题目内容
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I live in Japan where electronic items are a way of life, so it’s no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries.E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter(简洁的)than any paper dictionary. 1 However, to me, these are the limits of their advantages.
I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. 2
E-dictionaries are much more expensive.In Japan, they cost from 10,000 yen(US $ 100)to as much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want(or think you want)and depending on how fashionable you are.My trusty Random House paper dictionary, copyrighted at 1995, cost me a mere US $ 12.95 plus tax.
E-dictionaries are more fragile.Drop you paper dictionary.Go ahead.Hold it above your head and drop it. 3
E-dictionaries need batteries.Batteries are temperature sensitive.Batteries cost money, too.
E-dictionaries have keypads.Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.
4 Sound.Little devices beep(嘟嘟声)when you press the buttons, but it’s very disturbing to the people in a classroom situation or library.
Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions.No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic.However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it.You can pencil in some notes with the paper type.Similarly, if you learn a word that is not in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity. 5 And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.
A.But it’s impossible to do so with a keypad model.
B.They may even contain more words and expressions.
C.Let me add a statement about one that really troubles me.
D.Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up pieces.
E.That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight.
F.E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages.
G.Let’s take a look at the following reasons.
解析:
B G D C A |
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
B.The report was a result of a three - year study. |
C.Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
D.The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.