Unit 1 Will computers be used more than books in the future?
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Ⅰ.补全对话
从方框中选择合适的选项补全对话,其中有两项多余。
A:Good morning, Dad! I want to make a project about inventions. Can you help me think of an invention?
B:My pleasure! 1
A:Oh, it is really such a great invention.
B: 2
A:I can't remember when it was invented. I will look it up on the Internet.
B:OK. What do you want to invent in the future?
A: 3
B:Sounds good. When are you going to finish?
A: 4
B:Good luck to you!
A: 5
A.A doll who can talk with me when you aren't in.
B.I think it is a useful invention.
C.What about the bicycle?
D.In half a year.
E.It's very nice of you.
F.Thank you.
G.Do you know when it was invented?
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Ⅱ.选词填空
从方框中选择适当的单词,并用其适当的形式完成短文,每词只能用一次,每空一词。
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Since computers were invented in the USA in the 1950s, they have 1 very important in many areas of work and leisure. There is no doubt that computers are very 2 in the technology and business. In space, computers have been used to control the speed and direction of a spaceship. 3 the help of computers, doctors can find diseases easily and solve other problems. For example, tiny computers which are inside patients' bodies can keep 4 hearts beating normally. In factories, robots are 5 by computers that are like human brains. They can do work 6 is dangerous to humans. In business, computers are used to place and cancel orders. They are also making the workplace 7 and better.
Since the Internet came into being, people's 8 at home have been changed, too. More and more people have 9 computers that are used to play games and watch movies. Thanks to the Internet, people can do shopping and do business at home. Instead of writing letters on paper, people communicate by 10 e-mails and chatting online. The whole world is connected. The Internet is making the world smaller, like a village.
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Ⅰ.短文填空
根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th century and the 7th c 1 in China. The earliest book that we have was p 2 in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every p 3 in the book. By the 11th century printed books could be f 4 all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed using two c 5 , black and red.
