Semester Test - 2. Writing for Grade 10

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

 Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

 Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

 Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.

Read the text below and choose the answer a, b or c that best fits each gap.

 Have you ever asked yourself what you (1) _______ do if you didn't have a computer? A few decades ago PCs were science fiction; today, we simply cannot (2) _______ without them. But the problem with computers is that (3) _______ advance too fast. If you compare today's laptops (4) _______ the desktops of the 1990s, you will find they are centuries apart. The bulky and uncomplicated machines of those days have been replaced by compact devices like PDAs and IPhones. But even (5) _______ you buy the latest laptop available, don't get too excited: in a few months it will be (6) _______ date, too.

You (7) _______ to try to keep up with all the new gadgets on the market. The wisest thing you can probably do is buy something which you can update on a yearly basis. Surely, by next year, scientists will (8) _______ something new and it is extremely costly to keep buying whatever becomes the latest trend.