Byron. Her parents separated just a month after she was born. Less than a year later, Lord Byron went abroad
and never returned ( he died in Greece in 1824). Ada never knew her father and was raised by her mother. Her mother had mathematical training and insisted that Ada, who was educated privately, study mathematics too.
Ada did well not only in mathematics and science, but also in music and PE.
In 1833, Ada met Charles Babbage, a famous English mathematician. He was known as the inventor of a
calculating machine called the Difference Engine. They became good friends and began to write to each other
on the topics of mathematics, logic, and many other subjects.
Babbage had made plans in 1834 for a new kind of calculating machine ( although the Difference Engine
was not finished),an Analytical Engine. Few people in England would support him with his first machine
unfinished. But he found support for his new calculating machine abroad. In 1842, an Italian mathematician,
Louis Menabrea, published a paper in French on the subject of the Analytical Engine. Babbage asked Ada to
translate the paper.
When she showed Babbage her translation he suggested that she add her own notes, which turned out to be
three times as long as Menabrea" s. The notes are the source of her enduring fame (不朽的声誉 ). In her notes, Ada predicted (预言 )that such a machine might be used to write music, to draw pictures, and would be used
for both practical and scientific use. She was correct.
After she wrote the description of Babbage" s Analytical Engine,her life was plagued (折磨) with illnesses.
In 1852, she died of cancer and was buried beside her father at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire, England.
In 1980, 165 years after Ada" s birth, the US Defense Department announced a powerful new computer
language. They named it Ada in honor of Ada Lovelace" s important role in the history of computing.
B. wanted Ada to be a great musician
C. didn"t wish Ada to be a poet like her father
D. didn"t think Ada was a clever girl
B. no one thought the machine would be useful
C. he had moved to Italy and settled there
D. most of his inventions proved useless
B. Italian
C. German
D. French
B. Her predictions have come true.
C. Her notes were written in computer language.
D. She led a long and fruitful life.
had to do. She felt 2 of fighting and fighting. When one 3 had been solved, another just came.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He 4 water into three pans. After boiling, in the first pan
5 some carrots, the second some eggs and the last was put with coffee. He waited without any 6 from
his mouth.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, 7 by what her father did. After about twenty minutes, her father
8 the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs. After that the coffee was poured into the cup.
Turning back to her daughter, he asked,"What do you 9 ?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she answered.
Her father suggested her 10 the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were 11 . Then he asked her to take
the eggs and break them. After 12 them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard. 13 , he asked her to smell the
coffee. She asked 14 , "What"s the meaning on earth, father?" He explained that 15 had experienced the same
unfortunate-the boiling water, but made 16 responses. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after
in the 17 water. The fragile eggs became hard after cooked. Coffee was very unique, but it could 18 water.
" 19 are you?" asked her father,"When the suffering knocks at your door, how is your 20 ? Are you
carrots, eggs, or coffee?"
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On my last day in Nairobi, I decided to visit the game reserve (野生动物保护区). 1 my hotel, I bought a map and hired a 2 . On the way I stopped to take photos of many interesting 3 . A little later, I was very pleased when I saw notices 4 "Be careful: Lions. Stay in your car." I didn"t mean to 5 and drove across a shallow stream. I was halfway 6 when my wheels began to 7 round and round without 8 a bit; the car had stuck in the mud. Full of 9 , I looked round carefully. There was not a lion in the distance. I was soon in the stream and my clothes got into a terrible state, but there was 10 I could do. The car wouldn"t move though I pushed it hard. 11 there was a forest quite near, I didn"t dare go there. When I got back into the car, I felt very 12 . I wondered how long it would be 13 , I was discovered by wild beasts. The lions would quite 14 a tasty meal of 15 human being! I was wild with 16 when, several hours later, a keeper drove up in a jeep and 17 my car on to dry land. It took me some time to 18 what had happened to me when I returned to the 19 , but I do not think that anyone really 20 me! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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