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Computers are machines that can help us in many
ways. But they cannot think or do things on
their own. Humans have to feed them with
information and tell them what to do with it.
They cannot come up with any new information.
But they can save much time and work. For
example, all the information and the office
files can be stored in a computer's "memory". If
a clerk were to trace any information from a
particular file, the computer would only take
seconds to find it. It would take a clerk days
or even weeks to go through every file if no
computers were used. The first computers were
huge and costly. They filled up almost the whole
floor of large offices. Later, because of the
usefulness and demand for computers in business,
scientists soon found ways to produce cheaper
and smaller computers. They invented chips which
made it possible to store more information in
less space.
Today, computers are not only cheaper, but
also more compact.
They can just be placed on top of an ordinary
writing table. They can even be carried from
place to place easily. Computers are not only
used in offices by companies, but they are also
used at home, by families who can afford them.
Robots, on the other hand, are not mechanical
people. They are only moving parts controlled by
a computer. A robot can do the same work for
twenty four hours, and yet, it does not complain
or get tired. In the United States robots are
computers that tell them where to guard and what
to do. These robots are programmed to listen for
certain noises and signals for help in case of
trouble or danger.
In Japan and in some places in America,
robots are used in factories to assemble cars.
As computers become more common businesses and
factories, people fear tha tone day computers
and computer controlled robots will put human
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Why do humans have to feed the computers with information and tell them what to
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Because computers can save time and work. |
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Because computers cannot think or do things on their own.
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Because computers can store office information in their memory. |
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Because computers can help us in many ways. |
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Why did the first computers fill up almost the whole floor ? |
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Because they were huge and costly. |
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because of the usefulness and demand for computers in businesses. |
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Because the office floor was small. |
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Because they were huge.
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Find a word in the passage that has the same meaning as
more compact. |
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Huge |
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Cheaper |
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Smaller
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Costly |
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4. |
Which of the following statements in NOT
TRUE ? |
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Robots are controlled by a computer. |
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Robots are mechanical people.
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Robots do not get tired of working. |
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Robots guard factories and museums in the United States. |
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5. |
Humans fear that one day computers and
robots |
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are busier than humans. |
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are cleverer than humans. |
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will make humans jobless.
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will make humans listen to certain noise. |
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6. |
The BEST title for this passage would
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(A) |
Computers and Robots
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(B) |
Old and New Computers |
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Robots are Security Guards |
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The Electronic Invention |
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Answers : 1B 2D 3C
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