课文填空（共9小题；每小题1分，满分9分）
___________ a calculating machine, I could________ difficult sums. I developed slowly for hundreds of years until I was made to work as a “universal machine”. From then on, I grew __________  both in_________ and in brainpower .Then as my memory improved, I changed my ___________ to a much smaller one. But I have to stand there by myself, feeling so ___________ . Since the 1970s, many new applications ___________ (find) for me and I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. To provide humans with a life of high________ is what I am all about. I am really proud that I am a__________  friend and helper of the human race.