EXERCISE 1                   

                     Information Technology

  1982 was the year of information technology in Great Britain. But what exactly is infotech? 85% of the people __1___ recently had not a clue what it means, __2___53% of those polled said they thought it sounded pretty important.They were __3___.It is.So what is it? Well, put simply,it is the "marry-up"of products__4___several key industries:computers, telephone, televisions, satellites.

It means __5___ microelectronics, telecommunication¹ networks fibre optics__6___produce,store,obtain and send information by way of words,numbers,pictures and sound__7___and efficiency than ever before.

  The __8__ infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous.It is already linking the skills of the space industry with __9___ of cable television,so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes ___10__ all over the world. Armies of "steel collar"workers,the robots,will soon be working in factories doing the boring,complex and __11___jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas __12___the car industry this has already started. television will also be used to enable customers __13___from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering___14__ the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit² of their credit cards.The automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the television__15___ .Cable television __16___in many countries now gives a choice of ___17__ channels will soon be used to___18___ our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms ___19___to police and fire stations.Computers will run our homes,controling the heating,air-conditioned and cooking systems ___20___ robot will cope with the housework.the friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the post service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via viewdata screens.

1)    A  polling    B being polled   C polled      D having been polled

2)    A  so        B although      C however    D but

3)    A  right      B wrong        C mad       D crazy

4)    A  from      B in           C to          D for

5)    A to use       B to be used    C being used   D using

6)    A to help      B to helping    C to be helped  D to being helped

7)    A very quickly B more quickly  C quicklier     D most quickly

8)    A force       B affect        C impact      D control

9)    A those       B that         C which       D the one

10)   A from       B in           C across       D thoughtout

11)   A interesting   B dull         C unpleasant   D happy

12)   A for example  B for instance   C like        D such as

13)   A shop       B to shop       C shopping    D to shopping

14)   A on         B via          C within       D by

15)   A screen      B machine     C set          D show

16)   A where      B in which     C which       D it

17)   A a dozen     Bdozen       C dozen of      D dozens of

18)   A protect     B clean        C run         D manage

19)   A related     B associated     C linked      D joined

20)   A while      B because      C since        D for

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