1、Unit 3Computers隨著電腦和語音識別技術(shù)的普及，人們在日常生活中已經(jīng)很少用手寫字了。現(xiàn)在有些老師也認(rèn)為寫字課即將過時(shí)。然而，這種現(xiàn)象到底是好事還是壞事呢？In the age of the keyboard，some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out.Steve Graham，a literacy (識字) professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville，Tennessee，has been hearing about the death of ha

2、ndwriting for the past fifteen years._1_ He said，“If the results of a survey we have published this year are accurate(準(zhǔn)確的)，it is being taught by about ninety percent of teachers in grades one to three.”Ninety percent of teachers also say they are required to teach handwriting.But studies have yet to

3、 answer the question of how well they are teaching it.Professor Graham says one study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting._2_ Others teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day.Many adults remember learning that wayby c

4、opying letters over and over again.Todays thinking is that short periods of practice are better.Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself.Instead，they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas._3_Teachers commonly report that about onefourth of their st

5、udents have poor handwriting.Some people might think handwriting is not important anymore because of computers and voice recognition (辨認(rèn)) programs.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下面所給選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。ASo is it still being taught?BAfter all，that is why we write.CBut who cares if people know how to write well?DNo

6、wadays teachers pay more and more attention to their students writing.EHe says some teachers teach handwriting for ten or fifteen minutes a day.【答案】13AEBSectionReading (Warming Up， Prereading，Reading & Comprehending)新生詞匯初識.匹配下列單詞的詞性及漢語意思1calculateAadj.普遍的；通用的；宇宙的2universal Bvt.計(jì)算3simplify Cn.革命4tech

7、nology Dn.工藝；科技；技術(shù)5revolution Evt.簡化6artificial Fadj.人造的；假的7intelligence Gvt.解決；解答8solve Hn.真實(shí)；事實(shí)；現(xiàn)實(shí)9reality In.智力；聰明；智能10explore Jvt.& vi.探索；探測；探究【答案】15BAEDC610FIGHJ.選擇下列句中相應(yīng)詞組的漢語意思A計(jì)算出B. 從時(shí)起C有共同點(diǎn)；共享D結(jié)果E與分享F逝去1Jane and I have nothing in common.That is to say，we are completely different._2The area c

8、an easily be worked out if you know the length and the breadth(寬度)_3The two countries have been at war for several years.As a result，people there have suffered a lot._4This went on for several years.Months would go by without them seeing each another._5From then on，he made up his mind to work hard._

9、6Ill share my apple with you if youll give me half of your cake._【答案】16CADFBE教材語篇細(xì)研第一步速讀了解文章主題和段落大意速讀P18教材課文，匹配段落大意1Para.1 AThese changes only became possible as my memory improved.2Para.2 BSince the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.3Para.3 COver time I have been changed quite a lo

10、t.【答案】13CBA第二步細(xì)讀把控文章關(guān)鍵信息細(xì)讀P18教材課文，選擇最佳答案1When did the computer come into being?A1640.B1642.C1822. D1936.2Who really invented the computer?ACharles Babbage. BBill Gates.CAlan Turing. DThomas Edison.3Which of the following statements is TRUE?ACharles Babbage built an analytical machine in 1642.BAlan T

11、uring wrote a book about how the computer could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem in 1936.CThe computers were first connected by a network in the late 1960s.DSince the 1960s the computer has been used to help with medical operations.4What can we inf

12、er from the text?AThe computer can take the place of humans.BThe smaller a computer is，the faster it calculates.CComputers can solve all the problems of human beings.DPeople can benefit more from computers in the future.【答案】14BCBD第三步精讀能力升華接軌高考根據(jù)P18教材課文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。The computer is widely

13、 used in our daily life.The computer is a machine that 1.was_designed (design) to help people do many things.When it first came into 2.being (be)，it was just a calculating machine，and later it was built as an analytical machine that could be “think” logically and produce an answer 3.faster (fast) th

14、an any other person.Still later，the computer could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem.There were times when its size was 4.totally (total) changed.It became smaller and smaller but it got cleverer and cleverer.In the early 1960s computers were connected by network and brought into common peoples homes 5.to_deal (deal) with information and help communication 6.between people around the world.It could share 7.information (inform) with others and they could talk to each other.The Internet has become 8.an