Question

All over the world, people have all kinds of friends. Dogs are people’s honest friends. Cats, elephants, camels, horses, cows are people’s helpful and useful friends. But do you think that computers are people’s friends, too？Now let me tell you         about it.

    We live in the “computer age”. People, like scientists, teachers, writers and even students, use computers to do     work. But more than 30 years ago,       couldn’t do much work. They were very big and expensive. Very        people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and             . And they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.       people have them at home.

Computers become very important because they can work       than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can        people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them        and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very       and helpful. It is true that they are our good friends. Do you think so?

1.A. anything       B. nothing         C. something  D. little

2.A. many of         B. all kinds of  C. a lot       D. very much

3.A. scientists     B. teachers        C. students   D. computers

4.A. few             B. little         C. a few      D. a little

5.A. cheap           B. cheaper        C. expensive  D.more expensive

6.A. More and more   B. Fewer and fewerC. Less and less D. More or less

7.A. slow            B. slower         C. fast       D. faster

8.A. help            B. make           C. use        D. stop

9.A. study           B. to study       C. studying   D. to eat

10.A. beautiful      B. careful       C. useful     D. wonderful

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：我们生活在"计算机时代"。很多人用电脑来做各种各样的工作。但 30 多年前，它们不能做很多工作。他们很大也很贵。没有人对它们感兴趣，也没有人知道如何使用它们。现在计算机小了，也便宜了。很多人喜欢使用它们。人们在家里也用他们。计算机变得非常重要，因为他们可以干活比人快还少犯错误。

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