18.Smaller and better In the 1940s,the first computers were bigger than cars.Now Some computers are(A) tiny.You may be unaware of them.①There is probably one inside your TV or washing machine.(B)你依靠電腦比你意識到的多. What can we do(C)________ computers? We can use computers to calculate.They can calculate at a faster speed than we can and almost never give wrong answers.②We can also type and draw things with them.(D) In addition,computers can do important jobs like operating railways and flying planes and spaceships. Is a computer cleverer than me? The answer is " No ".Your brain can produce new ideas(E) computers cannot.However,one day computers may be able to do a better job than human beings.For example,(F) they may be better than doctors at doing their job.③What will happen to us if computers can do all our jobs?Will we have nothing to do?Computers may change our lives,but will they make them better?
(1)寫出(A)和(D)的同義詞或近義詞:
(2)將文中畫線(B)處譯成英語:
. (3)在(C)和(E)空白處填適當單詞:
(4)將文中畫線(F)處改寫為:they may
better than doctors
doing their job. (5)從文中的①②③選出能夠填入" They may also be good teachers."的位置:
any more,a wise old man,double your money, follow my advice,nothing but an empty field
A young man once talked to(1)
."I won a prize and have a little gold now,but I want much more,"he said."Can you help me?"The old man looked at him."I can teach you how to make more money if you promise to(2)
."he said. The young man agreed.Then the old man took the young man to a window."Look outside,"he said. :"I can see(3)
,the young man said. "Use your money to buy this field,"said the old man,"and grow some cotton.In a year,you can sell the cotton and(4)
. The young man realized what the old man meant.From then on he was not lazy(5)