We live in “computer age(時代)”. People like using computers to do ___21__work. But more than 20 years ago, ___22__couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very __23___people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and ___24___.Since they are useful, many people like to use them, even at home.

Computers ___25___very important because they can work ___26___than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can ____27___people do a lot of work. Writers can use computers to write. Teachers can use computers to help teaching and students use them to study. Computers can also remember what you put ___28____ them. Computers are very___29___. They are our good friends. Do you want to ___30____a computer.

1.A. all kinds of   B. many   C. very much   D. a lot

2.A. teachers  B. students  C. computers  D. scientists

3.A. a few  B. few  C. little  D. a little

4.A. cheaper  B. cheap  C. expensive  D. more expensive

5.A. is becoming  B. becomes  C. become  D. became

6.A. quickly  B. quick   C. fast   D.  faster

7. A. help    B. tell   C. ask   D. stop

8. A. on   B. into   C. up   D. to

9.A. heavy   B. careful   C. beautiful   D. helpful

10.A. lend   B. pay   C. have   D.  sell

Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my window. I thought as soon as I hung up, a great ___16____ beautiful birds would come. Days, weeks and months went by; ____17____, no birds.

   I asked many people, why? What was I doing ___18____? “Nothing,” most of them replied. “Just ____19____.” So I waited, waited and waited.

   I ____20____ off the deck （露臺）, I changed the feed, I ___21____ the feeders, and I ____22____ made the cat go out the other door! But ____23___ seemed to work. So --- I waited, “with patience and hope. ”

   Two months later, early in the morning, I was ____24____. A beautiful bird had been on the bird feeder. All of a sudden, I saw hundreds upon hundreds of birds____25____ from everywhere.

   ____26____ a beautiful lesson this living thing taught me! “Patience and hope” will ____27____ the most beautiful things in life.

So I keep hoping and waiting, waiting and ___28____. I will try to use this “l(fā)ittle lesson” in ____29____ many other things in my life. I guess, “____30____ is a virtue （美德）” after all.

1.A. little       B. many         C. much        D. lot

2.A. so           B. because      C. however     D. and

3.A. bad          B. wrong        C. well        D. good

4.A. go           B. sit          C. watch       D. wait

5.A. went         B. put          C. cleaned     D. took

6.A. bought       B. sold         C. washed      D. took

7.A. always       B. hardly       C. even        D. sometimes

8.A. nothing    B. everything   C. something   D. anything

9.A. sad    B. surprised          C. worried     D. frightened

10.A. coming  B. going        C. leaving     D. singing

11.A. That        B. Which        C. How         D. What

12.A. spend       B. take         C. bring       D. come

13.A. hoping      B. dreaming    C. watching   D. asking

14.A. so          B. such         C. much        D. very

15.A. dream       B. patience     C. volunteering  D. lesson

We live in “computer age(時代)”. People like using computers to do ___21__work. But more than 20 years ago, ___22__couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very __23___people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and ___24___.Since they are useful, many people like to use them, even at home.
Computers ___25___very important because they can work ___26___than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can ____27___people do a lot of work. Writers can use computers to write. Teachers can use computers to help teaching and students use them to study. Computers can also remember what you put ___28____ them. Computers are very___29___. They are our good friends. Do you want to ___30____a computer.