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 lessD. 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. interesting 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：这篇短文主要介绍了电脑的发展史，过去的电脑很大，人们对他不感兴趣，现在的电脑越来越完美，而且还能帮助人们做很多事情，所以说现在的电脑越来越受人们的欢迎。

1.

2.像科学家，老师，作家甚至学生使用电脑去做各种各样的工作all kinds of+名词表示各种各样的……，故选B。

3. scientists科学家；B. teachers教师；Cstudents学生们； D. omputers电脑；结合下文但是30 多年之前，电脑不能做很多工作，故选D.

4. A. few 很少修饰可数名词的复数； B. little 很少修饰不可数名词； C. a few 一些，修饰可数名词的复数； D. a little一点，修饰不可数名词；他们非常的大和昂贵，很少的人们对他们感兴趣，结合语境故选A

5. cheap形容词，便宜的； B. cheaper 比较级，更便宜的； C. expensive 形容词，昂贵的； D. more expensive比较级，更昂贵；可知当今的电脑更小和更便宜，结合语境可知考查比较级的用法故选B

6. More and more 越来越多； B. Fewer and fewer越来越少； C. Less and less 越来越少，修饰不可数名词； D. More or less或多或少；结合下文可知，许多人们喜欢他们，越来越多的人们在家拥有电脑。故选A

7. slow慢地； B. slower更慢地 ； C. fast 快的； D. faster更快的；根据句意电脑变得更有用因为他比人们工作的更快，产少较少的错误，故选D.

8. help帮助； B. make 使，制作； C. use 使用； D. stop停止；根据句意电脑能帮助人们做许多工作，结合语境故选A

9. sth to do、表示用……去做……;故选B

10. beautiful漂亮的；B. careful 小心的； C. interesting 有趣的； D. wonderful完美的；通过句意电脑是非常完美和有用的。可知选D。

考点：科技类短文。