Question

E?reading and e?books are slowly conquering the world.Compared to traditional paper books，e?books in some schools and universities attract more interest because the information flow seems much easier to manage and comes in a greatly higher quantity.

Japan is known for the reform?minded attitude towards the gadget(精巧裝置) world and for the fact that it is one of the first countries that encouraged in the educational system the emailing of homework.

The digital textbook looks like the logical step in the world of learning.It is natural but it is also completely untraditional.

The plan of the largest publishing companies to get in line with the trend is to save a large quantity of paper and make the kids become interested in learning using a cool gadget.Many USA universities and colleges have made students be used to the procedure of downloading the courses and of course the procedure involves interactive software and also the chance of using the computer.

The traditional education system is still unwilling when it comes to giving up books.The standard approach of information taught out of a book and Shakespeare read out of an old school novel makes studying English as traditional as it can be.

In a world where kids would rather see the movie than read a book，the digital age has brought along a completely different flavor to reading.Bringing that flavor in school will make teaching a greener and also a completely different matter.

1.Why are e?books so popular in the world?

A．It's cheap to buy. B．It's effective to use.

C．It's convenient to bring. D．It's the latest fashion.

2.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “reform?minded” in the second paragraph?

A．Old?fashioned. B．Aggressive.

C．Rejecting. D．Progressive.

3.In America，the students are encouraged to________．

A．apply the procedure of downloading the courses

B．communicate with their teachers using computer

C．research some interactive software for their studies

D．do their homework in computer instead of in paper

4.What's the author's attitude to the digital textbooks?

A．Being against. B．Being for.

C．Not mentioned. D．Being neutral.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】電子書籍以自己獨特的優(yōu)勢占據著人們生活、學習的視野及空間。

1.

2.2】 D　詞匯猜測題。根據“and for the fact that it is one of the first countries that encouraged in the educational system the emailing of homework”可知日本是首批鼓勵孩子用電腦做作業(yè)的國家之一，因此他們的態(tài)度是進步的、開放的。

3.3】 A　細節(jié)理解題。根據第四段最后一句中的“...have made students be used to the procedure of downloading the courses”可知答案。

4.4】 B　推理判斷題。文章整體都在講數字閱讀的好處；在文章最后一段作者認為：電子書籍更能激發(fā)學生閱讀的興趣；如果把電子書籍植入學校，將會使得教育成為一個更清新的和現(xiàn)在完全不同的事情。因此選B。