《2025年名校课堂九年级英语全一册人教版贵州专版》

五、阅读理解。
阅读下面短文，根据其内容填空或回答问题。（26 至 29 每题答案不超过 3 个词，30 题需用完整句子回答。）
Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives.
To start with, people were not able to travel such a long distance in a short time in the past. Planes were not very popular at that time because they used to be a very expensive way to travel. Nowadays, we have fast, comfortable cars, and more and more people can travel by plane.
Secondly, in the past, people had to work much harder because they did not have the tools that we have today. Today, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines.
Thirdly, in the past, the living conditions were not as good as they are now. There were no bathrooms or running water in many houses, and many people could not buy things like fridges, TV sets or washing machines. Now, most families have several of these things.
Finally, nowadays, more and more people have the chance to get a good education. In the past, there were fewer schools and the quality of education was much poorer. Also, it is much easier to find the educational materials that you need on the Internet now.
The scientific and technological development in the world is amazing. Life now is much faster and busier than it used to be. And we are still creating new things to make our lives better and easier.
26. People were not able to travel such in such a short time in the past.
27. People had to work much harder in the past because they did not ____ that we have today.
28. We can find educational materials much more easily on now.
29. According to the fourth paragraph, we can know were not as good as they are now.
30. Do you think technologies make our life better? Why or why not?
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答案： 26.a long distance 27.have the tools 28.the Internet 29.the living conditions 30.Yes,I do. Because they help us do things faster and easier./No,I don't. Because we may spend too much time on machines and forget important things./...