Have you ever considered what an important part work plays in our general lifestyle For most of us, our jobs are the main things that (36) and direct us, and around which we organize our lives. Perhaps this (37) on work began with our Puritan forebears, who believed that the best way to serve God was through honest hard work, or perhaps our fundamental belief in work (38) from a time when this country was young and we needed people who believed in hard work to carry out the (39) business of pioneering. Whatever the reason, it is (40) that work is important to us. Think about the situation that (41) when you meet someone and try to learn more about him or her. An early question is very frequently something such as, what do you do Or where do you work This kind of question usually follows what’s your name And is now so common with us that we do not stop to wonder why we ask it. But, you know, it is very possible that in the future the question will disappear, and we might very well ask (42) , what do you play Computers and other technological equipment are making jobs more automated and less personally (43) . Scientists tell us that one day in the (44) future, very few people will have to work. Our society will be run by computers and we will have a great deal more free time, so that our games will become more important than our jobs. At the beginning of this century, almost everybody believed in work. But by the end of this century, we might be thinking quite differently. Today, people are divided into social classes in (45) with the types of work they do; tomorrow, it is more than likely we will be divided according to the types of games we play. A. arises I. arduous B. accordance J. essential C. raises K. demanding D. undeniable L. contribute E. motivate M. stems F. foreseeable N. exertion G. stress O. instead H. unpredictable