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语法 阅读理解 Directions:In this section there are some passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements with four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You are supposed to read the passage and make the best choice to complete each question or unfinished statement. Then type the answer in the blank on the web page.[题数：25；分数：50分；参考时间：50分0秒] 题 1 - 5 Passage 1 Computers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and control complex machines. Many people use small computers called calculators to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers quickly. Scientists use large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games with computers, and some computers can help you learn languages. The Kurzweil Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for people. The Kurzweil machine consists of three components, a scanner, a computer, and a voice synthesizer. These three parts are like your eyes, your brain, and your voice. The scanner is the eye of the machine. It scans, or looks at, the words on the page of a book and changes them into digital signals. These digital signals then go to the computers, the brain of the machine. The computer analyzes the signals and recognizes the words. The computer sends information about the words to the voice synthesizer. The voice synthesizer makes the sounds of the words. To use the machine, a blind person simply opens the book and put its face down on the scanner (like a photocopy machine). The machine reads the words on the page. When one page is finished, the blind person turns the page and put the book on the scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice or in a special fast voice. It can read words with small letters, large letters, or italics. Blind people like the Kurzweil machine because they can read anything with it: newspapers, magazines, books, even typed letters. Many libraries now have Kurzweil machines for b