Unit 4 单元话题短文首字母填空练习-2023-2024学年九年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津上海版）

Unit 4 Computers 单元话题短文首字母填空练习 （2023·上海·九年级专题练习）Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给） What is Technology? Technology is the application (应用) of knowledge to production. With the development of science and technology, we can enjoy the convenience of life. We have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work because of m 1 technology. For most of us in America, technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food a 2 to us by means of good farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span (寿命). So it raises a question. Will human beings continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? The answer depends on technology and our ability to use it w 3 . If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The improvement in technology depends upon research and d 4 , and the latest statistics (统计) show that the United States is continuing to spend billions of dollars every year on such e 5 . So while we are running out of some scarce resources, we may find technological substitutes (代用品) for many of them through our research programmes. Actually, when we need new skills on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. People will work together to design new products to s 6 some difficult problems. When equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be i 7 in response to it. （2022秋·上海徐汇·九年级上海市西南位育中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (首字母填空，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) New York City’s police department (NYPD) has decided to return a robot dog. Though the robot worked well, it upset many people. Some thought it was “creepy (吓人的)”. Others w 8 that it would invade (侵犯) their privacy. Spot is a dog-shaped robot built by a tech company. The