Заполните пропуски грамматически правильным предлогом. 1. He always paid ……. credit card and kept the receipts.
2. Workers have been out ……. strike since Friday.
3. We’ve spent a lot of money ……. this house.
4. The committee is involved ……. a search for solutions to key
international problems.
5. Are you angry ……. me?

The modern world relies on technological devices too much

It is obvious that our life has changed greatly even in the last 50 years. Nowadays we cannot do without such things as computers, TVs, mobile phones, microwave ovens, refrigerators, etc. But the more we use these technological devices, the more often we hear concerns about our dependence on them. In my opinion, we should not rely on technology too much.

To start with, technology can be unreliable as machines and computers can break down and cause more problems than they solve. For example, every year we hear about car, train and airlplane accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure. People try to solve this problem inventing more devices and solutions but there is no guarantee that new defence mechanisms will not fail some day.

Secondly, increased use of technological gadgets has brought security problems. There have been a lot of cases of people having mobile phones stolen in the street and sometimes shopping websites are not secure.

On the other hand, all these technological devices make our life a lot easier. Computers, mobiles, scanners, printers and other programmable machines are convenient and save us time and make our work much more efficient.

To sum up, we cannot deny that technological devices play an important part in our life, but at the same time they have a few disadvantages, so we must be careful using them.

Millions of people around the world use the Internet every day. I have the internet at home and enjoy looking for useful information for me. Internet is very useful, because it is a huge base of data and knowledge, where you can find any thing you want from movies and music of interest to the vast number of books, newspapers and magazines. Internet helps to learn lots (или a lot). (можно по-другому: Internet helps studying.) To find more information, download the required essay, watch video about some books which you have already read, everything can be done through the Internet. Email is one of the advantages of the Internet. This online service is cheaper than regular mail, and it works much faster.  You never lose touch with loved ones, wherever they are using such mean of communication. I have a personal e-mail and have an opportunity to chat with my friends from other cities and countries.   Nowadays there are very different popular social networks where communication with your friends and relatives also is not difficult. Today there are many different Internet - competitions for different subjects which give students the opportunity to participate even in international competitions. On the other hand I think that the Internet  becomes a way of a person life and it is very harmful for our health. Many teenagers spend a long of time sitting at the  computers and spoiling themselves eyes. I don't mean that I am against the Internet, but it should have  reasonable limits.