ICFES Saber 11 practice on Vocabulario en contexto y colocaciones and Otros

Lea el texto y seleccione la opción correcta para cada pregunta.

Ejemplo

¿Dónde puedes ver este aviso?

Please keep off the grass

• A. In a park
• B. In a hospital
• C. In a library

La respuesta es: In a park

Lea el texto y seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio.

Ejemplo

Completa el espacio en blanco.

⁽⁰⁾ computer is a programmable machine designed to automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations.

• A. A
• B. An
• C. The

La respuesta es: A

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Computers A computer is a programmable machine designed to automatically carry out a sequence ⁽¹⁾ arithmetic or logical operations. The first use of the word "computer" ⁽²⁾ recorded ⁽³⁾ 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued with the same meaning ⁽⁴⁾ the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century the word ⁽⁵⁾ to take on its more familiar meaning, a machine that carries out computations.

In the beginning, computers were as big as a large room. It is only later that they have become ⁽⁶⁾ and smaller, accessible to anyone. ⁽⁷⁾ has given way to personal computers. Later developers created new applications to help users perform many things from word processing to image editing. A large scale of programs, some free and others costly, have opened new horizons in information technology.

Now computers have noticeable impact on social relations. They have enabled entirely new forms of social interaction, activities, and organizing. With the Internet, working with computers has become part of our daily lives thanks to ⁽⁸⁾ basic features such as widespread usability and access. In addition to face-to-face communication that characterized humans for centuries, a new form of virtual communication has become more predominant.