深圳牛津7AChapter4Reading.pptVIP

C1 Find these words in the article on page 45. Read the words around them and choose the best meanings. 1 ancient: many many years ago (a) 2 consists of: includes (b) 3 invented: made for the first time (b) 4 accurate: without mistakes (a) 5 stand for: mean (a) C2 Find the words in Column A in the article and match them with the meanings in Column B. A B 1 international a became bigger or stronger 2 developed b but 3 however c said numbers one after the other 4 bottom d more than one country 5 counted e in the lowest place 6 figure f a number between 0 and 9 C3 What do the following descriptions refer to? Write down the correct names in the blanks. 1 A calculating machine using wires and heads. An ___________ 2 A small machine using electronic power to do calculations. A ___________ 3 A very powerful machine for doing calculations. A__________ Calculating Machine one of the first calculating machines accurate and fast Calculating Machine Revision 1. Why do people still use abacuses today? Because they are accurate and fast. 3. How long can a computer do a calculation? In a flash. May asks T M Li, the writer, some questions about his article on numbers. His answers are not always clear. Read the article and make Li’s answers clearer. Write one word in each blank. 2 Long ago, people wrote them in many different ways. Wrote what? Numbers. 3. People all count in this way. In what way? In tens. 4. The Indians invented that system of numbers. Which system of numbers? The 1 to 9 system. 5 The invention helped people write in big numbers. What invention? The invention of the zero. 6 They are fast and accurate. What? Abacuses. 7 Computers are very powerful ones. Very powerful what? Calculating machi