Read the text and fill the missing gasps with the correct pronouns.

COMPUTER THAT CHANGES OUR WORLD

It is often said that the

world has changed more in
the last 100 years than (1)
______________ has in all (2)
______________ early history.
While (3) ______________ may
be difficult to prove this state-
ment, is true that 20th cen-
tury technology has changed
people and (4) ______________
lives a great deal. Changes in
communications and trans-
portation make it possible
for people to live and work
very differently from the way
people lived and worked 100
years ago.
Of all the changes in recent
years, (5) ______________ is
the computer that is chang-
ing life the quickest. Using
computers, it is now possi-
ble to do many things quickly
and efficiently. By using com-
puter, it is possible to do diffi-
cult problems in a very short
time, and this means hu-
mans energy can be used for
more useful things. But it is
not possible for a computer to solve problems on (6) ______________ own. It is necessary to
`programme' the computer to do the things (7) ______________ want it to do. To programme
a computer means to give it the instructions it needs to solve problems or do other kind
of work. Once a programme is set, the computer is ready to work for (8) ______________.
It is difficult to imagine what the business world today would be like without computers.
It is simple to use a computer to reserve airplane tickets, to book a hotel room, to keep
accounts, to order goods and supplies, and so on. It would take much longer to do jobs
like these without a computer.
It is hard to believe how much of (9) ______________ lives is controlled by computers. With-
out (10) ______________, (11) ______________ lives would be much more difficult. It is clearly
much better to use a computer to do boring and uninteresting jobs that would take a long
time for humans to do. By using computers, (12) ______________ is possible to free (13)
______________ for more useful and worthwhile work.