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学案（一）Unit 3. Computers------Reading

I. Read the text and then choose the best answers. 1.

In 1936, Alan Turing wrote a book about

. A.

how to simplify difficult sums. B.

how the computer could be made to work as a “universal machine”

C.

How to build an analytical machine D.

How to change computers’ shape 2.

Why did computer totally change its shape? A.

Because the computer could do many things B.

Because the computer could simplify sums C.

Because its memory improved D.

Because the computer never forgot anything 3.

How long did it take before the computer was built as an analytical machine? A. 500 years

B. 300 years

C. 100 years

D. 200 years 4.

According to the last paragraph, which was not mentioned in the use of computer? A.

Mobile phones

B. Rockets

C. Bikes

D. Robots 5.

How can you understand the underlined word? Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. A.

A formal request for something B.

The practical use of something

C.

An act of spreading something

D.

An act of making a rule

II. Summary: Fill in the blanks according to the text.

I began as a 1.

machine in 1642. It took nearly two hundred years 2.

I was built as an analytical machine. I became a “universal machine ” in 1936 to 3.

any

mathematical problem. I was very big at one time. However, as time 4.

, I was made smaller and smaller. I was given a family 5.

by a network in the early 1960s. I was able to 6.

my knowledge with others. 7.

the World

Wide

Web.

I have been widely used in many fields, such as in communication, 8.

, trade and medical 9.

. I have also been put into robots and space rockets to explore the Moon and Mars. I’m glad I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race.

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Where there is a will, there is a way.