Question

完形填空: (共10 小题，计10 分)

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. allkinds 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 fewer C. 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.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了人们用电脑做很多工作。30年前电脑又大又贵，今天电脑又小又便宜。很多人喜欢用电脑。电脑变得非常重要，因为他们能比人工作更快，出错更少。电脑非常有用，他们是我们的好朋友。

1.C考查不定代词及语境的理解。A. anything 任何事，B. nothing 没什么；C. something 某事； D. little几乎没有。句意：现在让我告诉你一些关于电脑的事情。此处是肯定句，故用代词something。tell something about “告诉一些关于……的事”故选C。

2.B考查形容词短语及语境的理解。A. many of 许多，修饰可数名词；B. allkinds of 各种各样的；C. a lot 很多，作为宾语或表语；D. very much非常，修饰动词。句意：像科学家、教师、作家、甚至学生这些人都使用电脑做各种各样的工作。修饰不可数名词work，故用短语all kinds of。故选B。

3.D考查名词及语境的理解。A. scientists 科学家；B. teachers 教师；C. students 学生； D. computers电脑。句意：但是在30多年前，电脑没有多大用处。结合上文，可知此处介绍的是电脑，故选D。

4.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. few 几乎没有，修饰可数名词。B. little 几乎没有，修饰不可数名词；C. a few 一些，修饰可数名词；D. a little一点，修饰不可数名词。句意：很少有人对他们感兴趣，并且知道如何使用他们。根据前文的They were very big and expensive.可知这些电脑太贵了，所以人们对他们不感兴趣。修饰可数名词people，表示很少，几乎没有，故用形容词few。故选A。

5.B考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. cheap 便宜的；B. cheaper 更便宜的；C. expensive昂贵的； D. more expensive更贵的。句意：今天电脑又小又便宜。此处与前面的They were very big and expensive相对应，故今天的电脑应是又小又便宜，与smaller相并列，故用比较级cheaper。故选B。

6.A考查形容词短语及语境的理解。A. More and more 越来越多；B. Fewer and fewer 越来越少，修饰可数名词；C. Less and less 越来越少，修饰不可数名词；D. More or less或多或少。句意：越来越多的人家里有他们。根据前文的Many people like to use them可知许多人喜欢用电脑，因此越来越多的人有电脑。故选A。

7.D考查形容词及语境的理解。A. slow 慢的；B. slower更慢的；C. fast 快的；D. faster更快的。句意：电脑变得非常重要，因为他们可以比人工作的更快，犯的错更少。根据后文的and make fewer mistakes.可知电脑出错比人少，因此比人好，故此处用比较级faster，故选D。

8.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. help帮助；B. make 制作；C. use 使用；D. stop停止。句意：电脑能帮助人们做很多工作。根据后文的Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching.可知电脑的用途大，因此是帮助人们做很多事，故用动词help。故选A。

9.B考查非谓语动词及语境的理解。A. study 学习；B. to study 学习；C. studying 学习；D. to eat吃。句意：学生们用他们来学习，孩子们用他们来玩游戏。use sth to do sth“用某物去做某事”。故选B。

10.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. beautiful 漂亮的；B. careful 仔细的；C. useful 有用的；D. wonderful精彩的。句意：电脑是非常有用而且有帮助的。与helpful相并列，故用形容词uesful。故选C。:考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读。