E–book is short for electronic(电子) book. It is usually read on personal computers. Some mobile phones can also be used to read e–books.
Earlier e–books were written for a certain group of readers and were about only a few subjects. With the development of the Internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e–books. This is why the e–book business is increasing quickly.
E–books have many advantages. First, they save time. We don’t need to go a bookstore to buy books. Besides, we can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e–books on similar topics. Second, e–books save money. Some e–books cost us little money, and there are millions of e–books on the Internet that we can get for free. Third, more trees are saved because e–books don’t need to be printed on paper. Fourth, e–books make reading more convenient. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer or any e–book reader(阅读器), without worrying about their weight.
But e–books have certain disadvantages. They need a personal computer or an e–book reader, and the information can be lost if its file format(文件格式) is not supported(支持) or changed in the reader’s computer.
However, e–books provide us with a new way of reading. That is good.
【小题1】Why is the e–book business increasing quickly? Because______________.

A．earlier e–books are about only a few subjects.

B．people don’t like to read any paper books any more.

C．the development of the Internet makes e–books more useful.

D．most e–books have been written for a certain group of readers.

【小题2】How many advantages do e–books have according to this article?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five

D．Six

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE according to this article?

A．All the e–books on the Internet cost lots of money.

B．E–books can’t be read on mobile phones.

C．You can’t read e–books without a personal computer.

D．E–books can make reading more convenient.

【小题4】What is the disadvantage of the e–books?

A．You’ll lose the information if its file format is not supported.

B．You can read e–books any time.

C．You can buy cheap e–books anywhere.

D．You can carry hundreds of books in an e–book reader.

【小题5】The writer mainly tells us _________.

A．the information can be lost if its file format is changed.

B．you don’t need to buy paper books in a bookstore if you read e–books.

C．the development of e–books can help save the environment.

D．e–books affor（提供） us a new good way of reading.

E–book is short for electronic(电子) book. It is usually read on personal computers. Some mobile phones can also be used to read e–books.

Earlier e–books were written for a certain group of readers and were about only a few subjects. With the development of the Internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e–books. This is why the e–book business is increasing quickly.

E–books have many advantages. First, they save time. We don’t need to go a bookstore to buy books. Besides, we can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e–books on similar topics. Second, e–books save money. Some e–books cost us little money, and there are millions of e–books on the Internet that we can get for free. Third, more trees are saved because e–books don’t need to be printed on paper. Fourth, e–books make reading more convenient. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer or any e–book reader(阅读器), without worrying about their weight.

But e–books have certain disadvantages. They need a personal computer or an e–book reader, and the information can be lost if its file format(文件格式) is not supported(支持) or changed in the reader’s computer.

However, e–books provide us with a new way of reading. That is good.

1.Why is the e–book business increasing quickly? Because______________.

A．earlier e–books are about only a few subjects.

B．people don’t like to read any paper books any more.

C．the development of the Internet makes e–books more useful.

D．most e–books have been written for a certain group of readers.

2.How many advantages do e–books have according to this article?

A．Three.            B．Four.             C．Five              D．Six

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to this article?

A．All the e–books on the Internet cost lots of money.

B．E–books can’t be read on mobile phones.

C．You can’t read e–books without a personal computer.

D．E–books can make reading more convenient.

4.What is the disadvantage of the e–books?

A．You’ll lose the information if its file format is not supported.

B．You can read e–books any time.

C．You can buy cheap e–books anywhere.

D．You can carry hundreds of books in an e–book reader.

5.The writer mainly tells us _________.

A．the information can be lost if its file format is changed.

B．you don’t need to buy paper books in a bookstore if you read e–books.

C．the development of e–books can help save the environment.

D．e–books affor（提供） us a new good way of reading.

 

E—schoolbags

Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon.

Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will work it out. An e-schoolbag is much lighter than a usual schoolbag. Perhaps, the e-schoolbag should be called an e-textbook. It is as small as a usual book, but it can still have all the things for study, such as a textbook, an exercise book and so on. They can be made into chips(芯片) like stamps. The students can read the text page by page on the screen, take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. They only need to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and then the students can use it.

Some people say that e-textbooks can be easily broken, while others say it is not good to student’s eyes. But only time will tell.

1.What is the e-schoolbag used for ? It can’t help students _________.

         A. take notes                      

B. send e-mails  

C. lighten(减轻) the schoolbag     

D. read the text in the paper book

2.What’s the e-school like?

         A. It’s bigger than a usual book.  

B. It’s just as big as a usual book.

         C. It’s as big as a stamp.          

D. It’s not as small as a usual book.

3.How can e-schoolbags have all the things for study?

        A. They are made into stamps   

B. They are made into chips.

         C. They are called e-textbooks   

D. They put the books into e-schoolbags.

4.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

        A. That e-schoolbags may be easily broken    

B. It may not be good to student’s eyes.

C. They have been into use in school in China.                

D. The e-schoolbag will solve the problem of the heavy schoolbags.

 

--__________?         --D-E-S-S-E-R-T．

A．What’s this in English

B．How do you spell it

C．What’s that

 

—         ?— S-U-E, Sue.

A. Do you know Sue                      B. Can you spell your name

C. Is it your name                      D. How do you spell your name