E-book is short for electronic( 电子的) 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 specific 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 to 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 a 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(印刷) 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 (电子阅读器) 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 or changed in the reader’s computer.
However, e-books provide us with a new way of reading. That is good.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【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．most e-books have been written for a specific group of readers.

D．the development of the Internet makes e-books more useful.

【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．E-books can’t be red on mobile phones.

B．All the e-books on the Internet cost lots of money.

C．E-books can make reading more convenient.

D．You can’t read e-books without a personal computer.

【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 carry hundreds of books in an e-book reader.

C．You can buy cheap e-books anywhere.

D．You can read e-books at any time.

【小题5】 The author mainly tells us __________.
A. you don’t need to buy paper books in a bookstore if you read e-books.
B. the information can be lost if its file format is changed.
C. the development of e-books can help save the environment.

People often complain they face too many problems. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up.

People have money problems, work problems, family problems, health problems..... the list goes on. And we usually think that people who are happy and successful are having fewer problems than us. Look at the successful people we often mention. They have money they need, they have jobs they love, they have good friends, they have obedient(孝顺的) kids, they have the successful business, they have loving families etc. Everything goes well with them. That is why they are happy and successful. But in fact, the more successful you are, the more problems you have to face. More success means more challenges they have to face, and more success means more risks they have to take.

Young and old, rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, educated and uneducated, all have problems. The difference is that their problems are different from each other.  Rich and successful have big problems. Poor and unsuccessful have small problems. Still they all have problems which they can face. Successful people are successful just because they are ready to face challenges larger than ordinary people.

Winning the US elections(选举) makes Obama very happy. As a new US president, he has to face bigger challenges. He has to be more careful about his work he does, or he will lose his position(位置). Looking at him, we may say he is lucky, happy and successful. But, I think, as the US president, he has more pressure than an ordinary person.

1.You will be a/an ______ person if you are afraid to face more challenges.

A．ordinary          B．successful         C．famous           D．educated

2.From this article we know that President Obama ______.

A．has fewer problems                     B．was born in a rich family

C．takes more risks                        D．is a successful businessman

3.The main idea of this article is _______.

A．why poor people are always poor

B．how many problems people usually have to face

C．how lucky and happy President Obama is

D．how to deal with problems in life

 

Although I’m not in my childhood, I still prefer reading fairy tales. They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I’ve reviewed this kind of tales, The Little Prince. It was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy tale by the French author Antoine.

“I”, the narrator(讲述者) of the story, is a pilot. His plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. The little prince lives on a small planet, and he grows a flower called ROSE there. One day they have a quarrel(争吵), so the little prince runs away. On his all-alone journey, he meets different kinds of people. From these people he gets a conclusion(结论) that grown-ups are strange. And with the help of the man he meets, he descends in the Sahara.

This book moved me a lot. It is not only a fairy tale for children and teenagers, but also for grown-ups.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.The author loves fairy tales, because _____.

A．they are very interesting

B．they are not about real life

C．they make him or her think of special feelings

D．they often have a happy ending

2. The writer of The Little Prince is from _____.

A．France	B．China
C．Canada	D．America

3. The little prince runs away, because _______.

A．he doesn’t love his hometown

B．he is a naughty boy and loves adventures

C．he has made mistakes

D．he has quarrelled with ROSE

4.The underlined word “descend” means ______ in the passage.

A．end	B．die
C．land	D．fly

5. The best title for this article is “_____”.

A．A fair tale

B．My favourite fairy tale—The Little Prince

C．How to choose the story

D．How I spent my childhood

 

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was the first African-American player to take part in the international sport of tennis at the highest level of the game. He was born on July 10, 1943.
When Arthur was 6, his mother died. Arthur, with his father and his brother, lived near a large park in Richmond, Virginia. His father was the manager of the park. He took care of the park and made sure everything was right. 
Arthur was allowed to play in the park when he was seven years old. He was quite energetic. A swimming pool, tennis courts, and baseball diamonds (棒球场) were in the park. Arthur spent a lot of time playing there. He did well in sports, but he had never tried to play tennis.
He often watched the tennis players. Sometimes there were tennis lessons, and Arthur would watch even more carefully. The young man teaching the lessons noticed Arthur. His name was Ronald Charity.
Mr. Charity asked Arthur if he wanted to learn to play tennis. Arthur was excited and agreed. Arthur learned very quickly. Mr. Charity found Arthur would grow up to be a good tennis player. By the time he was ten, Arthur won a tournament (联赛). Many older and bigger players came to the park trying to win the prize, but Arthur beat them. He became known as “the kid who could play tennis”.
Arthur grew up to be one of the first successful African-American tennis players. He played and won all over the world.
【小题1】Which question is answered in Paragraph 2?

A．Where did Arthur grow up?

B．Why did Arthur like tennis best?

C．When was Arthur born?

D．What did Arthur like to do at school?

【小题2】The park offered people all of these EXCEPT ____.

A．tennis

B．football

C．baseball

D．swimming

【小题3】 How did Arthur meet Mr. Charity?

A．Arthur’s father asked Mr. Charity to give Arthur tennis lessons.

B．While swimming at the pool, Mr. Charity met Arthur.

C．While teaching tennis, Mr. Charity saw young Arthur.

D．Mr. Charity noticed young Arthur was playing tennis well.

【小题4】What did Arthur do for the first time at the age of ten?

A．He entered the park where his father worked.

B．He copied tennis movements without holding a racket.

C．He pretended to hit a tennis ball back and forth over a net.

D．He played tennis better than players who were older than he was.

【小题5】This article is a(n) ____.

A．biography (传记)	B．diary
C．advertisement	D．piece of news