1. The news that the winter Olympics will be held (held) in Beijing in 2022 excites Chinese people home and abroad.  

2. I will be seeing (see) Mr Zhang at 8 o’clock tomorrow at the office.  

3. The time is not far away when mobile phones will become (become)widespread in China’s vast countryside.  

4. I shall be picking (pick)up my boss at three this afternoon.  

5. This time next week I’ll be on vacation. Probably I will be lying (lie) on the beach.  

6. —Hi, Mr Smith. Which department do you work in? 

—I am in the Marketing Department now, but I will work(work) in the Sales Department before long.  

7. —We’d better take umbrellas.

—I’m sure it will be raining(rain) when we arrive in London.  It’s always wet there at this time of year.