2014年中考英语复习阅读理解训练（17） 2页

初中英语：阅读理解 (17)‎ 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.‎ ‎1. A. inventions B. discoveries C. robots D. inventors ‎2. A. twenty-first B. twenties C. twelfth D. twentieth ‎3. A. also B. but also C. too D. either ‎4. A. in B. to C. by D. over ‎ ‎5. A. takes B. helps C. gets D. brings ‎ ‎6. A. found B. invented C. called D. bought ‎ ‎7. A. easy B. small C. large D. light ‎8. A. For B. Until C. When D. Since ‎9. A. by B. across C. through D. against ‎ ‎10.A. serious B. harmful. C. dangerous D. helpful ‎ ‎11.A. for B. to C. at D. with ‎ ‎12.A. set B. tell C. know D. talk ‎ ‎13.A. what B. that C. which D. who ‎ ‎14.A. of B. about C. out D. for ‎ ‎15.A. For B. Be C. As D. To ‎ ‎ 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。‎ 答案简析 1． 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。‎ 2． 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． 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 many ways为一固定用法，表示“在许多方面”。‎ 5． 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． C。因为Enid是名字，故用called。‎ 7． C。根据常识可知老式计算机庞大而笨重，故填large。‎ 8． 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． C。动词短语go through表示“经历……”。‎ 10． D。‎ 11． A。用介词for+宾语表示 “为人们做事”，故选A。‎ 12． C。know about表示“了解”，侧重于有关某人或某事的具体情况。‎ 13． 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． 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． C。介词as表示“作为”，为正确选项。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎