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LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Ring, ring the alarm clock goes off. I looked at the clock and realized that I did not
want to get up. I reached for my three-fifty-seven magnum handgun and blew it
into the next century. I called my
butler, Jeeves, to come and clean up the mess. It is okay because I am a rich
lawyer. I am fifty years old, and I own a four-story mansion with nine bathrooms
and fifteen bedrooms on fifty acres of land. I have a TV viewing room with a 58 x
64 screen. I often have friends come over and watch sport events and movies
with me. I also have several video games that we play. I also have a large
swimming pool with a diving board at one end. At the other end of the pool is a
nice curvy slide painted black and blue with water running down it. This helps us
to go down fast.
In the year of 2035, I became the mayor of the city of Rockford, Illinois. I have
been the mayor for fifteen years. I have gotten to go to many places and gone
overseas many times in the last fifteen years as the mayor. I spend my day by
driving into town and going to my office. My day is filled with a lot of paperwork,
meetings, phone calls and appointments. One wall in my office is a big fish tank
with all different kinds of fish in it, such as starfish, shark, and goldfish. My office
hours usually are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm. My hours are usually spent doing
varioussport activities and, naturally, spending a lot of time attending football
games, including the Denver Broncos. I am a single male which allows me time to
spend on myself.
1. From the title alone, what is your summary of this short story?
2. How do you think he succeed became a mayor?
3. Why do you think he often has friends come over and watch sports events and movies with him?
4. What was he doing from 8.30 a.m to
5.00 p.m?
i. Attending football games.
ii. Driving into town.
iii. Attending meetings.
iv. Doing paperwork.
a) i and ii
b) ii and iv
c) i and iii
d) iii and iv
5. What can you predict about his past
life based on this short story?
