Twenty years ago few people ( 1. realize )........... that computer were about to become part of our daily lives. This short period of time (2. see)....... enormous changes in businees, education and public administration. Jobs which (3. take) ......... weeks to complete in the past are now carried out in minute. Clerks who(4. spend).......... all day copying and checking calculation are now freed from these tedious tasks. In offices, the soft hum and clicking of word processors (5. replace) ......... the clatter of typewrites. Schoolchildren (6. become )............. as familiar with hardware and software as their parents (7 be)...... with pencils and exercise books. Computerization of public records(8. enable) ......... government departments to analyze the needs of citizens in detail. Some of us may wonder, however, whether life (9. really/ improve) ...................... as a result of these changes. Many jobs (10.disappear) ............... for example when intelligent machines (11.take)........ over the work. Employers complain that clerial staff (12. become) ........... dependent on calculator and canot do simple arithmetic. There are fears that governments (13.not/do) ............. enough to ensure that personal information held on computers is really kept secret. Certainly, many people may now be wondering whether the spread of computer (14. bring) ............ us as many problems as it (15. solve).........