The computer was one of the most important inventions in our life. The first computer was as large as a room.
Now some computers are as 1 as television sets. Some computers can even be smaller than a book. About 20 years ago, the computer was a strange machine in China. Not many people 2 it and said yes to it.
Today much of that is 3 . In 1984, when Deng Xiaoping 4 two pupils working on the computers in Shanghai, he said that computer lessons 5 start from children. So there was the first computer book for middle school students. Now in Shanghai 6 all middle schools have classrooms for computer courses(课程). Some of the students now have their 7 computers at home. With the help of the Internet, they can send and 8 messages and e-mails. They can learn about the world more quickly.
Now people are 9 using computers in banks, factories, airports and so on. The computer is coming into everyone's life, so it is important to learn 10 to use a computer freely.
