18世纪中期，一场完全不同于以前的革命开始发生，这场革命没有你死我活的拼杀，而是通过科学技术的发明创造，彻底改变了人们的生产和生活方式。

请你运用所学知识，回答以下问题：

（1）这场“没有你死我活的拼杀”的革命首先开始于哪个国家？历史上如何称呼这场革命？

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（2）在这场革命中，有很多发明创造。应用在交通运输工具中的“心脏（动力机）”是什么？得益于谁的改进？

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（3）除了我们在题目中所指出的意义（或影响）外，你还能答出这场革命的其他意义（或影响）吗？

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Personal computers are used by one person at a time. The largest personal computer, or PCS, can fit on a (1) . Some of these (2) have more than one microprocessor. (3) the primary processor, which is a general-purpose device, a PC may have one or more processors to (4) special kinds of work. Some machines, (5) , have maths processors, others have graphics processors to help process photographs and other illustrations. Still others have (6) processors.
Office workers also use PCS that are not (7) to a network. These machines are used for (8) tasks as word processing, performing financial calculations, and organizing and (9) bodies of information called databases. People use PCS at (10) for some of the same kinds of tasks. They use word processing programs for (11) Communication, financial software for household budgets. Individuals also use their home computers to play (12) and to communicate (13) the internet.
Small, portable PCS are (14) with people who often work away from their desks. The (15) include laptop computers, which can be (16) on the lap; notebook computers, which are about the (17) of a loose leaf notebook; and palmtop, or handheld computers, which can be operated while (18) in the hand. Laptop and notebook computers have the same (19) as desktop computers. Palmtop computers have less power but still (20) some advanced capabilities. For example, they can process household financial data.

二、完形填空

A．tied

B．connected

C．join

D．link