1、阅读话题：Computers预习自测题课前自主学习注意下列词组在文中的应用： a calculating machine 计算机器 an analytical machine 分析机 a technological revolution 科技革命 artificial intelligence 人工智能 a universal machine 通用机器 the World Wide Web 万维网 课堂检测题III仔细阅读课文，完成下列表格语篇解读：I. Fast reading: Read the passage and find out the topic sentence of each
2、 paragraph.Para1: _Para2: _Para3: _ 当堂训练题IV Task 1. Choose the best answer to each question according to the text.1. Look at the pictures and the title of the passage. Predict what it is going to be about._A. the importance of computers. B. the applications of current computers C. the development of
3、 computers D. the future of computers.2. What can you infer from the text? _A. the computer has artificial intelligence B. the computer changes a lot over years C. the computer was not connected by a network until in the early 1960s D. now the computer can only be used to deal with informationTask 2
4、. Read the passage and finish the timeline below.1642: Computers began as a _ machine in _.1822: The _ machine was made by Charles Babbage.1936: Computers grew rapidly both in _ and in _.1940s: A computer grew as large as a _.1960s: The first _ of computers was connected to each other.1970s: Compute
5、rs were used in _ and in _.Now：Computers connect people all over the _.课后练习题I. 根据本部分所学单词及提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。1. With the help of his friends, Tom finally s_ the problem.2. At the supermarket, computers can help us c_ the bills.3. I usually send messages to my friends with my m_ phone.4. After years of har
6、d work, his dream has become a r_.5. My g_ is to study hard, get a good job and support my family.6. The English in this story has been s_ to make it easier to understand.7. They argue that their schools are failing their children, and that the education system needs a(n) _ (革命).8. There are still m
7、any places in the world that have not been _ (探测).9. It took Frank a while to learn to walk with the _ (人造的) leg.10. Modern _ (技术) makes moving money around much easier than it used to be.II. 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。1. To write a good essay, you must first organize your ideas _ (logic).2. I cannot _ (total) a
8、gree with you, but I think what you said just now is partly reasonable. 3. Music has been called the _ (universe) language.4. I think _ (happy) depends on our attitudes to life.5. A childs _ (intelligent) develops rapidly between the ages of four and five.6. He dreamed of going to work in his own _
9、(person) company.7. The software can be changed by the _ (apply) program.8. Hello, _ (operate)? Could you put me through to Room 31? III. 用适当的介词填空。1. Youll have to share your toys _ your little brother.2. My days were filled _ important and exciting events.3. My sister works _ a nurse in the local hospital.4. _ time, Peter has developed his interest in English. 5. Dogs come _ all shapes and sizes.IV. 翻译下列句子。1. 从现在起我要尽量做得好些。 _2. 我病得很厉害，今天没能去上学。_3. 无论如何，你应该向他道歉。_