填空题 Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them as faster as they are gathered and can pour them out (1) 1 they are needed. The computer is really a high-powered (2) 2 machine that “has all the answers” or (3) 3 all. What is the most efficient (4) 4for driving a car (5) 5the New York–New Jersey tunnels? What (6) 6of canned goods is (7) 7in a particular supermarket? What kind of weather will we have tomorrow? The computer will flash out the (8) 8in a fraction of a second. (9) 9gathering and storing information, the computer can also solve complicated problems that once (10) 10months for people to do. For example, (11) 1116 hours an electronic brain (12) 12CHEOPS solved a difficult design problem. (13) 13, it was fed all the information (14) 14for designing a chemical plant. After running through 16,000 (15) 15designs, it picked out the plan for the plant (16) 16would produce the most chemical (17) 17the lowest cost. (18) 18it issued a printed set of exact specifications. Before CHEOPS solved this problem, a team of engineers having the same information (19) 19worked for a year to produce only three designs, (20) 20of which was as efficient as the computer’s. 1.A、whateverB、wheneverC、whoeverD、whomever 2.A、“memory”B、“thinking”C、“talking”D、“learning” 3.A、nearB、closeC、mostD、almost 4.A、rateB、ratioC、speedD、pace 5.A、throughB、overC、byD、for 6.A、tapeB、brandC、styleD、species 7.A、popularerB、the popularestC、most popularD、the most popular 8.A、numbersB、articlesC、answersD、motions 9.A、BesideB、BesidesC、ExceptD、In addition 10.A、spentB、neededC、occupiedD、took 11.A、withB、withinC、forD、beyond 12.A、namedB、namingC、callingD、in name 13.A、At firstB、First of allC、Above allD、First 14.A、demandingB、requiringC、necessaryD、good 15.A、possibleB、likelyC、seemingD、impossible 16.A、itB、whatC、whoD、that 17.A、inB、atC、byD、to 18.A、AfterB、BeforeC、AfterwardsD、Then 19.A、haveB、hasC、hadD、/ 20.A、noneB、no oneC、nothingD、nobody