The pace of change in the world of technology is amazing. It 1...... wasn’t ....
(not) long ago that the postal service 2 ......... our only way to communicate over
any distance. It 3 .............. days and sometimes weeks to receive letters from within
the same country. As a result. the news in the letters 4 ............ already out of date
when people 5 .............. them In the workplace, this 6 .............. that business was
mostly conducted locally over relatively short distances.
When Alexander Graham Bell 7 ............. ...... the
telephone in 1876 it 8 ....................... the
foundation for the communication systems we
have today. The telephone 9 ............. two
people to communicate instantly across a great
distance, Eventually computers 10 .............
typewriters and dramatically 11.......... the speed
of our daily work life, Nowadays the Internet is
an essential part of every business.
However. it is not just communications that
have changed Only 50 years ago most people 12
.............. (not) a car. People 13 .............. to
work or 14 ............ bicycles. Changes in travel
as well as the increased speed of
communications have led to the global business
world that we have today.