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How To Select A Home Computer Computers are very versatile. They can do many things: teaching, playing games, or helping with a business, so choosing a computer is not an easy, simple job. But if you follow these steps, you will find it easier. First, decide on the main reasons why you want a computer. Is this computer very useful for you? Is it the most important reason to play game or to help with your business or to help with your school work? Second, look carefully at the programs the computer can use. Some people also write their own programs. If you want to write your own, it is important to look at the computer language. Is it easy to learn? Third, decide the smallest, or the least needs you have for your computer. What are the characteristics you would like to have? For example, do you want a typewriter keyboard? Is a colour display important to you? Your use of computer will help you decide which characteristics are necessary, which are nice, and which are unnecessary. Fourth, when you have limited choices to a few computers, look at the secondary user and programs. For example, if your main reason for buying a home computer is to play games, you may take computer A instead of computer B because computer A also can be used as a word professor. Fifth, think of the price. There are prices to think about. The first price is the price you must pay to take the computer home. The second is the price of additional programs and possible additions that you might want to buy at a later date. Be sure to try out the computer before you buy it. Sales people at computer shops are happy to help you choose the computer that will best fit your needs and cost you least. 1. How to Select a Home Computer. Here "select" means _____
A. buy B. choose C. examine D. find 2. Computers are very versatile. This sentence means_____
A. computers are very expensive B. computers can be used in many ways C. computers are very good to play with D. computers ate very cheap 3. You should take _____step before you buy a computer.
A. five B. six. C. four D. seven 4. Which step is the most important for you to buy a good computer?
A. The first step. B. The last step. C. The fifth step. D. The second step.
B In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts, he always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called 'Lexico'. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from 'Lexico' to 'Alph' and then to 'Criss Cross'. He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn't have any real commercial (商业的) success. In1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name —'Scrabble'. At first, it didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8, 500 sets a year. Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York , Jack Strauss, happened to play 'Scrabble' while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy's should stock(储备) the game and make an effort(努力) to call the public's attention to it. As a result, 'Scrabble' became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries. 5.The text is mainly about ______.
A. 'Lexico' B. three men C. a word game D. Alfred Butts 6.Alfred Butts invented the game 'Lexico' ______.
A. to make himself famous B. to make spelling simpler C. when he was out of work and looking for a job D. when he was playing word games to pass the time 7.Who made 'Scrabble' popular? ______
A. Alfred Butts. B. Jack Strauss. C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot. D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot. 8.When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market? ______
A. In 1939. B. In 1948. C. Before 1939. D. Between 1939 and 1948. |
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