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练案[4] WELCOME UNIT
Section Ⅳ 写作指导
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
I went to a small and poor elementary school.
I remember the first time a computer showed up in
class. It was in 5th grade and the computer was an
Apple. It was the only computer in my school.
This was the 80s and it was a $ 2ꎬ 600 machine.
Before I discovered computersꎬ I took typing
class on old typewriters and I was the kid in class
that repaired the typewriters. I remember spending
hours trying to figure out what each typewriter
needed to fix a stuck key. I was also the Audio /
Visual geek (狂热的人). This meant I was the
only one in the class who can thread(穿过) film
onto the projector.
Anywayꎬ when this Apple showed upꎬ I
immediately opened it. I had to see what was
inside. This totally freaked out the teacher but it
seemed clear I wasnt going to break it. I quickly
learned how to get out of educational games and
write things in BASIC. This was all in 5th grade.
I and my 5th grade teacher stayed in touch
until her passing. I honestly dont know what Id be
doing if she hadnt done something extraordinary.
She let my father and me take the Apple home. Id
spend the weekend programmingꎬ reading the
massive notebooks. This was a $ 2ꎬ 000 +
computer in the middle of the 80s—the pride of the
school—and they let me take it home. A year
laterꎬ I came home from school one day and the
family car was gone and there was a Commodore 64
left in its place. My parents had sold the car and
bought a Commodore.
Nowꎬ I think about this crazy journey. I am
standing on the shoulders not only of computer
science giantsꎬ but also heroes like my parents and
my 5th grade teacher. Thanks Mrs Hillꎬ for
introducing me to computers even though you were
breaking rules. Thanksꎬ Mom and Dadꎬ for
bringing a computer home even when there wasnt
money for one.
1. What can we learn about the author from
Paragraph 2? C
A. He was a hard ̄working student.
B. His family was too poor to buy him a
computer.
C. He had already had some skills to operate