1998年广东专插本英语考试.docVIP

1998年广东省普通高等学校本科插班生考试 英 语 试 题 Part I Reading Comprehension(40%) Passage I The computer is a wonderful machine.It is the most important invention since the type of engine used in cars.Today it has the greatest effect on science,industry,and business,but it is being used more in education and medicine.By the end of this century it will touch the lives of everyone,even people in distant villages.It is a revolutionary invention. The oldest kind of computer is the abacus used in China since the sixth century.In the seventeenth century an adding machine was invented,but t