Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents. In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today's students themselves! 1.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______. A.our country asks us to learn it B.it can help us a lot C.we can use it to play games D.it can help us to find jobs 2.What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ . A.their students and children use computers to play games B.computers let them lose their jobs C.computers make their students and children fall behind D.computers bring people a lot of trouble 3.In this passage we know computers ______. A.also bring us trouble B.bring us happiness only C.are hated by people D.are bad for people's health 4.Can computers really help children to study? A.Yes, they can. B.It's hard to say. C.No, they can't. D.Of course not. 5.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______. A.computers are used by people B.people can live well without computers C.one must decide how to use computers D.computers are strange machines B. The Internet is becoming important in our life. How much do you know about it? What is the Internet? The Internet is a large, world-wide collection (聚集) of computer networks( 网络). A network is a small group of computers put together. The Internet is many different kinds of networks from all over the world. These networks are called the Internet. If you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web(网) What is the World Wide Web? The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. The Web is like a big electronic (电子) book with millions of pages. These pages are called homepages. You can find information about almost anything in the world on these pages. For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework. You can also find information about your favourite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages. Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music. What is e-mail? Electronic mail (e-mail) is a way of sending messages to other people. It' s much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter. If you want to use e-mail, you must have an e-mail address. This address must have letters and dots (点) and an" @ " (means "at"). For example: Lily @ Yahoo, com. Write a message, type a person's e-mail address, then send the message across the Internet. People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet . Quick, easy and interesting — that' s the Internet . 1. The Internet is______. A. a big computer B. a small group of computers C. lots of computer networks D. the World Wide Web 2. The World Wide Web is like_______. A. an electronic book B. homepages C. an electronic page D. an interesting picture 3. The sentence "You can talk to your friends on the pages. "means ______. A. you can talk to your friends face to face B. you an type your words in the computer and then send them to your friends across the Internet C. you can talk to your friends through the same computer D. you can go to your friends' houses to talk to them 4. People like to use e-mail to send messages to their friends because______. A. they don’t have to pay any money B. it' s faster and cheaper C. they don’t need to have stamps, envelopes or addresses D. sending e-mail is interesting 15. The "e" in e-mail means_______. A. easy B. entrance C. electronic D. enjoyable VII.用方框中的单词的适当形式填空,使短文完整. mouse printer e-mails IBM keyboard scanner(扫描仪) Internet computer My father has bought a new _____1___for me recently. It’s made by ___2__in New York, and he also bought me a ____3_____, nowI can print some articles easily. He bought a ___4___ foe me, too. My friends tell me to send __5_____to them on line, but I don’t know how to e-mail on the ____6___.They tell me that it is easy if I know how to use my __7___and ___8___. 1._________ 2.___________ 3.___________ 4.___________ 5._________ 6.___________ 7.___________ 8.___________ (责任编辑:admin) |