【正文】 er of children of her own, but she never got married. This 21 that she was free to spend all her time taking care of me. Many people say we have a lot in mon. She always 22 me to do my best. She never 23 to make me believe that I could do anything that I wanted with my life, if I only tried hard enough. 　　For more than sixty years, Aunt Marion didn39。t and still doesn39。t think of herself. 24 she is forced to e up to the front, my aunt will stand in the back in family photos, and she doesn39。t think that her efforts have made much 25 . I honor my aunt, who taught me the things my father couldn39。t. So every June for the past 40 years, in growing thankfulness to my Aunt Marion, I39。ve sent her a Father39。s Day card. 　　16. A. man B. family 　　C. parent D. child 　　17. A. nothing B. anything 　　C. everything D. something 　　18. A. surprising B. boring 　　C. sad D. funny 　　19. A. interesting B. pleasant 　　C. impossible D. unusual 　　20. A. decided B. afforded 　　C. offered D. prepared 　　21. A. said B. meant 　　C. proved D. showed 　　22. A. allowed B. encouraged 　　C. offered D. forced 　　23. A. hoped B. agreed 　　C. stopped D. tailed 　　24. A. Unless B. Although 　　C. Since D. Before 　　25. A. difference B. progress 　　C. trouble D. sense 　　Ⅲ. 閱讀理解/Reading prehension（40分） 　　A 　　The puter is fast and hardly makes a mistake，while people are slow and make mistakes sometimes．That39。s what people often say when they talk about puters．For many years，scientists have been improving puters．Now a puter can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully．It is widely used in factories，hospitals，post offices and airports．A puter can report，decide and control in almost every field(領域)．With the help of a person，a puter can draw pictures，write music，talk with people，play chess，translate languages and so on．Many puter scientists are now thinking of making putersthinklike a man．Perhaps puters will one day really think and feel．Some people are afraid that one day puters will be too clever to listen to them．But scientists tell us that such thing will not happen． 　　26. The puter can work than people． 　　A. more wonderfully B．more slowly 　　C. more often D．All of the above is wrong 　　27. Computers can do for people． 　　A. few jobs B. all jobs 　　C. many jobs D. washing jobs 　　28. What will perhaps happen in the future?（ ） 　　A. Computers can think like men and women． 　　B. People will no longer use puters． 　　C. Computers will only be used to talk with people． 　　D. Computers can draw pictures. 　　29. The author of the passage mainly tells us something . 　　A. about the danger of the puter 　　B. about puter scientists 　　C. about the puter 　　D. about how to use the puter 　　30. Which of the following is right according to the passage?（ ） 　　A. People ale slow and full of mistakes when using puters． 　　B. Computers can translate languages without people39。s help． 　　C. Computers will never be cleverer than people． 　　D. Computers will listen to people. 　　BDecember 25, 2006Dear Rose,How are you?I like your programmes very much. They’re very interesting and I can learn a lot from them. I like trave