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【题目】Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Britain. He was in poor health in his【1】(young) so he had to be educated at home. Concerned【2】his health, his mother wan advised that he should not be taught too much. However, the boy showed 【3】early interest in mathematics and worked【4】(hard) at it than anyone else. Later he 【5】(admit) into Cambridge University.

In 1827 he became a professor of mathematics. He worked selflessly, 【6】 (devote) a lot of his wealth and energy to computing machines. In 1834 he【7】(invent) the Analytical Machine which is the prototype(原型）of a Computer. This was a great achievement but Charier Babbage never produced a real computer.

Finally in 1871 , Charles Babbage, 【8】is remembered as the “ grandfather of computing ,”died 【9】(peaceful). However, his principles are still those on 【10】 modern computers are based.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】youth

【2】about/for

【3】an

【4】harder

【5】was admitted

【6】devoting

【7】invented

【8】who

【9】peacefully

【10】which

【解析】本文主要介绍了Charles Babbage的生平事迹。

【1】In one’s youth是固定用法，意思是在某人年轻时。

【2】Concern about/for是固定用法，意思是关心。

【3】Show an interest in是固定用法，意思是展现出……兴趣，early的首字母发音是元音，所以用不定冠词an。

【4】根据than anyone else. 可知这里应该使用比较级。

【5】“他”和“允许”之间是被动关系，用被动语态，并且是发生在过去的事情，所以用一般过去时的被动语态。

【6】“他”和“致力于”是主动关系，所以应该用现在分词。

【7】发生在过去的事情，所以应该使用一般过去时。

【8】这里含有一个非限制性定语从句，关于词在从句中作主语，所以应该用关系代词who。

【9】用副词修饰动词。

【10】介词加上关系代词引导的定语从句，指物只能用which。