课文填空（共9小题；每小题1分，满分9分）

_____1______ a calculating machine, I could__2______ difficult sums. I developed slowly for hundreds of years until I was made to work as a “universal machine”. From then on, I grew ____3_______  both in____4______ and in brainpower .Then as my memory improved, I changed my ____5_______ to a much smaller one. But I have to stand there by myself, feeling so ______6_____ . Since the 1970s, many new applications _____7______ (find) for me and I have become very important in communication, financeand trade. To provide humans with a life of high____8_____ is what I am all about. I am really proud that I am a_____9_____  friend and helper of the human race.

 My colleague has been recovering gradually since the operation, and it wont’ be long ______ he comes back to work．

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Since the one-baby policy __1.____(carry) out in China, Chinese families have been shrinking from one with over 10 members to the other with only three including parents and baaby. Things are usually out of our expectation. Apart from the benefits ___2.____ have been mentioned enough, small families are now beginning to have ___3.___own problems. Because parents are having fewer children, they increasingly feel the need ___4.____(control) the lives of those children. As a result, many children are becoming less ___5.____(depend), determined and ambitious than in the past.

? Parents today discourage their children from doing housework, extracurricular activities and socializing ___6.___ they fear it will interrupt their education. For example, when I was younger I wanted to learn the guitar ___7.___ my parents wouldn’t allow me because they believed it would distract me from my studies. They are happy as long as I perform ___8.___(wonder) in my exams but don’t seem concerned about how I develop ___9.___ a person.

? To some extent, I understand parents’ concerns, but I think they should love their children for __10.__ they are, not what they want them to be. We deserve the chance to chase our own dreams and learn on our own. Even if we fail, we can learn from those failures.

 It’s ten years since the scientist ____ on his life’s work of discovering the valuable chemical.

A．made for          B．set out            C．blocked out        D．turned up

Arthur Miller was born on October 17th, 1915 and died on February 10th, 2005.Over the course of seven decades(十年) of literature career(文学生涯), Arthur Miller created some of the most memorable stage plays(舞台剧) in American Literature. He is the author of DeathofaSalesmanandTheCrucible. Born and raised in Manhattan, Miller went through the best and the worst of American society.

Arthur Miller's childhood：His father was a productive shop­keeper and clothing manufacturer(制造商) until the Great Depression(大萧条时期) dried up nearly all business opportunities.Yet, despite being faced with poverty, Miller made the best of his childhood. He was a very active young man, in love with such sports as football and baseball. When he wasn't playing outside, he enjoyed reading adventure stories. He was also kept busy by his many boyhood jobs. He often worked alongside his father. During other times in his life, he delivered bakery goods and worked as a clerk in a car parts warehouse.

College life: In 1934, Miller left the east coast to attend the University of Michigan. He was accepted into their school of journalism. His experiences during the Depression made him skeptical (怀疑的) about religion. Politically, he began leaning towards the "Left”.And since the theater was the cutting edge way for socio­economic liberals (自由主义者) to express their views, he decided to enter the Hopwood Drama competition. His first play, NoVillain, received an award from the university.It was an impressive beginning for the young playwright; he had never studied plays or playwriting, and he had written his play in just five days!

Miller's later years: In 1987, his autobiography was published. Many of his later plays dealt with personal experience. In particular, his final play, FinishingthePicture mirrors the last days of his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.In 2005, Arthur Miller passed away at the age of 89.

1.What can we know about Arthur Miller from Paragraph 2?

A．He was born into a poor family.

B．His father wasn't good at business.

C．He couldn't adjust himself to poverty.

D．He had to do lots of jobs to make a living.

2.Arthur Miller began to write plays ________.

A．when he was in college

B．when he was a small boy

C．because his father encouraged him to do so

D．because it was one of his school assignments(作业)

3.We can infer from Paragraph 3 that ________.

A．the University of Michigan is on the east coast of the USA

B．Miller's university education made him doubt religion

C．Miller learned playwriting all by himself

D．socio­economic liberals were probably not politically "left”

4.Which of the following plays tells the story of Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe?

A．Death of a Salesman.

B．The Crucible.

C．No Villain.

D．Finishing the Picture.

5.The passage is intended to________.

A．introduce Arthur Miller's plays

B．tell us about Arthur Miller's childhood

C．explain how Arthur Miller started to write plays

D．give us a brief introduction to Arthur Miller's life