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1、--1998年廣東省普通高等學校本科插班生考試英語試題PartIReadingComprehension(40%)PassageIThecomputerisawonderfulmachine.Itisthemostimportantinventionsincethetypeofengineusedincars.Todayithasthegreatesteffectonscience,industry,andbusiness,butitisbeingusedmoreineducationandmedicine.Bythee
2、ndofthiscenturyitwilltouchthelivesofeveryone,evenpeopleindistantvillages.Itisarevolutionaryinvention.TheoldestkindofcomputeristheabacususedinChinasincethesixthcentury.Intheseventeenthcenturyanaddingmachinewasinvented,butthefurstlarge,moderncomputerwasbuiltin1937.
3、Afewyearslateracomputercoulddo5000additionspersecond.Nowthecomputationsaresofastthattheyaremeasuredinnanoseconds(毫微秒).Todaymostcomputershaveamemory.Theyaregettingsmallerandsmaller,andcomputingfasterandfaster.Eveninalargecomputer,thepartthatdoestheactualcomputingi
4、saboutthesizeoftheendofafinger.Computerscandoallkindsofwork.Whensomeonebuyssomethinginadepartmentstore,informationaboutthesalegoesintoacomputer,Ascientistcantalktothecomputerabouttherocks,andthecomputeranswersthequestions.Adoctorcantalktothecomputerandexplainwhat
5、iswrongwithapatient.Ifthedoctoraskswhy,thecomputergoesthroughitsstoredinformationandexplainsexactlywhy.Whenearlyhumansbeganfarming,itwasarevolutionarychangeinhumanlife.Itwashundredsofthousandsofyearslaterthatpeopledevelopedawritingsystem(方法).Inlessthanfiftyyearsp
6、eoplehavedevelopedcomputersthatcandomostofthethingshumanscando.Thiscouldbeafrighteningdevelopment.1.Thecomputerisconsideredawonderfulmachinebecause_____.A.ithaseffectonallaspectsofman’B.itsislifewidelyusedineducationandmedicineC.ithasthefunctionofanengineD.itisus
7、efulevenindistantvillages2.TheabacushasbeenusedinChinafor_____.----A.some5,000yearsB.about600yearsC.nearly1,000yearsD.over1,300years3.Themostimportantfeatureofacomputeristhat_____.A.ithasamemoryB.itissmallinsizeC.itcomputesfastD.itanswersallkindsofquestions4.Thec
8、omputationsofthecomputerareusuallymeasuredin_____.A.secondsB.minutesC.hoursD.nanoseconds5.Thecomputerwillsoonaffect_____.A.peopleinlargecitiesB.peopleindevelop
