三、完形填空(30分)

　　Bill was a newspaper boy. He went from house to house 1 the day’s papers to the neighbors. Each week he went to get his 2 . Bill kept a little book. In the book he wrote down who 3 him and who did not. Bill was keeping a record(記錄)

　　Men have been keeping records 4 very early time. How did they do this before they learned to write? Sometimes they made knots(打結)in different colored strings(繩子).Indians in South America kept records in this 5 .

　　Today we have machines for 6 and keeping records. Do you go to the grocery store? Does it have a cash register?

　　The cash register keeps records. It adds up the things you 7 .It tells how much is sold in the store everyday.

　　Many places have machines called computers. They 8 computers to keep all the records. Computers are 9 than knots in strings. Someday men may use _10 even better than computers.

　　( )1. A. buying B. bringing C. brought D. bought

　　( )2. A. cost B. job C. money D. papers

　　( )3. A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid

　　( 4. A. before B. from C. till D. by

　　( )5. A. time B. place C. way D. message

　　( )6. A. counting B. numbering C. having D. getting

　　( )7. A. buy B. want C. borrow D. lend

　　( )8. A. let B. use C. keep D. make

　　( )9. A. worse B. slower C. better D. bigger

　　( )10. A. machines B. something C. someone D. someplace