Have you ever heard of e-books？E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book，with a screen on which you can read.

    How does the e-book work？

    First, you call up websites on your computer and select （选择）books that you want. There are thousands of books provided by different websites on the Internet. Then download the books you like on to your e-book. You can download about 10 books at a time. Now you can just sit back and enjoy yourself reading.

    Compared with ordinary books， e-books have many advantages.  First of all， e-books save space. You can put as many as 10 books into a thing no bigger than a pocket radio and then carry it everywhere. You can renew reading materials in your e-book as many times as you like. With the development of e-book technology， probably an e-library will appear. Then you just take your e-books there and download what you want to read. You no longer need to worry about whether your books are over-due（过期） or not.

    46. E-books are ________.

    A. electronic books                        B. no larger than an ordinary book

    C. very popular in big cities                D. A and B

    47. You can download ________ books at a time.

    A. two                   B. ten                    C. twelve                     D. twenty

    48. E-books ________.

    A. save space        B. save money   C. look like a pocket radio       D. carry it happily

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　　E-mail can be a powerful new tool in improving communication between patients and doctors, according to one expert.

　　“Using the Internet, doctors can answer more questions from more patients in a shorter time,” writes dr. Dada Pal, a famous doctor in Manchester, UK.

　　According to Pal, nearly forty percent of American patients say they have used e-mail to communicate with a doctor.

　　He notes, however, that although patients have such interest, only up to two percent of doctors in the United States offer e-mail service.

　　Using e-mail, doctors can make sure of their advice and point, patient to patient information materials and other resources on the Internet. It's said that more than ten thousand health-oriented websites already exist now.

　　However, some people worry that widespread use of medical e-mail might set up two kinds of care－one for Internet “haves” and another for the “have-nots”.

　　But Pal points out that “by the year 2000 nearly every library will offer (Internet and e-mail) services in the United States, allowing even low-income patients to use such means.” Pal also talks about other possible barriers to the acceptance of medical e-mail.

　　“Doctors may be unwilling to offer e-mail services for fear of increasing workload and uncertainty about payment for the time they spent,” he explains, and patients may worry that their medical information might be read by others. “But these problems can all be solved,” he adds.

　　E-mail may well help us a lot in health care, Pal concludes. “Patients can get in normal clinics,” he points out, “and they might find communication on the information superhighway less fearful, than face-to-face dialogues with their doctors.”

1．The article introduces a new way of patient-doctor communication ________.

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A．by e-mail

B．by visiting

C．by searching the Internet

D．by using the computer

2．According to the passage, some people worry that ________.

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A．it might have to serve both who have access to the Internet and those who don't

B．it might meet double doubts from those who have access to the Internet and those who don't

C．it might make trouble between those who can use the Internet and those who can't

D．it might make trouble between those who have Internet experiences and those who haven't

3．All the following points are advantages of using medical e-mail except ________.

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A．it is more reliable

B．it is less frightening

C．it troubles patients and doctors to understand each other better

D．it provides patients more choices of treatment

4．What does the word “barrier” mean?

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5．Which of the following is true about e-mail in the United States?

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A．Every patient cannot use it.

B．Only doctors can use it.

C．Patients needn't pay for their treatment by using e-mail.

D．No others can read the information sent by e-mail.

　　One morning in April, Jim Reed checked his e-mail. He found a strange message on the e-mail. It was from a woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-vania. He had talked to her on e-mail many times in the last ten days. All the other messages were fun and interesting to read. This message was different.

　　The message said, “Goodbye loved kowjing yu I am leaving.”

　　Mr. Reed was frightened by the message. He tried to understand the words that were not spelled right. He quickly wrote a message to his new friend.

　　“What do you mean by the message you just sent me?”

　　He waited, but didn't get an answer. He wrote back, “Please talk to me.”

　　Finally, she wrote, “I am falling asleep. Want to say goodbye to my friends.” Mr. Reed thought hard about this message. “Is she going to kill herself?” he thought.

　　“What is your phone number?” he typed. The woman sent a phone number. Mr. Reed called. At first the phone was busy. Then it just rang and rang. He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story. Then he faxed them what his friend wrote.

　　The police and paramedics quickly went to the woman's house. When she didn't answer the doorbell, they broke in. They found her on the floor near the computer. She told them, “I took 60 pills.” The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.

　　“Mr. Reed did a great job of saving this woman,” the police captain said. “If he hadn't succeeded at the e-message, she would be dead now.” The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr. Reed for saving her life.

(1) Where did Mr. Reed and the woman often talk?

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(2) The e-message he found was strange because ________.

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A．it was not interesting like usual ones

B．the woman wrote nothing

C．it was fun to read

D．the woman wrote it ten days ago

(3) What did Mr. Reed do when he read the e-message?

He ________.

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A．felt frightened and turned off the computer

B．went to save the woman himself

C．called the police for help

D．wrote back to ask her about the meaning of the message

(4) What did the woman want to do?

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A．To sleep for a whole day.

B．To make fun of Mr. Reed.

C．To kill herself by taking pills.

D．To say goodbye to Mr. Reed.

(5) What's the best title (标题) of this passage?

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A．Woman Kills Herself

B．Man Saves E-Mail Friend

C．A Strange Message

D．Two Good Friends