If the professionals sometimes sound like high school students, it’s probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accuate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.

　　One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000, “Only one thing is certain,” he answered. “Children born today will have reached the age of 43.”

　　36. How many examples does the author offer to describe the future life?

　　A. Three

　　B. Four

　　C. Five

　　D. Six

　　37. The high school students’ answers to “What would life be like in 1978?” sound __________.

　　A. accurate

　　B. imaginative

　　C. correct

　　D. foolish

　　38. In the second paragraph, the writer gives examples to show _________.

　　A. predicting about the future can be done in a humorous way

　　B. no predictions are based on careful research

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