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Do you carry too much on the way to school or home ? Don’t worry. Try e-readers and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbags.
An e-readers has the memory space to hold hundreds of books . So people want to throw away heavy schoolbags and read with small,light e-readers. For example, Cushing Academy , a high school in Massachusetts, USA, replaced most of the 200,000 books in its library last summer. Teachers students will use e-readers instead .
Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500 g. They can download an e-book in 60 seconds . “It’s so easy.You can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky, 16.
Chinese school children are also trying e-readers. At the Shanghai world Expo, an e-schoolbag was on show. It is a special e-reader. Students can use it to download textbooks from the school servers. It can also send and receive homework.Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years. “It’s excellent. I don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore,” said Xiao QI, 15,Beijing.
1.How many books can an e-reader hold?
A. 100.
B. More than 100
C.200,000
2.Which is not the feature of the e-reader?
A. Small. B. Light. C. Thick
3. Which is NOT ture about the e-readers?
A.They have the memory space.
B.They are just for reading.
C.They can send and receive homework.
4.Where are the e-readers used?
A.In the USA and the UK.
B.In Beijing and Shanghai.
C.In China and Japan
5.You can’t use the e-readers to ＿＿.
A.read books
B.watch TV
C.take photos
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When I was 13 years old ,a boy gave me an important gift . It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school ,and my old school was far away.As a result ,no one knew who I was. I was very lonely ,and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing , I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problem ,and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me .
Then one day ,my classmates talked with their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment,a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was . He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and ,without a word , smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly ,It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life .I started to talk with the other students and made friends.Day by day ,I became closer to everone in my class . The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day ,I asked him why he smiled ,but be couldn’t remember smiling at me !
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely ,you might always be alone .So smile at the world and it will smile back.
1.Why was the smile an important gift?
A.Because the writer’s old school was far away.
B.Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
C.Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm .
2.The writer couldn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because___.
A.she was always unhappy
B.she didn’t have any friends there.
C.she was in the first year at a junior high school.
3.How did the smile change the writer’s life?
A.She started to make friends.
B. She became best friends with the boy.
C.Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
4.Where does the writer now think her feeling of unhappiness come from?
A.From her old school.
B.From her parents.
C.From herself.
5.Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?
A.The boy still remembered why he smiled at me.
B. Nobody knew me at the beginning of my first year at a junior high school.
C.I felt very happy when I heard the other students talking and laughing.
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Father’s Day has a very short history .It was started because there was a Mother’s Day ,and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers(店主) found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, the presents from their shops.
By the way ,very few countries have a Father’s Day,though some have Children’s day ,or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day ,so maybe Father’s day will also become popular before too long. Now , what do people in North America do on Father’s Day ? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do— buy a Father’s Day present for her father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present—not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in more open way.
1.Father’s Day was started just because ＿＿＿.
A. there was a Mother’s Day
B. there was Children’s Day
C. people liked their fathers very much
2. Which of the following is NOT true＿＿＿.
A. Very few countries have a father’s Day
B. Americans never care about Father’s Day
C. Father’s Day has become important in North America.
3.In America, people have a Father’s Day to＿＿＿.
A.go shopping with their fathers
B.help their fathers do something
C. show their love to their fathers
4.On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want ＿＿＿.
A.people to buy as many presents as possible
B.children to buy presents only for their fathers
C.women to buy presents only for their husbands
5.It can be learned from the article that ＿＿＿.
A.the writer is against Father’s Day
B.many countries have a Father’s Day
C. shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual
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Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way to learn English. Some students say they don’t want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rule of the language and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too easy .Many experts say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephen Kristen, a famous expert on learning languages , says that pleasure reading help you learn many important things about English. Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good writing.
Dr. Kristen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way .Each student need to learn something different.
Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs. Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying.
When you read pleasure ,you choose your own books ,and you don’t have to remember everything .There are no tests on your pleasure reading books .pleasure reading will help you:
※ learn how English speakers use English
※ read faster in English
※ find examples of good writing in English
※ learn new words
※ learn about the cultures of English speaker
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1.Is pleasure reading important for learning English?
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2.Which is the easier way to become a better reader, pleasure reading or studying?
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3.What do some students think of pleasure reading?
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4.How can we become better readers?
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5.How many aspects（方面）will pleasure reading help you?
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