Read the texts and put the parts of the sentences back
Read the texts and put the parts of the sentences back in the right places.
There is one extra choice. Follow the steps:
First, read the texts for general understanding.
Then read the texts sentence by sentence. Consider each gap, especially the words that go before and after the gaps.
Think what kind of content is missing.
Then find the right content.
Make sure it fits the gap grammatically.
Read the text again to make sure your answers make sense.
Text 1
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos giew interested in online retailing in 1994 (1) .... After researching the success of different mail-order companies, Bezos decided that (2) ... . That year he left New York to establish his new company in Seattle, (3) ... and the booming high-tech industry. In July 1995 Amazon.com launched its website, and has since expanded to offer many other retail products (4) ....
a) in addition to books
b) while working as a business analyst in New York City
c) such as books
d) books were the perfect product to sell via the internet
e) chosen for its proximity to major booksellers
Text 2
Charles Babbage was a British mathematician and inventor, who designed and built mechanical computing machines on principles (1) ... . Babbages concepts led to the modern computer (2) .... In the 1820s, Babbage began developing his Difference Engine, a mechanical device (3) ... . Babbage started to build his Difference Engine, but was unable to complete it (4) ... . In the 1830s, Babbage began developing his Analytical Engine, which was designed to carry out more complicated calculations, (5) ... .
a) because he found a sponsor
b) but this device was nev;r built
c) because of a lack of funding
d) that was supposed to mechanise the production of mathematical tables
e) and earned him the title quot;father of the computerquot;
f) that anticipated the modern electronic computer
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