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?

A．thin pieces of potatoes

B．small holes

C．small pieces of wood

D．central parts

【小题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

【小题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.

【小题4】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Science and New Technology	B．Computers Change Our Lives
C．Everyday Uses of Technology	D．Only Time Will Tell

、阅读与表达 (共10分，每小题2分)
阅读短文, 根据其内容回答问题。
A type of bird that is now extinct (消失) is the passenger pigeon. The passenger pigeon lived in the eastern part of North America. Scientists believe that in the year 1500 there were as many as five billion of these birds living from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. They flew at great speeds and would travel to many places to look for food. Passenger pigeons grew to be about 16 inches long.
Settlers who came to North America killed the passenger pigeon for food and for its feathers. The forests where they lived were cut down to clear the land for farming. Because the passenger pigeon laid only one egg at a time, their population did not grow quickly. The last passenger pigeon died at Cincinnati Zoological Gardens in 1914.
Another type of bird that has become extint is the dodo. The dodo lived on an island called Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It had short, stubby legs and wings and a large curved beak. The dodo was about the size of a large turkey. It was acturally related to the pigeon, but it could not fly. Like the passenger pigeon it laid only one egg at a time. Dodos became extinct because they were eaten by sailors and animals, such as pigs and monkeys, that the sailors brought to the island. The dodo is believed to have died out in 1680.
Another flightless bird that has become extinct is the moa. The moa lived on the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Like the dodo, the moa’s legs were shorter, but some of these birds grew to be more than ten feet tall. And the causes of its extinction is the same as the dodo’s.   The moa is believed to have died out sometime during the 1700s.
【小题1】 Were there many passenger pigeon in the year 1500?
【小题2】 When did the last passenger pigeon die at Cincinnati Zoological Gardens ?
【小题3】 Where did the dodo live before it died out?
【小题4】 How many kinds of birds have died out in the passage?
【小题5】Why have these birds died out?

完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）
根据中文意思完成句子。
【小题1】 该吃晚饭了。
___________________________________ supper.
【小题2】春天来了，咱们去植树吧。
Spring is coming.  __________________to plant trees.
【小题3】 河水过去很脏，但是现在很干净。
The river ______________ dirty. But it’s very clean now. 
【小题4】 父母和邻居都为他而自豪。
_________________________________________ him.
【小题5】 学生们作业太多，用在体育锻炼上的时间很少。
The students have ____________________ physical exercises.

文段表达 (15分)
根据中文大意和英文提示词语，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的短文，所给提示词语供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
75.《二十一世纪英语报》针对如何提高英语口语技能进行专题征文。请你向该报投稿，稿件内容包括：你对英语口语(spoken English)的认识、你是如何练习的以及你今后的打算。
提示词语：important, talk, an Englishman/ Englishwoman, by, speak, pronunciation

A ____________person treats everyone____________.

A．confident, equally

B．patient, equal

C．curious, equal

D．fair, equally

.Your son has kept _________ for two hours. You’d better ask him to have a rest.

A．study

B．studied

C．to study

D． studying

They don’t seem __________who ________for help.

A．know , to talk

B．know, to talk to

C．to know, to talk

D．to know, to talk to

图8为“我国华北地区某乡驻地及周边部分辖区示意图”，经勘探发现图示区域有
含量丰富的大煤田。分析回答下列问题。(10分)

(1)该乡有大面积的水稻种植你认为合理吗?为什么?(2分)
(2)随着对煤炭资源的大规模开采利用，图示区域发生了巨大的变化。请你推测一下会有哪些变化?(4分)
(3)图示区域除了通过铁路、公路等直接向外输出煤炭外，还将煤炭转化为电能输出，这样做有哪些好处?(2分)
(4)经过几十年的开采，图中区域煤炭资源几近枯竭。为促进区域经济的可持续发展，该区域规划产业结构调整。请你就这一课题提出两条合理化建议。(2分)

图8为“我国华北地区某乡驻地及周边部分辖区示意图”，经勘探发现图示区域有
含量丰富的大煤田。分析回答下列问题。(10分)

(1)该乡有大面积的水稻种植你认为合理吗?为什么?(2分)
(2)随着对煤炭资源的大规模开采利用，图示区域发生了巨大的变化。请你推测一下会有哪些变化?(4分)
(3)图示区域除了通过铁路、公路等直接向外输出煤炭外，还将煤炭转化为电能输出，这样做有哪些好处?(2分)
(4)经过几十年的开采，图中区域煤炭资源几近枯竭。为促进区域经济的可持续发展，该区域规划产业结构调整。请你就这一课题提出两条合理化建议。(2分)

为研究液体吸收热量的多少与哪些因素有关，做了如下实验在四个相同的烧杯中分别盛有水和煤油，并用相同的加热器加热。下表为实验数据记录：

（1）通过分析_______（填标号）烧杯的数据，可得结论：在质量和升高温度都相同时，不同的物质吸收的热量不同。
（2）分析比较1、2烧杯的数据，结论：同种物质在升高相同温度时，吸收的热量与__有关。
（3）分析比较3、4烧杯数据，可得结论：质量相同的同种物质吸收的热量与____有关。
（4）综上所述，可以得出：物体温度升高吸收热量的多少与_____、_____和_____有关