Please Read the Following Text and Answer the Questions Correctly.

COMPUTERS
A computer is an electric machine used to make a human’s work easier. Computers are
designed to do many things. Among these is the ability to play games – not much to an adult but
to a child these are quite exciting and fascinating. It can also do both simple and complicated
arithmetic. Computers can also do word processing. This means that the computer helps to
decide what a piece of writing will look like. If the computer has a printer attached then it can
also feed information to the printer which will then print out the information on to paper. There
are many types of computers not to mention the numbers of brands and models. The three main
types of computers are: mainframe computers, micro-computers, and mini-computers.
Mainframe computers are very large computers that are stacked up on frames. They usually have
many input and output terminals (keyboards and monitors). They are sometimes stacked up in
the middle of a room although they are usually stacked up against the walls of a room. Micro-
computers are the most common type of computers. These computers run on a micro-chip. They
can only hold one input and output terminal plus a printer. Mini-computers run on a mini-chip.
They can do a lot of things that micro-chip can’t. For instance, they can support many input and
output terminals. They are also a lot faster than a micro-computer.

1. What is a computer?
2. To whom do computer games most attract?
3. How can computers do word processing?
4. What can we do to print documents from our computer?
5. How many types are there for computers? Mention them all.
6. Make a table of differences among mainframe computers, micro-computers, and mini-
computers.
7. “Mainframe computers are very large computers that are stacked up on frames…” The
bold word can be best replaced by…
8. “Micro-computers are the most common type…” The bold word has similar meaning
to…
9. The bold word they in line 14 refers to…
10. If you are given an option to buy a type of computer, which one will you buy? Why?