Twenty-five years ago few people (1) realised (realise) that computers were about to become part of our daily lives. This short period of time (2) sun (see) enormous changes, in business, education and public administration. Jobs which (3) (take) weeks to complete in the past are now carried out in in minutes. People who (4) ------ ---- (spend) all day copying and checking calculations are now freed from these boring tasks. Students (5) --- (become) as familiar with hardware and software as their parents (6)been (be) with pencils and exercise books. Computerisation of public records (7) (enable) government departments to analyse the needs of citizens in detail. Some of us may wonder, however, whether life (8) (really/improve) as a result of these changes. Many jobs (9) (disappear), for example, when intelligent machines (10) (take) over the work. Employers complain that clerical staff (11) (become) dependent on calculators and can not do simple arithmetic. There are fears that governments (12) (not/do) enough to ensure that personal information held on computers is really kept secret. Certainly, many people may now be wondering whether the spread of computers (13) (bring) us as many problems as it (14) (solve).​