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课文填空（共9小题；每小题1分，满分9分）

_____1______ a calculating machine, I could__2______ difficult sums. I developed slowly for hundreds of years until I was made to work as a “universal machine”. From then on, I grew ____3_______  both in____4______ and in brainpower .Then as my memory improved, I changed my ____5_______ to a much smaller one. But I have to stand there by myself, feeling so ______6_____ . Since the 1970s, many new applications _____7______ (find) for me and I have become very important in communication, financeand trade. To provide humans with a life of high____8_____ is what I am all about. I am really proud that I am a_____9_____  friend and helper of the human race.