A
The computer plays an important part in our everyday life. It is one of the great __1__ in the world in the __2__ century. It works for us not only at home, in the offices, in big shops, __3__ at schools. Today it is used __4__ many ways. It really __5__ the world large wealth (财富) and happiness.
The first computer in the world was __6__ Enid. It was built in America in 1946. It was __7__ and heavy. __8__ it was born, it has been developing very fast. Until now it has gone __9__ four periods(时期,阶段)and changed a lot. There’re many kinds of computers. Computers are getting smaller and smaller and computing faster and faster. It becomes more and more __10__.The computer can do most of the things __11__ the people. It can help us to __12__ about the real world more quickly, to learn __13__ we want to learn and to think __14__ ourselves. __15__ a student in the twenty-first century, you must work hard at it.
名师点评
本文介绍了电脑的产生、发展以及在我们日常生活中广泛的使用,针对一些人对将来电脑会控制人类的担忧,作者提出了自己的看法。
(A)1. A. inventions
B. discoveries C. robots
D. inventors
【解析】A。one of 后要用可数名词的复数形式,根据文章意思,可知答案是A。
(D)2. A. twenty-first
B. twenties
C. twelfth
D. twentieth
【解析】D。要表达第几个世纪,应该用“序数词+century”,而根据常识,计算机是二十世纪的产物,A项“二十一世纪”与实际不符合。
()3. A. also
B. but also
C. too
D. either
【解析】B。固定搭配not only…but (also)… 意思是“不但……而且……”。所以答案是B。
()4. A. in
B. to
C. by
D. over
【解析】A。in many ways为一固定用法,表示“在许多方面”。
()5. A. takes
B. helps
C. gets
D. brings
【解析】D。根据文章大意,可知答案是D,表示“给人们带来财富和快乐”。
()6. A. found
B. invented
C. called
D. bought
【解析】C。因为Enid是名字,故用called。
()7. A. easy
B. small
C. large
D. light
【解析】C。根据常识可知老式计算机庞大而笨重,故填large。
()8. A. For
B. Until
C. When
D. Since
【解析】D。该句句意为“自它诞生之日起,它的发展就非常迅速”,since在意思和时态上与主句呼应,为正确选项。
()9. A. by
B. across
C. through
D. against
【解析】C。动词短语go through表示“经历……”。
()10.A. serious
B. harmful.
C. dangerous
D. helpful
【解析】D。
()11.A. for
B. to
C. at
D. with【解析】A。用介词for+宾语表示“为人们做事”,故选A。
()12.A. set
B. tell
C. know
D. talk
【解析】C。know about表示“了解”,侧重于有关某人或某事的具体情况。 ()13.A. what
B. that
C. which
D. who
【解析】A。learn后面接的是一个宾语从句,而且连接词在从句中做learn 的宾语,所以只能用what,因为that在宾语从句中是纯连词,只能起连接作用,不能做句子成分。
()14.A. of
B. about
C. out
D. for
【解析】D。think of表示“想起;认为”;think about表示“考虑”;think out表示“想出”;根据文章含义,答案应是D。
()15.A. For
B. Be
C. As
D. To
【解析】C。介词as表示“作为”,为正确选项。
B
You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, __1__ it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little __2__, but it is not __3__ for most plants. Still we can see some plants __4__ in the desert.
There is __5__ in some places in the desert. We __6__ these places oases. In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow __7__ kinds of crops in the fields there.
People __8__ live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend __9__ the desert plants for their food and do not need __10__ water.
The __11__ are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.
The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look
12
grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to __13__ place. The desert people are __14__. No man in the desert would ever refuse __15__ the people in trouble and give them food and water.
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本文讲述了人类是如何利用沙漠中的绿洲、动物,并依靠自身的努力而得以在沙漠中种植庄稼,从而生存下来。说明人定胜天的道理。
(B)1. A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so
【解析】B。空白部分两句构成转折关系,故选择并列连词but。
()2. A. rain
B. rains
C. wind
D. winds
【解析】B。沙漠中风多雨少,rain一词为不可数名词,其复数形式rains表示雨水多,故应选rain。
()3. A. good B. good enough
C. enough good
D. enough
【解析】D。这里讲沙漠中的一点点雨水,并不能满足大多数植物生长的需要,故选择enough。
()4. A. live
B. to live
C. lives
D. lived
【解析】A。see sb. do sth.意为“看见某人做某事”,这里应用省去to 的动词不定式。
()5. A. stones B. plants
C. wood
D. water
【解析】D。沙漠之所以出现绿洲的根本原因是有了水,故选water。
()6. A. say
B. tell
C. call
D. find
【解析】C。call 在这里意为“将……称为……”为正确选项。
()7. A. every
B. all
C. a
D. one
【解析】B。every, a和one 后面都应该接可数名词单数,不能放在kinds 前面。all kinds of 意为“各种各样的”。
()8. A. also
B. too
C. either
D. still
【解析】A。表示“也”时,too 一般放在肯定句末,either放在否定句末,also 放在句中,在此为正确选项,而still 不合题意。
()9. A. with
B. in
C. on
D. by
【解析】C。固定说法depend on意为“依靠”、“凭借”。
()10. A. a little B. few
C. much
D. any
【解析】C。一些动物能在沙漠中生存下来,说明了他们适应了这里雨水稀少的气候,不像其他动物那样需要太多的水,故选择much。
()11. A. water B. plants
C. crops
D. animals
【解析】D。通读本段不难发现,本段承上文接着讲述动物的用途,故选animals。
()12. A. at
B. for
C. up
D. after
【解析】B。固定说法look for 意思为“寻找”。
()13. A. other B. the other
C. the others
D. another
【解析】D。other 后接可数名词时应用复数形式;the other 后接可数名词单数时表示两者中的另一个不合文意。
()14. A. well
B. friend
C. friendly
D. carefully【解析】C。根据下文沙漠里的人从不会拒绝帮助别人,说明他们彼此友好。
()15. A. help
B. helps
C. helping
D. to help
【解析】D。固定搭配refuse to do sth.意为“拒绝干某事”。
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