F) Choose the correct option.
Use of “Computers”
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980s,
technology 1) ________ a great deal. The first computers 2) _______
simple machines designed for basic tasks. They 3) ________ much
memory and they 4) ________ very powerful. Early computers were
often quite expensive and customers often 5) ________ thousands of
dollars for machines which actually did very little. Most computers were
separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or
for playing games.
Times have changed. Computers 6) _________ powerful machines with very practical
applications. Programmers 7) ________ a large selection of useful programs that do
everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video
games, but today’s games have become faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many
computer users 8) ________ communicating with other computer users around the world. We
9) ________ to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual
machines of the past 10) _________ into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.