year 2000, people ________ color photographs and moving images using electrical signals.

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and that trains ______________ travel 240 kilometers per hour.

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also, in the year 2000 farmers ________ to grow fruit and vegetables under electric lights.

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His predictions weren't perfect, though. He predicted that the letters C, X and Q were ______ be dropped from the alphabet.

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and that in cities, bridges and underground tunnels __________ separate all vehicle traffic from pedestrians.

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