General introduction
This section is designed to give you a chance to practice your English by completing a project. First, you can read an information sheet about Internet research to make you know more about how to do research on the Internet and how to look for the information needed. Then you will make a poster explaining how you have searched and what you have found.
Part A: Reading
1. Internet has become part of people抯 life and there have been an argument about the effects of it. What抯 your opinion? How do you make use of it?
When you research information on the Internet, what do you do step by step? Please write your steps down.
2. Please read the article in Part A and underline the key words, phrases or sentences about Internet research at the same time. Then try to compare the two search services.
Search engines Subject directories
昦 type of computer program
昩ased on the key word(s) you type in
昪hoose pages for you which contain the word(s) you ask for
昿resent unevaluated contents
昿resent the full article or pages 昩uilt by human
晄elected by a person and divided into specific subject categories
昿resent a bunch of titles of articles or pages, sometimes a short summary
昿resent evaluated, relevant and correct information, not up to date
3. When we抮e doing research on the Internet, what shall we pay special attention to?
(We should check the date of the website we find; we should do cross-check; we should pay special attention to how we can use the information found on the Internet, etc.)
4. Please look at Parts B1 and B2 on page 119 of the Workbook.
Keys
B1 1 up 2 sense 3 a difference 4 it 5 out
6 sure 7 for 8 of 9 up for 10 of
B2 1 consult 2 confirm 3 evaluates 4 consideration 5 classified
6 aid 7 obtained 8 combed 9 qualifications 10 specific
5. Let抯 turn to Parts D1 and D2 on page 121 of the Workbook.
Keys
D1 1 relevant 2 accurate 3 acquire 4 primary 5 occurs 6 direct
7 judge 8 advantages 9 handle 10 terminals 11 advancing 12 forecast
D2
1 Close analysis of sales figures shows that we should increase the advertising of our products in the next stage.
2 When you come across some new words in the text, it is better to guess their meaning before you consult the dictionary.
3 That the summer holiday would be longer this year was confirmed by our teacher.
4 I cannot evaluate his ability without seeing his work.
5 Before writing an essay, you should make an outline of what you want to write.
6 The accident occurred on a cold and rainy night.
7 If teachers are familiar with their student抯 abilities, they can predict how students will do on a test.
8 The drawback of living on a main road is the unbearable noise.
Part B:
1. Work in groups to discuss the questions in Part B. First you should choose a topic to research on the Internet.
2. Present your poster to the class.
Homework:
Do the reading Part on page 122 of the Workbook.