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Reading the following passage and choose the best answer:
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used .Before printing presses were invented , only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books.Often these people were unable to read and hadnt enough time to learn .In any case , the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today .They wanted booked because they were expensive and there was something magical about them .Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write sail ordinaly people could not learn to read.
The position with computers is very similar today.A few years ago ,computers were very large and expensive.Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didnt know how to use them.In many countries , however, the situation has now completely changed .Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.
Questions :
1)What happened before printing presses were invented?
Before printing presses were invented , only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books.
2)Why were books wanted before printing presses were in vented?
They wanted books because they were expensive and there was something magical about them .
3)What is common feature of a book and a computer?
They were very large and expensive.
4)what situation has thoroughly changed nowadays?
Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.
Many of the things we do, depend on receiving information from other people. Catching a train, making a phone call or going to the cinema all involve information (1).....THAT.... is stored,processed and communicated. In the past, this information used to (2)..BE... kept on paper in (3)...THE form of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables. Now more and more information is put on computers. Computers play a (4)..ROLE...... in our everyday lives. Consider the use (5).....OF...... computers in both shops and offices, Big shops, especially chain stores with branches all (6)...OVER... the country, have to deal with very large amounts of information. They have to make sure (7)..THAT there.......... are enough good on the shelves for customers to buy. They need to be able to re-order before stocks (8)...cargoes....... out, to decide which things are selling well and (9).....SO...... on. All these processes are performed quickly and effciently (10)...IN.. computers.
A lot of office work in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt with by people, the paper was put (9) ……………………. for future reference. This way of working was (10)……………………. particularly easy or fast. A computerized system is much more efficient
The position with computer is very similar today. A few years ago, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn't know how to use them. In many countries, however the situation has now completely changed. A lot of people not only own microcomputers but also know how to use them.
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Vị trí với máy tính ngày nay rất giống nhau. Một vài năm trước, máy tính rất lớn và đắt tiền. Các nhà quản lý doanh nghiệp và những người giàu đã đặt hàng nhưng họ không biết cách sử dụng. Tuy nhiên, ở nhiều quốc gia, tình hình đã hoàn toàn thay đổi. Rất nhiều người không chỉ sở hữu máy tính siêu nhỏ mà còn biết cách sử dụng chúng.
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For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life. Experts predict that before long all schools and businesses and most families in the rich parts of the words will own (own/do/learn/make) a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computers arouse strong feelings-people either love them or (to/but/and/or) hate them. The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and in (at/on/in/to) the home. Apart from (for/from/with/to) all the games, you can do your accounts on them , learn languages from them, write letters on them, and in some places even do (do/make/have/surf) your shopping with them. They stay that computers bring leisure, as many unpleasant (interesting/skillful/pleasant/unpleasant) jobs are taken over by computerized robots.
The haters, on the other hand, argue thet computers bring not leisurure but unemployment (unemployed/employment/unemployment/employ) They worry, too,that people who (that/on who/who/whom) spend all the time talking to computers may forget how (why/how/that/when) to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take over (over/in/place/off) from human beings altogether.
Twenty years ago only large companies (1)................... computers. They were large (2).............. which filled rooms and they always had big tapes which went round and round. (3)................... the 1908s one in every tow families (4)............. Britain had a micro-computer- most schools also had several. (5)................ new machines were much cheaper and much smaller (6)..................... the older ones. peo used to them (7)................... pleasure as well as business. A recent survey showed that over 40% of home computer owners used them mainly for (8)...........
1. A. have B. had C. has D. having
2. A. machines B. matches C. metal D. factories
3. A. on B. At C. in D. of
4. A. in B. at C. on D. over
5. A. They B. This C. That D. These
6. A. that B.over C. than D. as
7. A. to B. for C. with D. of
8. A. games B. lines C. plays D. changes
Today, computer companies sell amny different programs for compiters. First, there are programs for (1)..............doing............... math problems. Second, there are programs for (2).................scientific................ studies. Third, some programs are like fancy typewriters. There are often used by (3).................writers................ and business people. Other programs are made for courses in schools and (4)...............universities............... And finally, there are programs for fun. They include word games and puzzles for children and (5)..............adults............. There are many wonderful new computer programs, but there are other reasons to like (6)................computers............. Some people like the way computers hum and sing when they are (7)...............working.............. It is a happy sound, like the sounds of toys and childhood. Computers also (8)...............have............. lights and pretty pictures. And computers even seem to have personalities. That may (9).................sound............. strange, but computers seem to have feelings. Sometimes they seem happy, sometimes they seem (10).................angry............... It is easy to think they are like people.
V/ Read the text and fill in the blanks with suitable words
people agree that computers are the most important…41……invention….of the 20th century. The first business computers…..42……were….introduced just about thirty years ago, and now they are being…43…used…. In a wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. 44…However…., until just a few years ago, computers were very large, expensive machines owned by large corporation and governments. 45….Almost. everyone knew that computers existed, very few people had ever seen one and even…46……they..had used one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device …47…in….store a large amount of information in a very small space,computers could be much smaller and less expensive …48...than.....the huge mainframe computers used……49………in...corporation. Some computers manufacturers believed that people might like to have computers in…50…every….homes, offices, and school, so the personal computer was born.
1.Invention
2.were
3.used
4.However
5.Almost
6.they
7.in
8.than
9.in
10.every