My family took a trip to New York City last summer. We were very excited. It was our first trip to New York. We   1   to New York on Sunday morning. The weather was sunny. The trip on the plane was very fine. We arrived at about 3:00 p.m. We stayed there for one   2  .

We didn’t have much   3   time during our visit to New York. We were busy. On Monday, we visited the science museum. The next day, we   4   the train to Long Beach. It was interesting and we had a   5   time.

However (然而), one day was really exciting for   6  . On Friday, we wanted to go to Central Park.   7  , we took a subway into the city. Later on, we took a bus to Central Park. There were many people on the bus. After ten minutes, we got off (下车) the bus at the park. But we found Maria wasn’t with us. She was   8  ! She didn’t get off. My father   9   the bus. At last, the driver stopped the bus and Maria got off. She was very careful on the buses and trains after that.

We came back to Los Angeles the next day. We got home late Saturday evening. We were

  10  , but we were happy. We had a wonderful time in New York. However, Maria is never going to forget her scary bus trip.

1.A. walked       B. flew                                   C. got                                     D. moved

2.A. day                              B. week                                 C. month                               D. year

3.A. free                               B. busy                                  C. interesting                       D. good

4.A. bought                 B. saw                                    C. took                                  D. drove

5.A. quiet                             B. boring                               C. happy                               D. sad

6.A. me                        B. Maria                                C. my mother                       D. my father

7.A. First                               B. At last                               C. Then                                 D. After that

8.A. in the street       B. on the train                     C. at the park                       D. on the bus

9.A. ran after                       B. looked after                    C. looked for                        D. waited for

10.A. excited                       B. scared                              C. surprised                         D. tired

Maria didn’t hear me. She _______ with Betty.

Electronic (电子的) books, or e-books, have changed the way many of us read. Now, electronic textbooks are changing the way many students    1  . Many schools in Washington have begun using online course materials for their students. Rather than using a regular textbook, it’s all online.
“Our students are ready to use resources (资源) from different   2  ,” said the head teacher, Peter Noonan. He talked about the   3   of electronic textbooks to a reporter. “The world is changing   4 . Online textbooks can change right along with the things that are happening.  Besides, electronic textbooks   5  less than regular textbooks. We need to pay $8 million for the regular textbooks for our students, but we only need to spend $6 million   6   the electronic textbooks,” said Peter Noonan.
Students have different ideas about the change,   7  most like it. “I don’t have to carry a textbook around, so that is   8  ,” said a high school student named Melanie Reuter. Maria didn’t   9 . “I don’t like it because the Internet sometimes doesn’t work.”
Some students don’t have a computer or can’t go online at home. Stephen is   10  of them. But he said, “I can go to the library, or go to a friend’s house, to go online.”