A. DESTRUCTION B. DISAPPEARANCE C. EXTINCTION D. COLLAPSING(46-50)...

45. a. destruction

b. disappearance

c. extinction

d. collapsing

(46-50). Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.

With the invention of the microcomputer, a computer can now be purchased for as little

as a few hundred dollars. Taking advantage of this situation, quite a few secondary

schools, even kindergartens, have already begun to use computers. Many other schools,

however, are hesitating to introduce computer science onto the school curriculum. They

wonder if students, especially younger ones, will able to use these complicated machines.

They also fear that they may only be suitable for youngsters who are good at math.

“What about slower students?” they ask. Will computers make learning even more

difficult for them? Then again, will learning with a computer be boring?

Schools that are actually using computers are discovering answer to these questions.

Surprisingly, students who are only 6 to 7 years of age are taking to the machines like

fish to water. They are not only finding them easy to use, but they are also finding them

fascinating.