People cannot reach an agreement on the use of science and technology. For example, will radiation from electronic equipment destroy the environment? Should medical scientists change gene structures to prevent genetic disease or to create “more perfect” human beings? While people are arguing about these and others, technology continues to influence our everyday lives—the home, health and education, entertainment and communication, and so on.
Some people carry on active social lives with computers —their own or the ones in public places like cafes, social centers, libraries, and so on. Communicating with others in chat rooms,  computer users can get to know people they might never meet in traditional ways. With live online video connections, two people with cameras in their computers can see and talk to each other from separate places.
With modern telephone technology, most people stopped writing lettters—especially personal letters and notes. But now, writing to communicate has returned in electronic form, or e-mail, which is a way of sending messages from one computer to another. For some computer users, the wish to communicate intelligently or creatively with others makes them want to write better.
Computer technology has also made it possible to run a house electronically. From turning lights on and off to starting the coffee and cooking the hot meal, computers are taking care of people at home. Many modern machines have computer chips that allow their owners to program them. For instance, you can “instruct” a microwave oven how to cook a dish. Most entertainment equipment operates with computer technology too. Computers can even start cars automatically so that on cold winter mornings you can get into a warmed-up vehicle and drive off.
Although much of the technology in our everyday lives has good effects, there are some uses that raise questions. For example, are interactive media ( i.e., a combination of television, telephone, and computer) going to control minds, cause people to forget about family life and personal relationships? What effects will the genentic engineering of food have on people’s health? High-tech medical treatments can make a person live a much longer life, but can they improve the health and happiness of human beings? Only time will tell, but, in the meantime, science and technology will continue to move forward. 
小題1:What does the underlined word “ chips” mean?
A．thin pieces of potatoesB．small holesC．small pieces of woodD．central parts
小題2: We can know from the passage that _________.
A．technology never stops changing our everyday lives
B．with computers each of us can live a comfortable life
C．people can do more activities with computers
D．the more you use computers, the better you might write
小題3: What can we infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A．The longer you live, the happier you are.
B．High-tech medical treatments can’t improve our health and happiness.
C．High-tech medical treatments can’t help us with everything.
D．The writer questioned high-tech medical treatments somehow.
小題4:What is the best title for the passage?
A．Science and New TechnologyB．Computers Change Our Lives
C．Everyday Uses of TechnologyD．Only Time Will Tell
DADB

小題1:結(jié)合下文that allow their owners to program them 可知指的是電腦的核心部分。故選D。
小題1:根據(jù)but, in the meantime, science and technology will continue to move forward.及上文描述可知科學(xué)技術(shù)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)停止改變我們的生活。故選A。
小題1:根據(jù)but can they improve the health and happiness of human beings?描述可知作者對(duì)于高科技醫(yī)療技術(shù)有點(diǎn)懷疑。故選D。
小題1:根據(jù)短文描述可知本文主要意思就是介紹了科學(xué)技術(shù)在不斷地改變我們的生活，并且將要繼續(xù)進(jìn)行下去。故選B。
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