镇成立由镇委书记孙广东任组长，镇委副书记、镇长任副组长，镇直相关部门主要领导为成员的意识形态工作领导小组，统筹协调全镇意识形态工作Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunications Period 1 Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary课时巩固提升The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down. ”You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. ”“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. ”“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. ”I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do? ”“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. ”“So when it goes down, you go down with it. ”“Thats right, sir. ”“How long will the computer be down? ”I wanted to know. “I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us. ”After the girl told me they had no backup(备用)computer, I said, “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they? ”“I couldnt tell without asking the computer. ”“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington, ”I suggested. “I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket. ”“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours? ”“I wouldnt know, ”she said, pointing at the dark screen. “OnlyITknows. ITcant tell me. ”By this time there were quite a few people standing in line. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage. 【语篇概述】文章介绍作者在机场买票时遭遇电脑发生故障的经历。. Skim the passage and find the main idea quickly. The passage mainly tells us_. 答案：. an unpleasant experience for a passenger at an airport . Read the passage again and choose the best answers. 1. The best title for the article is_. A. When the Computer Is DownB. The Most Frightening WordsC. The Computer of the AirportD. Asking the Computer【解析】选A。主旨大意题。根据文章第一句中的Our computer is down及后面内容, 可推知此题答案为A。【规律方法】巧做主旨大意题(1)定义: 主旨大意是作者在文章中要表达的主要内容, 是全文的核心, 作者在文章中努力通过各种细节信息来阐明中心话题。(2)找准位置: 文章不同, 中心句在文章中的位置也就不同, 但一般情况下阅读时应特别留意文章的开头、结尾及各个段落的首句和尾句, 因为它们往往包含文章的中心议题。(3)速览全文: 要找出主旨大意, 应采用快速阅读法浏览全文, 阅读时要注意抓住表达中心思想的句子。2. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer? A. She could sell a ticket. B. She could write out a ticket. C. She could answer the passengers questions. D. She could do nothing. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章中的对话: 售票员不能卖机票, 回答不出旅客提出的问题等, 可推知此题答案为D。3. Why didnt they have a backup computer? A. Because it was easily down. B. Because it was very expensive. C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. It is not mentioned in the text. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。从文中“After the girl told me they had no backup computer. . . ”一段中可知, 文章并未提及机场为什么没有备用电脑。故选D项。4. The last paragraph suggests that_. A. a modern computer wont be downB. computers can take the place of humansC. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleD. there will be great changes in computers【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的描述: 电脑死机, 旅客们感到恐惧、忧郁、不安, 从而可推知此题答案为C。. Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a 1. _ to Washington and the girl in the ticket office told me the computer was 2. _ and couldnt sell me a ticket. I asked her to 3. _ me out a ticket. She refused and told me only the 4. _ could do so. Every passenger was 5. _ at the black screen. I wanted to go to the gate and ask the 6. _ if he was flying to Washington. Then I knew the pilot couldnt 7. _ me if I didnt have a ticket. The 8. _ soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went 9. _ , some people started to cry and still others 10. _ their luggage. 答案： 1. ticket 2. down 3. write 4. computer 5. staring6. pilot 7. take 8. word 9. white 10. kicked 按照属地管理，分级负责和谁主管谁负责的原则，各级党组织领导班子对本地区、本单位、本部门意识形态工作负主体责任。党组织书记是第一责任人