Learning about Language教案2

Unit 3 Computers Who AM I? I. Read the passage quickly and write down the main idea of the passage. This passage is about ___________________________________.

II. Multiple choices. 1. “I” in the passage refers to _____.

A. A TV set

B. A computer

C. A radio

D. The Internet 2. When was the computer the biggest?

A. In 1642

B. In 1936

C. In the 1940s

D. In the 1970s 3. How old is the computer?

A. About 370 years old

B. About 270 years old

C. About 170 years old

D. About 470 years old 4. What can you infer from the text?

A. The computer has artificial intelligence.

B. The computer changes greatly over the 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 information. 5. Who was the first person to make the earliest computer?

A. Alan Turing.

B. Charles Babbage.

C. Charles Turing.

D. Charles Alan. 6. When was the universal machine built?

A. In 1822

B. In 1642

C. In 1936

D. In 1940 7．Why did the 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.

8. What happened to the computer in the 1960s? A. It was put into robots and used to make mobile phone. B. It was given a family connected by a network. C. It began to be put into space rockets. D. It began to be used in the offices.

III. Read the passage carefully and decide the following statements true(T) or false(F). If the statement is wrong, correct it. 1. In 1642 I began as a calculating machine and could solve any mathematical problem.

2. My real father was Charles Babbage, who wrote a book and build me in 1936.

3. After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker.

4. I was brought into people’s homes in the 1970s.

5. Since my birth I have been built to take the place of human race.

6. Alan Turing built an Analytical Machine to solve any mathematical problems.

7. People began to realize that the computer got cleverer and quicker with time passing.

8. The computer began to serve the human race since it was brought into people’s homes.

9. Since the 1970s, the computer was used by people around the world through the Internet.

10. The larger the computer is, the more memory it has.

IV. Fill in the blanks according to the text.

I began as a 1.

(calculate) machine in 1642. It took nearly two hundred years 2.________ I was built as an analytical machine. I became a “universal machine” in 1936 3.__________ (solve) any mathematical problem. I was very big at one time. 4.______________, as time 5.

(go) by，

I 6. ___________(make) smaller and 7. __________(small). I was given a family 8.

(connect) by a network in the early 1960s. I was able to share my knowledge 9._______ others 10.________ the World Wide Web.

I 11. __________________(use) in many fields, such as in communication, 12.________(financial)，

trade and medical 13.

(operation). I have also been put into robots and space rockets 14.___________(explore) the Moon and Mars. I'm glad I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race.