Computer came into being ． [ ] A．in the 1950 B．in 1950s C．in the 1950s D．at the 1950s 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

题目内容

Computer came into being ________．

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A．in the 1950

B．in 1950s

C．in the 1950s

D．at the 1950s

答案：C
解析：

此题考查年代的表达法．表示在某年代，应该用介词in，年份后面加s或's，且年份前要加定冠词the．据此，正确的表达应是in the 1950s，表示“在20世纪50年代”．题意为“计算机产生于20世纪50年代．”

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