Question

词语运用

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

spend,  they,  realize,  but,  learn,  little, advantage,  aloud,  around,  way,  change,  agree,

Electronic (电子的) books, or e-books, have changed the way many of us read. Now electronic textbooks are changing the way many students    1   . Many schools in Washington have begun using e-books. Rather than use a regular textbook, it’s all online.

“Our students are ready to use resources (资源) in different    2  ,” said the head teacher Peter Norman. He talked about the    3   of electronic textbooks to a reporter, “The world is    4    fast. Online textbooks are popular. Besides, electronic textbooks cost   5   than regular textbooks. Every term our students need to pay about $150 for regular textbooks, but now they only need to    6    about $100 on electronic textbooks.”

Students have different ideas about the change,    7   most like it.

“I don’t have to carry a textbook    8  , so that is nice,” said a high school student named Melanie Reuter.

Maria didn’t    9  . She said, “I don’t like it because the Internet sometimes doesn’t work.”

Some students don’t have a computer or can’t go online at home. Stephen is one of    10   . But he said, “I can go to the library or a friend’s house to surf the Internet.”

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6. 　　　　 7. 　　　　 8. 　　　　9. 　　　　 10. 　　　　

Answer 1

1. learn       2. ways  3. advantages   4. changing     5. less

6.    spend  7. but    8. around     9. agree      10. them