V. READING COMPREHENSION
Choose the correct option a, b, c or d to complete this passage.
The electronic computer is the most (1) ________ invention since steam engine. While the industrial revolution (2) ________ changed the nature of (3) ________ work, the computer revolution is now changing the work (4) ________ by the brain. Nowadays micro-computers are (5) ________ in hundreds of thousands and are constantly (6) ________ equipped with more and more ingenious (7) ________. Contrary to popular belief, computers (8) ________ cannot make mistakes. The answer will always be correct (9) ________ the programmed fed (10) ________ the computer is correct.
1. a. powerful b. significant c. strange d. mysterious
2. a. previously b. lately c. frequently d. continuously
3. a. hard b. brain c. manual d. intellectual
4. a. doing b. does c. did d. done
5. a. manufactured b. done c. worked d. performed
6. a. be b. being c. been d. to be
7. a. machines b. computers c. programs d. devices
8. a. which b. that c. itself d. themselves
9. a. if b. unless c. whether d. while
10. a. up b. on c. into
1. a. powerful b. significant c. strange d. mysterious
2. a. previously b. lately c. frequently d. continuously
3. a. hard b. brain c. manual d. intellectual
4. a. doing b. does c. did d. done
5. a. manufactured b. done c. worked d. performed
6. a. be b. being c. been d. to be
7. a. machines b. computers c. programs d. devices
8. a. which b. that c. itself d. themselves
9. a. if b. unless c. whether d. while
10. a. up b. on c. into
