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完形填空（每小题1分，满分10分） All over the world, people have all kinds of friends. Dogs are people’s honest friends. Cats, elephants, camels, horses, cows are people’s helpful and useful friends. But do you think that computers are people’s friends, too？Now let me tell you 46 about it. We live in the “computer age”. People, like scientists, teachers, writers and even students, use computers to do 47 work. But more than 30 years ago, 48 couldn’t do much work. They were very big and expensive. Very 49 people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and 50 . And they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them. 51 people have them at home. Computers become very important because they can work 52 than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 53 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them 54 and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very 55 and helpful. It is true that they are our good friends. Do you think so? ( ) 46. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. little ( ) 47. A. many of B. all kinds of C. a lot D. very much ( ) 48. A. scientists B. teachers C. students D. computers ( ) 49. A. few B. little C. a few D. a little ( ) 50. A. cheap B. cheaper C. expensive D.more expensive ( ) 51. A. More and more B. Fewer and fewer C. Less and less D. More or les ( ) 52. A. slow B. slower C. fast D. faster ( ) 53. A. help B. make C. use D. stop ( ) 54. A. study B. to study C. studying D. to eat ( ) 55. A. beautiful B. careful C. useful D. wonderful 阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。（每小题1分，满分15分） (A) American and British people both speak English of cou