新视野大学英语自主阅读教程2.docVIP

第二节 完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分。） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31~45各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Almost everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are changing our lives for the better 31 making everything faster and more dependable, but I’m not so sure that this is the 32 . 33 day I was standing in a large department store waiting to pay for a few films for my camera 34 the assistant told everybody that the computer for the money drawer(抽屉)had 35 working. I didn’t think this was a big problem and I set off to find another computer, but of course, all the machines are part of 36 system (系统).So there we were: a shop full of customers (顾客),money at the ready, waiting to 37 ，but it was quite clear that 38 of the assistants knew what to do .They weren’t 39 to take our money and give customers a written receipt(收据),because the sales wouldn’t then have been 40 on the computer system. In the end, like many other people, I 41 my shopping there and walked out. Don’t you think that’s 42 ?It would never have happened 43 computers, and that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to 44 these machines 45 much that we simply can’t do anything without them any more. 31. A. for B. by C. at D. with 32. A. case B. way C. reason D. result 33. A. Some B. Another C. Other D. The other 34. A. as B. while C. when D. then 35. A. kept B. started C. finished D. stopped 36. A. a different B. the same C. a wrong D. the wonderful 37. A. see the manager B. repair the computers C. do shopping D. change money 38. A. none B. no one C. any D. some 39. A. allowed B. pleased C. encouraged D. asked 40. A. written B. found C. used D. recorded 41. A. dropped B. did