高考英语时文专题训练(五)a.doc

高考英语时文专题训练(五) ---- 科学技术 Passage 51 Science and our daily life We are now living in a time that science is developing at a great speed. With the development of science many countries have improved not only their economy but also their people’s living conditions. In our daily life we can get a lot of benefit from science. If we look at the things around us we’ll find how closely our daily life is connected with science. For example, at home we can turn on the central heating or air conditioner when we feel cold or hot, and we can watch TV or listen to the tape recorder for entertainment, and we can use a gas stove to cook our meals, and we have computers to help us with our work when we are working in the office, and we also have cars, buses, even airplanes as traffic tools when we go out. All these things are the results of the development of science. It goes without saying that without science our society cannot make rapid progress and our life cannot be comfortable and convenient. Since science is so important in our daily life, we should try to make as much contribution as possible to the development of science. As college students, we must first of all study hard, to gain useful scientific knowledge, and then put what we have learned into practice. We should take advantage of science to serve our society. Which can’t show the relation between science and daily life? _________ We can use computers to help our work We can travel by plane. We can play basketball in a sport center. We can enjoy ourselves by watching TV. What should the college students do to take advantage of science except _____ studying hard serving the society with knowledge putting what we have learned into practice taking physical exercise Passage 52 Gene technology to benefit people Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by peo