1、READING TASKSWHO AM I ?Pre-reading activitiesTask I. What do you use computers for?Task II. List some advantages of computers. Task III. Do you think that the computer is a great invention? List some other inventions that greatly changed peoples lives. While-reading activitiesTask I. Read the text a
2、nd fill in the blanks in the chart below.Task II. Read Paragraph 1 and match the machine with their functions. machines functions1. a calculating machine A. think logically and answer quicker than any person2. an analytical machine B. is used in offices and homes3. a universal machine C. solve any d
3、ifficult mathematical problem4. a personal computer or a laptop D. simplify difficult sums Task III. Read Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) .1. The computers became smaller and smaller because of the changes in memory storage. 2. The me
4、mory of a computer is like that of an elephant in that they both never forget the things they have been told. 3. The World Wide Web makes computers work faster. 4. Human beings use computers to help them to explore the universe. Task IV. Below is the summary of the text with some words or phrases mi
5、ssing. Choose the words or phrases from the box and make the summary complete.smaller, calculating machine, analytical machine, quicker, chip, network, communication, rockets, mathematical problem, roomIn 1642 I was a(n) 1. _ in France. 200 years after that I became a(n) 2. _ built by Charles Babbag
6、e. Later by using cards with holes I could be made to produce answers 3. _ than any person. That was the beginning of my “artificial intelligence.” In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book about how I might be used to solve any 4. _. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a(n) 5. _, so people tried to make me
7、 6. _ by improving my memory. Now it is so large that I never forget anything Im told and it can all be stored in a tiny 7. _. I used to be lonely until they connected me to a(n) 8. _ in the 1960s and later allowed me to share my knowledge through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s I have become im
8、portant in 9. _, finance and trade, put in robots, used to make mobile phones, help with medical operations and put in 10. _ that have gone to the moon. Now I am a good friend of the human race. (By Ray Cama)Post-reading activitiesTask I. Retell the development history of computers in your own words
9、 according to Paragraph 1. Task II. How do you expect computers to develop in the future?Task III. What negative influence do computers have on human beings?参考答案Pre-reading activitiesTask I. 略Task II略Task III略While-reading activitiesTask I. 1. analytical machine 2. smaller 3. laptop 4. chips 5. netw
10、ork 6. applications 7. communication 8. medical operations Task II. 1-D 2-A 3-C 4-B Task III1. T 2. T 3. F 4. TTask IV1. calculating machine 2. analytical machine 3. quicker 4. mathematical problem 5. room 6. smaller 7. chip 8. network 9. communication 10. rocketsPost-reading activitiesTask I. 略Task II略Task III略
