4. 1.Many farms now use computers to control the growing conditions of vegetables and other plants. Here “growing conditions” refer to ______. A. the watering B. the light C.the temperature D. A, B and C 2.The computer can _______. A.do anything all by itself B.carry out people’s instructions C.think just like human beings D.act exactly like human beings 3.If people can work at home, they will ___________. A.enjoy an easier life B.have busier days C.use the videophone for conferences D.do the drawings and send them by mail or by fax 4.The writer tells us that _________ A.the computer will probably change people’s lives completely in the future B.the computer has played and will play a very important part in various fields C.people should realize the danger of the computer D.the use of the computer is necessary Choose the best answers c B C B

5. 5.Computers are used in agriculture to ________. A.help people to sow seeds in the field B.tell farmers whether they will save or lose money because of temperature C.put powder in the field D.help harvest the crops 6.In people’s everyday life, computers are not used to ________ A.pay electricity bills B.control lights in houses C.do housework D.telephone people outside to tell them what they should do 7.According to the passage, computers can’t _________. A.play an important part in education B.help doctors to treat patients C.transport passengers from one place to another D.help you get the information you need 8.In the library, with the help of computers, _________. A.you also need to borrow the book itself B.you don’t need to read books at all C.you can read the text directly on the computer screen D.the library assistants don’t have to work there. B D C C

6. Agriculture Space travel Health Research Personal lives Education Office work … Transport Industry

8. in agriculture on many farms in glasshouses what can farmers work out? be used to control the the growing Conditions of vegetables and plants control the watering of the plants as well as the light and temperature be used to work out whether they will save or lose money by increasing the temperature by 1 ℃ Computers used in agriculture

9. in transport in space travel railways in Japan be used to work out the best distance Between trains. Trains will be operated by computer and many of them will have no drivers. it will be much easier and the costs will Reduce a great deal. computers used in transport computers used in space travel

10. education health (medical care) research

11. If you want to know something about certain subject type the name of the of the subject and then you will get a list of magazine and book titles. If you want more information you search the titles and you can choose certain texts and read them on you computer. If you want a copy of the article or page the computer will print it out for you. computer programs for storing whole texts

12. small office & home office

13. more convenient than spending a lot of time travelling to work use videophone for conference send pictures by fax do drawings on computers go on Internet and send e-mails

14. personal lives of the people change money or pay the electricity bill and so on. turn on/off the light turn off /on the heating and hot water before you return home without computer with computer one has to go to the bank one has to do it all by himself/herself this can not be done one can make a telephone call and then everything is done it can be done auto- matically by computer one can telephone home half an hour before returning by speaking into the computer,and all this can be done

15. The main idea of each paragraph: Para. 1: Para.2: Para. 3: Para. 4: Para.5: Para.6: The use of computer in agriculture. The use of computer in personal lives and what computer can do to help people. People con work at home with the help of computer. The use of computer in transport. How computer will help reduce the cost of space travel. The important part the computer plays in the fields of education, health and research.