The history of a Computer The history of a computer began many years ago. At the end of the Middle Ages, people started thinking math and engineering were important. In 1623, Wilhelm Schickard A_____ a mechanical calculator. Other Europeans started to

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The history of a Computer
The history of a computer began many years ago. At the end of the Middle Ages, people started
thinking math and engineering were important. In 1623, Wilhelm Schickard A_____ a mechanical
calculator. Other Europeans started to make more calculators after him. They were not modern
computers because they could only add, subtract, and multiply.
Charles Babbage wanted to make a machine that could calculate. He called it "The Analytical
Engine". But Babbage did not have B_____ money. That was why he always changed his design
when his new idea was C_____ than the previous one. As a result, he never built his “Analytical
Engine”.
Nowadays there are many different computers and they D_____ by almost everybody. I got my
computer when I was six. I E_____ it for seven years and it helps me a lot.
A 1) make 2) makes 3) were making 4) made
B 1) too 2) many 3) enough 4) a lot
C 1) best 2) better 3) well 4) goodly
D 1) is used 2) has used 3) are using 4) are used
E 1) have had 2) am having 3) have 4) has had