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Technology is everywhere. Computers and smart phones are at the center of almost everything we do. We text our friends during the day, sleep with our devices by our beds and check our messages as soon as we wake up.

In the future, technology will no longer interrupt(打断) us all the time. Instead, we will use calm technology—it was first developed by scientist Mark Weiser in the 1970s.

Calm technology works quietly without stopping, at the edge of our attention. We know it is there, but we don't focus on it. According to Mark, the best technology should be invisible(无形的) and let you live your life.

We already use many different types of calm technology in our everyday lives. A smoke alarm checks the air for smoke and quietly keeps you safe. It only reminds you it's there when you've burned your toast! There may be lights at home or school that are sensitive to movement. When somebody passes by their sensor(传感器), the lights turn on. Even a microwave oven is an example of calm technology. You're not standing at the stovetop heating your food: the microwave is doing it for you.

In the future, our houses will use calm technology to do a lot of things. For example, open the windows for us in the morning, turn down the heat when we leave, or even choose the best music for us. When we walk into the door, our house will turn on the lights, set the heater, and prepare for our dinner!

1.完成句子We often sleep with our devices by our beds and ________________________________ when we wake up.

2.完成句子In the future, technology will no longer_________________________ all the time and we will use calm technology, instead.

3.回答问题What should the best technology be according to Mark?

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4.找出并写下第四段的主题句 ________________________________________________________________________

5.将文中画线句子译成汉语。 ________________________________________________________________________

根据短文内容及首字母提示, 补全空格内单词, 使短文完整、通顺。

Grace Cogan was born with a serious disease. Doctors told her parents she might not live.

A1. , she survived. During these 14 years, she had 22 operations and a lot of doctors' appointments(约见). It was reading that calmed her in doctors' waiting rooms or during long drives to the hospitals.

"I always have a book with me. I cannot live w2. books." she said.

When Grace was little, her mother r3. Little House on the Prairie to her. Her dad offered her more difficult historical books. Then, a4. Grace had serious eye problems, she started reading on her own, with her nose usually almost touching the book. That's where she sees most c5.. Maybe because of those e6. books, or maybe because of where she lives a farmhouse that's been home to five generations of her father's family-Grace came to love history.

She asked her parents to take her to different historical places. She read historical novels. She even wrote a book, The Historical House, to explore the h7. of the farmhouse.

Because of her disease, Grace can't go to a public school. But her l8. for history meant she came in fifth in America for the National History Day Competition in summer 2015.

At the news, Grace's grandmother, Ryan, was not really s9. . "That girl does not give up. We knew she would do something great, " said Ryan.

Apart from reading, Grace also plays the piano and loves musical theatre and performing. She would like to work in theatre someday. If she c10. , she wants to be a writer, probably writing about history. Grace's bravery has inspired others.

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