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skill with it and produce some interesting ...................... to teach like
colorful slides to deliver the lesson and ...................... to show how

things happen. In conclusion, technology itself has ...................... us
advantages to improve our life’s quality.

9.2. You must have used the computer and studied Computer Science
as a subject in your class. On the basis of your understanding

prepare an essay on “The Computer,” using the hints given.

- introduction to computer – uses of computer – advantages and

disadvantages of computer – conclusion.

10 Reading Time 2

Read the following essay and do the activities.
sPAce trAvel

We have entered the era of space travel. Men who will first land on the

moon are already among us. Time is not far off

when we will travel to other planets as we travel
now to other countries. Gagarin, Titov, Sheppard,
and others have already proved that it is possible

to cross the limit of the gravity of the earth and

travel anywhere in space.

In order to escape the gravitational pull of
the earth, a speed of at least seven miles per

second is necessary. This speed is possible only
by means of a rocket. It is an aero-plane that flies up speedier than a

bullet.

It has to be fired in a fixed direction like a gun. When it escapes the
gravitational pull of the earth, another rocket comes out of the first

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