课堂新坐标2016_2017学年高中英语Module5GreatPeopleandGreatInventionsofAncientChina模块综合测评外研版必修320170113285.docVIP

模块综合测评 Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Britain.He was in poor health in his youth so he had to be educated at home.His mother worried about his health and she was advised that he should not be taught too much.However, the boy showed an early interest in mathematics and worked hard at it.Later he was accepted by Cambridge University. Babbage began to work on a small difference engine(差分机)in 1819, which in a very short period of time could work out mathematical tables by itself.He released it in 1822.In 1827 he became a professor of mathematics and began his life-