1、Period 2 Reading Who am I?Designed by Gu Wei，Wei Shuqin, Li Yuping, Di DieRevision: Find the following words or phrases in the passages.计算机器 _ 分析机 _ 穿孔卡 _ 技术革命 _ 通用机器 _ 数学问题 _人工智能 _ 晶体管 _ 与某人分享某物_ 内存 _ 网络 _ 万维网 _II .ReadingI SkimmingGo through the whole text and finish following tasks.Task 1 Go over
2、 the story to find out who the speaker is. Write down 3 sentences to support your idea._2 .What is the main idea of the whole passage?A. The computer wants to find “who he is”. B. The function(功能) of the computer.C. The computer becomes popular around the world. D. The change and the applications of
3、 the computer.Task 2 Find out the topic sentence of each paragraphP1 _P2 _P3 _II. Scanning Read the text carefully and find out the detailsTask 3 Find a sentence to replace the following one (in the 1st paragraph)People thought it was a revolution in technology and after that I had the intelligence
4、that people gave me at that time_Task 4 (Para1) The development of the computer and its function Task 5 (Para 2): How did its memory improve?These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First, I stored my memory in _, then on _.As I grow smaller later, I store it on very_ _. In the earl
5、y 1960s, I was given a family connected by a _, so my memory became even larger. And now, I was able to share my knowledge with others through the_. Task 6 (Para3) What applications are mentioned in Para 3?_Task 7 Discussion In how many ways do we say the computer changed? What are they?_SummaryI be
6、gan as a _ machine in 1642 in France. In 1822 I was built as an _ machine. Then in 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book and built a _ machine. As the years have _, I have been made _ . There were times when my size totally _. And my memory became so _ l that I couldnt believe it. In the 1960s they gave me
7、a family _ by a network. I was able to _with others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications _ for me.Extensive ReadingThe most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at t
8、he airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”I looked down on the
9、computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all your people do?”“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”“So when it goes down, you go down with
10、 it.”“Thats good, sir.”“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.”After the girl told me they had no backup comput
11、er, I said. “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?”“I couldnt tell without asking the computer.”“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington, ” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was
12、 going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.”“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”“I wouldnt know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. It cant tell me.”By this time there were quite a few people standing in line. Th
13、e word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.1. The best title for the article is _.A. When the Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening WordsC. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Com
14、puter2. What does the underlined words“ backup computer” probably mean?A. A computer that will be brought back soon. B. A second-hand computer that is still in use.C. An advanced computer that never breaks down.D. A computer ready for use when the main one does not work.3. The last paragraph implies that _.A. a modern computer wont be down. B. computers can take the place of humans C. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people D. there will be great changes in computers
