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. 
【小题1】 What does the underlined word “ chips” mean?

---Who’s the most modest boy in your class?

---Daniel. He never __________ in public.

A. gets off      B. takes off       C. shows off        D. turns off

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Problems:
     【小题1】Some people always smoke in public places.
     【小题2】The No.1 bus is always late.
     【小题3】Some students always drop rubbish * everywhere at school.
     【小题4】My parents ask me to go to after – class activities club all day, even on weekends.
     【小题5】Some children talk loudly in the bookstore.
A: Tell them politely to keep quiet.
B: Call the bus company and ask for the better service.
C: Hand out some posters to ask them not to litter.
D: Tell them that we need to relax after studying for a long time.
E: We could say politely, Excuse me! Would you mind not smoking here?

January l is New Year's Day. People usually give parties to celebrate    1   . The Spring Festival comes   2  . It is the most important holiday in   3  . Before the Spring  Festival,   people   4   their houses and do a lot of shopping. On the    5  of the festival family members meet for a big    6  . After   7  they watch TV until midnight. They enjoy    8  and eating.   9  , people cheer to welcome the New Year and wish other good   10  .

Teachers' Day is  11  September 10. Students give cards or  12   to their teachers to express their thanks. The Mid-autumn Festival comes in September or October. People get   13   for a family dinner and then eat moon-cakes and watch the full,  14   moon. May 1 is Labor Day, and October 1 is our National Day. We    15  have a get-together to celebrate them in public places.