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I use my laptop to play games, and ¹___ the web. One day, I switched it ²___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone ³___ but then it started making a funny ⁴___ and completely ⁵___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was ⁶___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing ⁷___. A laptop is just an ⁸___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s ⁹___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only ¹⁰___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___ but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

Complete the text with the correct words.

I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

Complete the text with the correct words.

I use my laptop to play games, and 1___ the web. One day, I switched it 2___, but nothing happened. First, I thought the battery had gone 3___, but then it started making a funny 4___ and completely 5___. I called Don, who’s good with computers. I was 6___ to know what was wrong. Don said it was nothing 7___. A laptop is just an 8___ which doesn’t last forever. It’s 9___ that over time, it will stop working. So, the only 10___ is buying a new one!

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Computers are improving all the time. What is most important is that computer memory is increasing. Experts say that the amount of memory in a typical desktop computer gets twice as big, every eighteen months. Modern computers have a million times more memory than those of the 1980s and they are much cheaper. So why do we need so much memory? It isn’t because we have a lot more documents to keep, but because we do much more complex things with our desktop and laptop computers. A lot of other electronic devices use memory, too. Mobile phones and tablets need a lot of it as well, for example, to keep your contact details, save text messages, surf the web or watch videos online.

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Computers are improving all the time. What is most important is that computer memory is increasing. Experts say that the amount of memory in a typical desktop computer gets twice as big, every eighteen months. Modern computers have a million times more memory than those of the 1980s and they are much cheaper. So why do we need so much memory? It isn’t because we have a lot more documents to keep, but because we do much more complex things with our desktop and laptop computers. A lot of other electronic devices use memory, too. Mobile phones and tablets need a lot of it as well, for example, to keep your contact details, save text messages, surf the web or watch videos online.

     2    More memory is needed to …

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Interviewer   Nowadays, everyone uses a computer and viruses are a real threat. I hope you will find the information from Dr Josh Bennet, an expert on computer viruses, useful. Dr Bennet, who writes them?

Dr Bennet     Well, most writers of viruses are teenagers who are keen computer programmers. And most of them live in Europe and Asia, because the American government carefully controls how people use the internet.

Interviewer   Why do people write viruses?

Dr Bennet     To show that they are very good at creating new computer programmes – 99% of the viruses that they create stay in the programmers’ computers.

Interviewer   How do we get them?

Dr Bennet     They are sent to our computers via email attachments, which lead to a lot of problems when we open them. Then the viruses tell a computer to delete everything on the hard disc. The next time somebody turns on their computer, the instructions are followed. The easiest way to stop viruses entering your computer is to never open email attachments.

Interviewer   OK, so we must be careful with attachments. Dr Bennet, thank you for your explanation.

     1    Most computer viruses …

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Interviewer   Nowadays, everyone uses a computer and viruses are a real threat. I hope you will find the information from Dr Josh Bennet, an expert on computer viruses, useful. Dr Bennet, who writes them?

Dr Bennet     Well, most writers of viruses are teenagers who are keen computer programmers. And most of them live in Europe and Asia, because the American government carefully controls how people use the internet.

Interviewer   Why do people write viruses?

Dr Bennet     To show that they are very good at creating new computer programmes – 99% of the viruses that they create stay in the programmers’ computers.

Interviewer   How do we get them?

Dr Bennet     They are sent to our computers via email attachments, which lead to a lot of problems when we open them. Then the viruses tell a computer to delete everything on the hard disc. The next time somebody turns on their computer, the instructions are followed. The easiest way to stop viruses entering your computer is to never open email attachments.

Interviewer   OK, so we must be careful with attachments. Dr Bennet, thank you for your explanation.

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The most obvious reason ____ mobile phones are so popular is that the quality is going up at the same time as prices are coming down.

There has been a power ____ and now the lights are not working.

I can’t plug in the lawn mower because the cable is too short. Please bring me the ____ lead.

The file sent together with an e-mail message is called ____ .

 I won’t pay you until I ____ the pay cheque.

My sister was unhappy ... she met her husband.

My friends have lived in Canada ... 1992.

My son will call me tonight ... he gets home.

They'll fix the car ... they travel.

I've played soccer ... I was ten.