Unit One/Section A
I.Fill in the blanks with the information given in the text:
1.Charles Babbage;Augusta Ada Byron
2.input;output
3.VLSI
4.workstations;mainframes
5.vacuum;transistors
6.instructions;software
7.digit;eight;byte
8.microminiaturization;chip
II.Translate the following terms or phrases from English into Chinese and vice versa:
1.artificial intelligence人工智能
2.paper-tape reader纸带阅读器
3.optical computer光计算机
4.neural network神经网络
5.instruction set指令集
6.parallel processing并行处理
7.difference engine差分机
8.versatile logical element通用逻辑元件
9.silicon substrate硅衬底
10.vacuum tube真空管
11.数据的存储与处理the storage and handling of data
12.超大规模集成电路very large-scale integrated circuit
13.中央处理器central processing unit
14.个人计算机personal computer
15.模拟计算机analogue computer
16.数字计算机digital computer
17.通用计算机general-purpose computer
18.处理器芯片processor chip
19.操作指令operating instructions
20.输入设备input device
III.Fill in each of the blanks with one of the words given in the following list,making
changes if necessary:
We can define a computer as a device that accepts input,processes data,stores data,and
produces output.According to the mode of processing,computers are either analog or digital.
They can also be classified as mainframes,minicomputers,workstations,or microcomputers.
All else(for example,the age of the machine)being equal,this categorization provides some
indication of the computer’s speed,size,cost,and abilities.
Ever since the advent of computers,there have been constant changes.First-generation
computers of historic significance,such as UNIVAC(通用自动计算机),introduced in the
early 1950s,were based on vacuum tubes.Second-generation computers,appearing in the
early 1960s,were those in which transistors replaced vacuum tubes.In third-generation
computers,dating from the 1960s,integrated circuits replaced transistors.In fourth-generation
computers such as microcomputers,which first appeared in the mid-1970s,large-scale
integration enabled thousands of circuits to be incorporated on one chip