Question

Computer facts

Smaller and better

In the 1940s,the first computers were bigger  than cars.

Now compulers are becoming smaller and  better.

Some computers are 21 You may be unaware of  them.There is prohably one 22 your TV or washing ma?chine. You 23 computers moie  than you realize. What can we do with computers?

We can use computers to calculate. They can  calculate at a 24 speed than we ran and almosl never give wrong 25 .We can  also type and draw things with them.In addi?tion, computers can do important  jobs like operating railways and flying planes and spaceships. Is a computer  cleverer than me?

The answer is" No". Your brain can 26 new  ideas but computers can"t. 27 , one clay computers may be able to do a better  job than human Innings. For example, they may 28 better than doctors at doing their job.

Whal will 29 to us if computers can do all  our jobs? Will we have nothing to do? Computers may change our I lives, but will  they make 30 better?

21. A.big H. heavy Cold D.tiny

22. A.inside B.outside C.  beside D.behind

23. A.keep off B.find out CdepeMid on U.look  out

24. A.fast B.faster C.fastest D.the  fastest

25. A.answers B. directions C.  advice D.guides

26. A receive b.discuss C.challenge I), produce

27. A.Hui H. However C.So  D.AUhough

28. A.do B.make C.be D.work

29. A. happen B. include C. bring  D.take

30. A.il B.one Cones I), them

Answer 1

21.D由下文"你也許沒有察覺它們"可知有些計箅機是

"極小的"（tiny)。

22. A根據(jù)語境和常識,電視或洗衣機的計箅機是裝在它們的 "里面"（inside)，因此，人們才沒有察覺這些微小計算機的 存在。 '

23. C句意：你對計算機的依賴程度比你意識到的要深得多。 表示**依賴"，用短語depend  on3

24. B根據(jù)句中的連詞than可知所^閎要用fast的比較級fas?ten

25. A用計箅機進行計算，所得出的結(jié)果為"答案"（answer)，  而不是"方向"（direction )、"逑議"（advice )或"指導" (guide)o

26. D根據(jù)常識，人的大腦是"產(chǎn)生"（produce)新的想法、主 意，而不是"收到"（receive)、"討論"(discuss)和"挑戰(zhàn)" (challenge)新想法。

27. B根據(jù)語境（所填詞前后句子在意義上具有轉(zhuǎn)折關系）和  所填詞后面有逗號隔開可知正確答案是however

28. C 情態(tài)動詞may后是短語be good at的比較級結(jié)構(gòu)be better than...at".。

29. A句意:如果計算機能做我們所有的工作，我們將會怎樣 呢？表示"發(fā)生"，用動詞happen

30. D所填詞指代前面的our  lives，在句中作make的賓語，用 代詞them