Do you carry too much on the way to school or home ? Don’t worry. Try e-readers and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbags.
An e-readers has the memory space to hold hundreds of books . So people want to throw away heavy schoolbags and read with small,light e-readers. For example, Cushing Academy , a high school in Massachusetts, USA, replaced most of the 200,000 books in its library last summer. Teachers students will use e-readers instead .
Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500 g. They can download an e-book in 60 seconds . “It’s so easy.You can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky, 16.
Chinese school children are also trying e-readers. At the Shanghai world Expo, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a special e-reader. Students can use it to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao QI, 15,Beijing.How many books can an e-reader hold?
A. 100.
B. More than 100
C.200,000Which is not the feature of the e-reader?
A. Small. B. Light. C. Thick Which is NOT ture about the e-readers?
A.They have the memory space.
B.They are just for reading.
C.They can send and receive homework.Where are the e-readers used?
A.In the USA and the UK.
B.In Beijing and Shanghai.
C.In China and JapanYou can’t use the e-readers to ＿＿.
A.read books
B.watch TV
C.take photos
Dear sir,
I read your story (of the 4th February) about the cost of living in the country rather than in the town, and I agree with most of your opinions.My husband and I lived in the middle of Horlton until two years ago a seaside (海边) town of nearly five hundred thousand people.When my husband stopped working, we moved to our present house in a small village at the foot of Roland Hill, and there is no doubt (疑问) that our costs are higher now.
I have to do my shopping in small shops, where the food is more expensive than in city supermarkets; it costs more to travel by bus; and because the men who come to mend the television or the washing-machine, have to come further, we have to pay them more.
But it does not cost us much to enjoy what is beautiful in the country; and peace and quiet are cheap.It takes many people a lot of time and money to drive into the country to enjoy the simple things of life; yet we can enjoy them just by going out of the front door.It costs more to live here than it did in Horlton, but now life really is worth (值得) living.
Yours faithfully,
Edith Randall (Mrs)Horlton was __________.
| A．a very big city |
| B．a small village beside the sea |
| C．a town of nearly 500,000 people |
| D．a small village at the foot of Roland Hill |
It costs more to live in the country because __________.
| A．the men who mend the television have to come by bus |
| B．food costs more in small shops |
| C．the television goes wrong more often in the country |
| D．Mrs Randall has to travel by bus to the city supermarket |
Although it costs less to live in a town, __________.
| A．life is more worth living in the country |
| B．we can’t enjoy the beautiful view |
| C．it costs more to live in Horlton |
| D．life is worth living only when you live in a small village |
Is it important to have breakfast every day? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States.People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test.During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all.Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked after eating different kinds of breakfast.
The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast.If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he or she will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.Some people think it will help you lose weight if you have no breakfast.But the result is opposite to what they think.This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch.They will gain weight (增加体重) instead of losing it.What were the people given during the test?
| A．No breakfast at all. | B．Very rich breakfast. |
| C．Little food for breakfast. | D．Different foods or sometimes none. |
What do the results show?
| A．They show that breakfast has affected on work and studies. |
| B．The results show that breakfast has little to do with a person’s work. |
| C．The results show that a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk. |
| D．They show that girl students should have less for breakfast. |
According to the passage, what will happen to you if you don’t have any breakfast?
| A．To be healthier. | B．To work better. |
| C．To gain weight. | D．To fail the test. |
Have you ever seen a horse with toes (脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes.They had four toes on each front foot.They had three toes on each back foot.The horses were smaller than cats.
These small horses lived in the forest.Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.
It was very hot in the forest.But the weather changed.It became cold.Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather.The trees died and fell.Forest became open field.The sun made the ground dry and hard (坚硬).Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time.On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.At last their middle toes became hard.Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its __________.
| A．back feet | B．front feet | C．right feet | D．left feet |
The cats were __________ the horses at that time.
| A．as big as | B．smaller than | C．bigger than | D．as small as |
When the weather changed, __________.
| A．many trees grew well in cold weather | B．animals began to change too |
| C．cats were older than the horses | D．horses were the same as they are |
任务型阅读（共10分）
Look at the picture. This is my family. My grandfather’s name is Nick Hand. My grandmother’s name is Mary Hand. My father’s name is Jim Hand. My mother’s name is Helen Hand. Jim and Helen are my parents. I have a sister. Her name is Kate Hand. My name is Tom Hand. I am ten, my sister is eight.
阅读短文内容，回答下列问题。How old is Tom Hand?
Is Kate Tom’s sister?
Is Helen Hand his grandmother?
What’s his grandmother’s name?
Is Jim Hand his brother?
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