THE SHIP WAS LEAVING WHEN THE LAVA HIT THE TOWN.QUESTION 2. READ TH...

6. The ship was leaving when the lava hit the town.Question 2. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (3 pts) The computer is a wonderful machine. It is the most important invention. Almost every profession now uses computers. They are used in science, industry, business, medicine, and education. The oldest kind of computer has been used in China since the sixth century. In the 17

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century an adding machine was invented. The first large, modern computer was built in 1937. Computers improved quickly. A few years later a computer could do 5,000 additions per second. Today all computers have a processing unit, an arithmetic and logic unit, and a memory. Computers are getting smaller and smaller, and computing faster and faster. Even in a very large computer, the part that does the actual computing is about the size of the end of a finger. Computers can work together – they can network with each other. The worldwide computer network is called the Internet. Using Internet, you can find all kinds of information and news from people and countries around the world.Complete the sentences.Since the 6

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century ………..In the 17

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century ………..