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1、ⅠREADINGCOMPREHENSION(2’*15)PassageoneWhenthesteamenginewasinventedintheeighteenthcentury,itbeganoneofthegreatestrevolutionsthathaveeverhappenedinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrolengineattheendofthenineteenthcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangeinourlives.Andthecompu
2、terisalmostcertainlygoingtobenolessimportantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStoneAge,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaperAge,duringwhichalmostallinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper;andsomuchofitiswastedafterithasbeenusedoncethatenorm
3、ousnumberoftreeshavetobecutdowneveryyeartoprovideuswiththispaper.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcanbestoredandsentwithoutanypaperatall,usingsmalldiscsorInternet.Computershavemadeitpossibletodoverydifficultcalculationsverymuchfasterthananyearl
4、iermachinecould.Computersalsoallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,viathetelephoneline,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.OnecansendaverylongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexample,thanfromone’shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonly
5、usedforwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andtheycanbeusedforplayinggames.Onenowseesthematairportsandrailwaystations,inhotelsandrestaurants;infact,almosteverywherewherepeoplegather.1,Theauthorseemstosaythattheinventionofthecomputeris＿＿.A)notsoimportantast
6、hatofthesteamandpetrolenginesB)atleastasimportantasthatofthesteamandpetrolenginesC)lessimportantthanthatofthesteamandpetrolenginesD)farmoreimportantthanthatofthesteamandpetrolengines2,Accordingtotheauthorthedisadvantageofusingpapertokeepandsendinformationisthat＿
7、＿.A)itishardtogetenoughpaperB)itwastesourtimeC)itdamagestheenvironmentD)thereistoomuchpaperaround3,Wemayinferthatthefastestwayforthecomputertosendmessagesisbyusing＿＿.A)paperB)discsC)thetelephonelineD)airmail4,WhichofthefollowingfunctionsofthecomputerisNOTmention
8、edinthepassage?A)HandlinginformationB)DoingofficeandbusinessworkC)OfferingentertainmentD)Makingphonecalls5,Thetitlethatbestexpressesthemainideaofthepassageis＿＿.A)Comp
