Many of the things we do depend 【A1】________ receiving information from other people. 【A2】Ca________ a train, making a phone call and going to the cinema all involve information which is stored, 【A3】pro____ and communicated. In the past this information used to be kept on paper in the 【A4】f________ of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables. Now more and more information is put on computers.

Computers play an important 【A5】 ____ in our everyday lives, sometimes without us even 【A6】 ________ (realize) it. Consider the use of computers in both shops and offices. Big shops, 【A7】es________ chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large amounts of information. They have to make sure there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy. They need to be able to re—order before stocks run 【A8】________, and to decide which things are selling well and so on. All these processes get performed quickly and 【A9】effi________ by computers.

A lot of office work in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt with by people, the paper was put away for future reference. This way of doing things was not 【A10】________ (particular) easy or fast. A computerized system is much more efficient.

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