Electronic books have changed the way many people read for   15 . Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.

More than   16  students go to the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed   17  printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.

“I mean, it’s just   18  a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa, a history teacher at Falls Church High School.

Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says, “The world’s changing   19 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that   20 .”

“Digital books also cost   21  than printed textbooks,” he says, “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars   22  a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact, we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”

Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an)   23  textbook. It has materials for students   24  different levels of reading skills…

1.	A．pleased B．pleasing C．pleasant D．pleasure

 

2.	A．one hundred seventy-five thousand B．one hundred seventy-five thousands C．one hundred and seventy-five thousand D．one hundred and seventy-five thousands

 

3.	A．into B．from C．with D．along

 

4.	A．like B．liking C．liked D．likely

 

5.	A．at times B．at all times C．at that time D．at the same time

 

6.	A．is happened B．is happening C．are happening D．have been happened

 

7.	A．more expensive B．cheaper C．more D．less

 

8.	A．buy B．buying C．to buy D．bought

 

9.	A．online B．printed C．digital D．electronic

 

10.	A．with B．have C．who has D．they have

 

1. be able to ____________________  2.未来，将来_________________________
3.hundreds of ___________________  4.爱上（某人或某物）_________________
5.keep out ____________________    6.过时的___________________________
7.call …up_____________________   8.与….同样的________________________
9.get on _____________________     10.尽可能___________________________
11.all kinds of __________________  12.（在）一方面______________________
13.take off ____________________  14.听说______________________________
15.take place___________________  16.像…(一样)________________________
17.get over____________________  18.被期望或被要求___________________
19.all the time __________________  20.在世界各地_______________________

Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came back ___11___ home from work very late. At that time both his wife and his son___12___to bed. He would open the front door of his house with his key and came in very ___13___.

One night he came back late again. He lost his key ___14___ the door. He knocked at the door. But ___15___ happened. He knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, and ___16___ to her but she did not ___17___. At last he stopped and thought for a while. Then he began to speak ___18___ a child. “Mother, I want ___19___ to the toilet.” He spoke very quietly, but at once, Mrs. Brown got up and ___20___ the door for him.

1.A. to                B. /                C. at      

2. A. was going          B. go              C. went     

3. A. quietly             B. slowly           C. quickly   

4.A. of                B. to               C. about 

5. A. nothing            B. something         C. a sound

6.A. shouted            B. told              C. talked  

7.A. listen to            B. listen            C. hear  

8. A. like               B. liked             C. liking

9.A. go                B. to go            C. am going to

10. A. locked             B. closed           C. opened

 

When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day. Like many 16  writers on the Internet, the  17  woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).
Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost  18  to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing  19  on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 20  she is familiar with.
Amy has been interested in writing  21  she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels  22  people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 23  she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She  24  immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.
Now Amy is a full-time  25 . So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them 26 .
“The Internet made me famous and brought me  27  ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am 28 with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to  29 to work in the medical industry.”
“Before that day comes, I’ll keep  30 for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.

【小题1】

A．other B．others C．another D．the other

【小题2】

A．28-year-old B．28-years-old C．28 years old D．28-year old

【小题3】

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

【小题4】

A．reports B．novels C．diaries D．plays

【小题5】

A．who B．which C．that D．whom

【小题6】

A．when B．while C．since D．until

【小题7】

A．about B．of C．to D．with

【小题8】

A．that B．if C．why D．how often

【小题9】

A．agreed B．disagreed C．refused D．left

【小题10】

A．housewife B．editor C．saleswoman D．writer

【小题11】

A．will print B．were printing C．printed D．were printed

【小题12】

A．success B．succeed C．successful D．successfully

【小题13】

A．unhappy B．angry C．satisfied D．proud

【小题14】

A．come B．go C．return D．get

【小题15】

A．to write B．writing C．write D．written

Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see what happened as soon as possible. According to a new study, a baby's cry can make adults react(反应) very quickly, even if they are not related.
Oxford University researchers used the classic game whack-a-mole for the study.  Whack-a-mole(打鼹鼠游戏) requires people to hit one of nine buttons (按钮). The players must react as quickly as they can to whichever of the buttons lights up at random(随机). It is a game that requires speed and accuracy (准确度 ).
The study included 40 men and women volunteers aged 19 to 59. Some of them had sons or daughters but none had a baby at the time. They played whack-a-mole after listening to different sounds, including babies crying, the crying of adults in trouble and birdsong played at a similar pitch to the babies' cries.
The volunteers' scores were higher after listening to the sound of crying babies. Men and women had similar scores overall. The results showed that a crying baby gets special attention.
"Few sounds make people react quite like the cry of a baby," said Morten Kringelbach of Oxford's psychiatry（精神病学） department, who led the study. "For example, it's almost impossible to ignore(忽视，不理) crying babies on planes. This is true even though there are so many other noises around." 
He added that a baby's cry can increase adults' heart rate and blood pressure. This is understandable, because in the course of human evolution (进化), taking care of babies has always been an important job for adults. When a baby is hungry or feeling bored or unwell, it will cry. As a result, human brains and bodies develop a special reaction to a baby's cry.
【小题1】According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．There were 80 volunteers who took part in the study.

B．The youngest volunteer was 19 and the oldest was 59.

C．Some volunteers had babies at that time in the study.

D．The volunteers were affected by the sound of a baby’s cry.

【小题2】The game “whack-a-mole” shows ______.

A．a baby’s cry can get special attention from adults

B．men and women have different reaction speed and accuracy

C．adults without babies react less quickly to a baby’s cry

D．women react to a baby’s cry more quickly than men

【小题3】“Whack-a-mole” requires people to hit _____ at a time.

A．one button	B．one of nine buttons
C．nine buttons	D．ten buttons

【小题4】According to the passage, a baby’s cry ______.

A．has the same pitch as birdsong

B．is the noisiest sound there is

C．can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure

D．is good for its health

【小题5】From the last paragraph, we learn that ______.

A．taking care of the younger babies was the most important thing in the past

B．human brains and bodies have developed to take care of babies

C．baby cries are a good way make adults react quickly

D．baby cries have developed a lot during the course of human evolution