I, the computer, began as a calculating machine to     1     (simple) difficult sums in 1642 in France.     2     took nearly 200 years before I was built as an analytical machine,     3    was a technological revolution. I became     4    “universal machine” in 1936 to solve mathematical problems. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size     5    in brainpower.     6     time going by, I was connected with other computers by a network.     7     a result, I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.   

I have been     8    (wide) used in many fields, and many new     9    (apply) have been found for me, such as in communication, finance and trade. Also I have been put into space rockets to explore the Moon and Mars. I hope to achieve my goal of     10     (provide) humans with a life of high quality.

As a parent, I’m torn by society’s love affair with phones. On the one hand, it’s awesome to be able to know that our kids have a means of     1     (keep) in touch with us in an emergency. On the other hand, I know I somehow managed     2     (survive) my childhood as well as the majority of my life to date without a 24/7 means of communication.

So I often think whether kids     3     (real) need to have phones at school. During the past year, schools     4     (try) to carry out a “no electronics” policy but have met with strong disagreement from parents     5     want their kids to have access to a phone in case of an emergency (紧急情况). However, a 2015 study found kids did better in school when mobile     6     (device) were banned (禁止).

According to     7     study, teen’s test scores increased by 6 percent after phone bans were applied. The results were even     8     (good) for kids who were struggling academically, whose scores improved by 14 percent after the ban.

So what’s your opinion? Ban phones and leave kids without a means of communication,     9     allow their grades to suffer because     10     the unavoidable distraction (分神) of technology?