【正文】 nly can the puter gather facts, it can also store them as fast as they are gathered and can pour them out whenever they are needed. The puter is really a high powered memory machine that has all the answersor almost all. Besides gathering and storing information, the puter can also solve plicated problems that once took months for people to do. At times puters seem almost human. They can read hand printed letters, play chess, pose music, write plays and even design other puters. Is it any wonder that they are sometimes called thinking machines? Even though they are taking over some of the tasks that were once acplished by our own brains, puters are not replacing us at least not yet. Our brain has more than 10 million cells. A puter has only a few hundred thousand parts. For some time to e, then, we can safely say that our brains are at least 10, 000 times more plex than a puter. How we use them is for us, not the puter, to decide. 49. Program means __ A. a plan of what is to be done B. a plete show on a TV station at a fixed time table C. a scheduled performance D. series of coded instructions to control the operations of a puter 50. The puter is a high powered memory machine, which __ A. has all the ready answers or almost all to any questions B. can remember everything C. can store everything and work for you D. has all the answers or almost to all the information that has been stored 51. Thinking machines suggest that __ A. they can read hand printed letters etc B. they really can think and do many other jobs C. they even design other puters D. they can39。t pay much attention to children. B. Children grow up feeling free and one parent is responsible for raising the children. C. Children are moved back and forth between parents and the single parent is busy working to make money to support himself/herself. D. Children grow up feeling unsettled, and the parents have little time for his/her own interests because one parent is too busy taking care of children. 43. According to the author, the situations of American families in the future may __ A. bee worse B. remain the same C. get better D. keep unchanged 44. The title of the article might be __ A. American Children B. American Families 280 C. American Mother D. American Parents Questions 45 to 48 are based on the following passage: When I was studying at Yale, some phenomena puzzled me greatly. I found that Chinese students or Asian students were very polite in class while American students often interrupted the professor, asking questions and dominating the discussion. The Chinese students were not as aggressive as American students. I was impressed by the role of the professor in the seminar (討論會(huì) ). The professor didn39。t you 39. The storm __, they had to live in a cave. A. has destroyed their hut B. to destroy their hut C. having destroyed their hut D. being destroyed 40. It was going to be some time __ he would see his father again. A. since B. when C. until D. before Ill. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: There are 5 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Questions 41 to 44 are based on the following passage: In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were mon. Over the years, the size of the family has decreased. One reason for this is an increase in the cost of living. On the average, children attend schools for more years than they used to, making them financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have more money to spend on entertainment. The parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses. Meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. More and more American mothers work away from home. The break up of the family occurs when the parents divorce, A lot of children in the U. S. live part of their young lives with only one parent. Broken families usually result in problems for children and parents alike. Children blame themselves when their parents separate. They grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved back and forth between parents. Usually one parent is responsible for raising the children. These single parents must care for the children39。t have been B. needn39。t say no. A. so B. which C. what D. such 28. __ nothing more to discuss, the CEO got to his feet, said goodbye and left the meeting room. A. There was B. Being C. There being D. As there being 29. I went to my adviser to ask him what courses __ A. should I take B. must I take C. to take D. I were to take 30. I have not found my book yet. I39。t spoken 25. you may be right, 1 can39。t what color it was. A. make out B. look to C. look out D. take in 2. The of new scientific discoveries to industrial production methods usually make jobs easier to do. A. addition B. association C. application D. affection 3. He mumbled something and blushed as though a secret had been __ A. imposed B. exposed C. posed D. opposed 4. Mr. Man can be very sad ___, though in public he is extremely cheerful. A. in person B. in private C. by himself D. as individual 5. You should __ these tables and buy new ones. A. throw off B. throw down C. throw up D. throw away 6. __ their suggestions