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"For kids it (1)... (to become) an identity-shaping and psycho-changing object," Ms Turkle said. "No one who creates a new technology really understands how it (2)... (to use) or how it can change a society."
Mobile phones, instant messaging, email and the like (3)... (to encourage) younger users to create their own inventive, quirky and very private written language. "That (4)... (to give) us the opportunity to essentially hide in plain sight. We (5)... (more / to connect) than ever, but were also far more independent," Ms Turkle's daughter explained.
Ms Turkle (6)... (to recall) a vacation with her daughter in Paris, where she (7)... (to hope) to immerse her in the local culture and cuisine. "Part of the idea of Paris is being in Paris," Ms Turkle said. But during an afternoon stroll, her daughter (8)... (to receive) several calls and text messages on her mobile phone from friends back in Boston; her daughter (9)... (to answer) to everyone.
When Ms Turkle asked why she (10)... (not / to turn off) her mobile
phone and enjoy the city, her daughter replied, "I (11)... (to feel) more
comfortable talking with my friends. They just (12)... (to want) to know
where I am," the girl said. "It is a new form of sensibility."
13. For gaps (1-8) read the text given below. Choose the correct item (A, B, C, or D) which best fits each space to complete the text. There's an example (0) at the beginning.
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View
The Computer History Museum was (0) (B) established in 1996 in Mountain View, California. The Museum (1)... originally... The Computer Museum History Centre. Today the Museum is the home to the largest and most significant collection of computing artifacts in the world. It has (2)... to present stories and artifacts of the information age, the computing revolution, and the computer's impact on our lives.
The Museum has three unique exhibits (3)... to the history of computing and other related inventions. One of them is the Difference Engine No. 2, which was (4)... by Charles Babbage in the 1840s and constructed by the Science Museum in London. It (5)... exhibited from 10 May, 2008 through April, 2009. The museum's 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) exhibit "Timeline of Computing History" (6)... 2,000 years of computing history. It (7)... in late 2009. The group of volunteers usually (8)... various activities at the museum: regular tours of the "Visible Storage", a lecture series, restorations of selected computers, archive work, and special events.
A has established | В established | C establishes | D establish |
A was called | В is called | C were called | D is calling |
A been preserved | В preserved | C preserve | D been preserving |
A devotes | В devoting | C devoted | D to be devoted |
A has designed | В designed | C is designing | D designs |
A is | В will be | C was | D is being |
A covered | В has covered | C covers | D covering |
A will open | В has opened | C opens | D was opened |
A run | В runs | C ran | D is running |
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