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UNIT 4
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE OF IT
READING
1 Read the article and fill in the gaps with the correct sentence (A – J).
There is one extra sentence, which you don’t need to use.
A Derek had prefaced his remarks by admitting that we cannot see the future,
but when it comes to technology I think he is wrong.
B But I believe that the balance is tilted firmly in favour of the greater use of
computer technology, and that the benefits to come from it will help us all.
C But we have proven able to absorb the impact the net has made since 1994,
and I am optimistic about our ability to do so in future.
D It is always complicated when you try to find an internet-related anniversary
to commemorate.
E But these devices do not talk to each other very well, and they do not really
talk to other people's devices at all.
F First, there is the problem of definition.
G And access to processing power will be there, whenever it is needed, but it
will not be found only in plastic boxes on our desks, however well-designed they
may be.
H But 35 does not normally get a celebration.
I But the 100 or so net pioneers who gathered at a smart London hotel for the
reception were not going to quibble over the champagne and canapes.
J If we are very lucky then the internet, computers and all the rest of the
technologies will not be on view at all.
K But the benefits for the many will outweigh the conservatism of the net old-
timers.
L Wired world could help us manage resources, be aware of natural or human
disasters more rapidly.
WELCOME TO THE INTERNET 2014
As the UK marks 10 years of e-commerce,
technology analyst Bill Thompson looks forward to
what the coming decade has in store for us.
1)_______ For example, 29 October marks the 35th
anniversary of the transmission of data on the
Arpanet, the research network that was the
forerunner of today's internet.
Back in 1969 the second network node, at the
Stanford Research Institute, was commissioned and
data could pass to and from UCLA (University of
California in Los Angeles), where the first node had
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