angelina459

25.10.2021 21:09

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Complete the gaps in the following text using the verbs in brackets in grammatically appropriate tenses. Before it was over, the 20th century 1) (see) many radical changes. Almost every area of human activity 2) (witness) innovations and change before the year 2000. Never before had better knowledge, more effective communication and faster transportation
3) (change) the world so much in those ten decades making it unrecognisable. Nothing of the kind 4) (happen) any time in the past. The 20th century
5) (start) with steam-powered ships and ended with the space missions. By the turn of the century, automobiles already 6) (replace) horses. Later, antibiotics
7) (save) millions of lives. People 8) (read) about lasers first in science fiction and then in newspapers. By its end, World War II 9) (claim) the lives of 60 million people. For a couple of decades people 10) (take) their first small steps into space until they 11)(make) a leap on the Moon surface. Computer technology 12) (make) the whole difference. If a child is asking the parents to buy him or her something as a present, that 13) (be) a computer. Many people now 14) (stand) a good chance of improving their health thanks to technological progress in medicine. Unfortunately people in many countries of the world 15) (come) to know genocide, wars, global warming and other disasters. English 16) (become) the global language. Mankind 17) (achieve) even more by the end of the 21st century but the 20th century will hold its unique place in history forever.
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