chapter4 reading

Chapter4 Computers

一．重点短语

1. be short of缺少的；不够的 13. electronic brain电脑 2. hidden helpers隐藏助手 14. the answer to this question问题的答案 3. hardly ever= seldom=almost never 15. for the time being暂时

难得；几乎不 16. of ones own某人自己的 4. be unaware of = not know about 17. be able to = can会；能；可以

不知道；未察觉 18. in the future在未来 5. be dependent on = depend on依赖于 19. be good at = do well in擅长于…… 6. at the moment = now = at present现在 20. change one‟s life改变某人的生活 7. be faster at doing sth做某事更快 21. have nothing to do 无事可做 8. teach sb sth教某人某事 22. make sb do sth 让某人做某事 9. play games with sb与某人玩游戏 23. in my opinion=I think 我认为，按照我的观点

24. have great understanding of 10. more importantly更重要的是

11. operate railways控制铁路 对……有深刻的理解12. for these reasons因为这些原因 二．要点讲解：

1．Not so many years ago, you hardly ever saw computers.不几年前你几乎看不到电脑 hardly ever= seldom=almost never 难得；几乎不

hardly adv.几乎不 hard adj.硬的，艰难的 adv.努力地，猛烈地

My father hardly ever does housework at home .我爸爸在家几乎不做家务。 It is hard for me to finish this work. 对我来说完成这项工作很难。 It rained hardly yesterday.昨天雨下得很大。

2．Now they seem to be everywhere. 现在他们似乎随处可见。 seem v. 像是, 似乎

seem +（to be ）+ adj. seem 本身是系动词，可省略 to be直接接形容词: He seems happy. 常用短语seem to do：He seems to know everything. 他似乎什么都懂。 He doesn't seem to like the idea. 他似乎不太赞成这个想法。

seem like sth: The minutes seemed like hours. It seemed like a good idea at that time. 常用句型 It seems that… : It seems that he is very gifted 看起来他很有天赋。 It seems to me that it will rain tonight. 我看今晚要下雨。 seem to do 与it seems that…似乎…… 可互换

He seems to be happy today.=It seems that he is happy today.他今天似乎很开心。

My mother seemed to know the truth .= It seemed that my mother knew the truth.我妈妈似乎知道了。

3.Tony collects some information to write an article about computer. 托尼为写一篇关于计算机的文章，收集了一些信息。 information 信息 （不可数名词）

If you surf the Internet, you can find______ information there. A. many B. a number of C. a lot D. much

much/little/a little/ some/any/ a lot of/lots of/ a deal of /enough/ no可修饰不可数名词

4.There are also many tiny, hidden computers in your home, but you might be unaware of them.在你家里也有微型的、隐藏的计算机，但是你没有意识到它们。

hidden helpers神秘助手 (hidden是过去分词作定语修饰后面的helpers) a broken cup 一只破怀子 boiled water开水 fallen leaves落叶

be unaware of = don‟t realize/know about没有意识到 反义： be aware of = realize/ know about意识到 Some students are unaware of the importance of English learning.

might是may的过去式 情态动词(后接动词原形) may be (用于句中) maybe 副词 （常用于句首） There may be one inside your TV set. = Maybe there is one inside your TV set.

5.You are more dependent on computers than you realize.你比你意识到的更加依赖计算机。 be dependent on=depend on 依赖于……

All living things are dependent on the sun. 万物依靠太阳。

Middle school students shouldn‟t be dependent on their parents too much. 中学生不应该太依赖父母。 Good health depends on good food. 好的健康依赖于好的食物。

6．rarely adv. (否定词) 很少

常见否定词： never 从不； hardly adv. 几乎不； seldom adv. 很少, 不常; few n. 很少数; 几乎没有 & adj. 很少的 （修饰可数名词）

little n. 少许 & adj. 很少的 & adv. 很少; 完全不; （修饰不可数名词

7.The answer to this question is, for the time being, „NO‟.目前这个问题的答案是“不”。 the answer to the question 这个问题的答案(这里要注意介词”to”的固定用法。） 拓展：the key to the door门上的钥匙

the way to the school去学校的路 the entrance to…到……的入口 the reply to… …….的回答 但：the ticket for tomorrow明天的票 the homework for today今天的作业

8．区别易混词：raise 和 rise

raise (raise-raised-raised) v. 举起, 提高；提出 raise + sth 可接宾语 raise questions 提问 He raised his glass and said: \"Your health, Carl.\" 他举起了杯子说道:\"祝你健康,卡尔。\"

rise (rise-rose-risen）v. 上升; 升起 不能接宾语或不能直接接宾语，要有介词才能接宾语。 The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. 太阳从东方升起，在西方落下。 She rose above her difficulties. 她战胜了重重困难。

9.Will computers make our lives better or worse in the future?计算机会使我们将来的生活更好或更坏？ make our lives better使我们生活更好

此处是”make +宾语＋宾补（形/名/过去分词“结构 Too much food made him ill. (形容词） We make him our monitor. (名词）

I can‟t make myself understood.(过去分词） 拓展：

make sb. do sth.使某人做某事

My mother always makes me _____ housework. A. doing B. to do C. do D. done

习题练习

一．英汉互译。

依赖，依靠____________________ 更重要的是____________________ 没事可做______________________ 使我们的生活更好__________________

由于这个原因__________________ have great understanding of_________________ at present ______________________ 问题的答案 ____________________________ 未察觉________________ 在未来 _________________________ be faster at doing sth_______________ in my opinion_________________________

二．词汇

A. 选择能够替换划线部分的单词或短语： 1. He does not know about his illness because the doctor hasn‟t told him. A. is sure of A. At present A. sometimes A. huge

B. is unaware of B. As time passes B. seldom B. small

C. is unknown of C. At last C. never C. big

2. For the time being, computers are not cleverer than human. 3. Computers rarely make mistakes in calculating. 4. Germs are so tiny that we can‟t see them with our eyes.

5. The students all put up their hands to answer the teacher‟s question. A. rise B. bring C. raise B.根据提示用适当的词填空：

a) 20 years ago students like us (hard) ever saw computers. b) He soon (realize) that he was the only boy on the party. c) Bamboo is very (use) to people.

d) His handwriting must be the (bad) in his class.

e) Learning is usually (important) than playing, but we need to play sometimes. f) You are more d____________ on computers than you realize. g) No one knows how to o____________ this new machine.

h) Tony c______________ some of the information about computer. i) We can hear the sound from the s______________. j) The mouse helps you c_______________ the computer. C．根据课文内容选词填空。

tiny, type, hardly, operate, print, unaware, cleverer, better, being, lives, future, judges Not so many years ago, we could ________ ever see computers. But now they are everywhere. There are __________, hidden computers in your home, but you might be __________ of them.

Computers can do a lot of things. They can calculate, ________, _________ and draw. More importantly, they can __________ railways and fly planes and spaceships.

A computer is not __________ than a man for the time _______. In the _________, they many even be ________ at doing their jobs than doctors, __________ and teachers. They will change our ________.

三．单项选择。

( ) 1. ----Can you find the answer ______ the question? -----Yes, it‟s too easy. A. to B. for C. with D. of ( ) 2. _______ these reasons, you should finish this task on time.

A. For B. To C. About D. Since

( ) 3. Many people are unaware _______ the danger of polluting our environment. A. about B. of C. with D. to

( ) 4.We get and send information easily by e-mails. E-mail is short for .

A. electronic mail B electric mail. C. electricity mail D. electronics mail

( ) 5. --This basketball team is so strong that the other teams can hardly ever beat them. --You mean they lose the matches? A. sometimes B. seldom C. always D. often ( ) 6 You must be quick. We are ______ time.

A. without B. out from C. in need D. short of ( ) 7. He ___________ play the piano when he was only a little child.

A. can B. would C. was able to D. ought to ( ) 8. I can speak English, ______ I can‟t write it well.

A. or B. but C. and D. so ( ) 9. Which is the ______, Earth, the moon or the sun?

A bigger B. most big C. more bigger D. biggest ( ) 10. What‟s your opinion about ________ swimming?

A. to go B. going C. to go to D. go

四．完成下列句子：

1．The hidden computers are so small that we can _________ ( 几乎不能 ) see them .

2．The earth turns every day ,but we _________________ (几乎不能意识到) it . 3.You have grown up ,You can always ___________________ ( 依靠) others. 4．_________________（更重要的是），You must keep yourself healthy.

5.My sister are careful at her study, so she seldom _______________ (犯错误) at her homework. 6.We must work hard __________________ (使我们的生活更加美好). 7。Do you know ___________________ (那个问题的答案) ？ 8．People _______________ (创造了) the world.

9.________________ (电脑 ) can‟t be cleverer than ______________(人脑)。

10．The mouse can helps us ______________ (控制) the computer.

11．我们能够使我们的生活更加美好。We are able to make our _________ ___________. 12．目前， 我们需要更多的人做志愿者。

_______________ ______________ we need more people to be volunteers. 13．在我看来，我们可以通过阅读更多的英语书来提高我们的英语。

In __________ _________，we can improve our English by reading more English books. 五． 完型填空：

根据短文内容,从各题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案.

“Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what our 1 might have found out. “Who

did this?” the teacher asked again. She was never 2 , but she was this time. She held up 3 broken glass and asked, “Who broke the window?” “Oh, oh” I thought. It was me. It was 4 a bad throw of a baseball. But I couldn‟t

5 it, or I would be in a lot of 6 . I

didn‟t want to tell the 7 , but something much stronger than me pulled me up. “I did it,” I said, and then I was silent. It was 8 enough to say what I had done. My teacher went to the bookshelf and 9 a book. She then began walking to my desk.

To my surprise, she didn‟t punish me. 10 , she gave me the book. “I know you like birds. Here is a book about birds. It is yours now. You needn‟t pay for the window. But remember, it‟s only for your truthfulness”. ( )1. A. parents B. teacher C. classmates D. judge ( )2. A. worried B. afraid C. angry D. happy ( )3. A. a cup of

B. a glass of C. a basket of D. a piece of

( )4. A. because of B. because C. although D. why ( )5. A. allow

B. understand C. admit

D. say

( )6. A. danger B. fear C. care D. trouble ( )7. A. truth B. story C. lie D. text ( )8. A. important

B. careful C. hard

D. helpful

C. took up D. took away

( )9. A. took down B. put up

( )10. A. Too B. Either C. Also D. Instead