The first decade of the 21st century has ushered in a period of galloping technology, with _____(41)_____ changing so fast that it’s _____(42)____ to keep up. A good example of this is the book, something unheard-of before the 1990s. An e-book is a book in _____(43)_____ form. It doesn’t have pages you turn like an ____(44)____ book. Instead, it is read on your computer screen or _____(45)____ out on your printer. Reading your favorite novel online, or even ‘leafing through’ the pages of a newspaper by simply pressing a button is now a reality.
Although to the _____(46)____ generation a book was something made of paper that you found on bookshelves, there were other ____(47)____ available such as the audio book which became very _____(48)____ in the 1980s. Rather than reading it, you could _____(49)____ your novel being read to you while you were free to do the ironing or drive the car. Now that the computer market is well and truly booming. The electronic book makes for yet another _____(50)____ to reading.