Net Library Is a library that lends out digital books．It treats a digital like a paperback copy．It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income．

       From the consumer's point of view, this means that if more than, say, five people want the latest Danielle Steel romance novel, other people who request that book will get a message saying the title can't be found．

       It's a model many publishers seem to have embraced．More than 350 gave the company rights to hand out their digital works and McGraw-Hill Corporation and Houghton Mifflin Corporation have put money in the company．The California public libraries and about 1,800 others across the US are trying out the Net Library service．

       Some librarians criticize the New Library model．Stanford University librarian Michael Keller argues that the company is creating an unnatural fear of digital woks; which is contrary to the ideas of the Internet．

       Keller and some other librarians argue for the e-book vision set forth by E-Brary．E-Brary is starting a service mat lets us users read books for free．

       But it will charge about 25 cents a page when a person tries to print out material or copy and paste it into a different file or tries to download copy onto a computer．

       Christopher Warnock, chief executive of E-Brary, believes most consumers won't want to buy entire books, only the parts that interest them．

       "There's not really a lot of good m owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it．It doesn't make sense．" he said．

How do publishers get money from the Net Library?

       A．They get money from selling their books to the Net Library.

       B．They share the money with the Net Library.

       C．They get money by cutting the cost of the books.

       D．They get the money from the readers.

The underlined word "embraced" in the 3rd paragraph means _    ___.

       A．taken something willingly          B．held something tightly

       C．disliked something badly    D．tried out something hard

From the 2nd paragraph we can see consumers       .

       A．don’t care if they are charged money

       B．enjoy the service of the Net Library

       C．don’t like other people borrowing books

       D．complain about the limited number of the new books

What does the last paragraph mean?

       A．Net Library is not a good way for the consumers.

       B．There is no need for consumers to have a whole book.

       C．E-Brary is not a good library for the consumers.

       D．It’s reasonable to charge the consumers money for copying some pages.

 To extinguish （熄灭）different kinds of fires, several types of fire extinguishers have been invented. They must be ready for immediate use when fire breaks out. Most portable （手提式的）kinds operate for less than a minute, so they are useful only on small fires. The law requires ships, trains, buses and planes to carry extinguishers.

 Since fuel（燃料）, oxygen and heat must be present in order for fire to exist, one or more of these things must be removed or reduced to extinguish a fire. If the heat is reduced by cooling the material below a certain temperature, the fire goes out. The cooling method is the most common way to put out a fire. Water is the best cooling material because it is low in cost and easy to get.

 Another method of extinguishing fire is by cutting off the oxygen. This is usually done by covering the fire with sand, steam or some other things. A blanket may be used do cover a small fire.

 A third method is called separation, which includes removing the fuel, or material easy to burn, from a fire, so that it can find no fuel.

 The method that is used to put out a fire depends on the type of fire. Fires have been grouped in three classes（级别）. Fires in wood, paper, cloth and the like are called Class A fires. These materials usually help keep the fire on. Such fires can be stopped most readily by cooling with water.

If a fire breaks out on a bus, which of the following should be ready there for you to use?

 A. Sand                 B. An extinguisher      C. A blanket.           D. Water

To cover a small piece of burning wood with a basin in order to stop the fire is an example of _______.

 A. separating the fire                             B. cutting off the oxygen

 C. removing the fuel                               D. reducing the heat

In choosing how to put out a fire, we should first be clear about_______.

 A. when it breaks out                 B. how it comes about

 C. what kind it is                      D. where it takes place

What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

 A. Another class of fires                       B. Another type of extinguishers

 C. How fires break out.                        D. How fires can be prevented.

Imagine living locked inside a closet. You can’t choose when and what to eat or how you will spend your time. You can’t even decide when the lights go on and off. Think about spending your whole life like this.
This is the life of lab animals.
Now consider the needs of these animals. Chimpanzees(黑猩猩),in their natural homes, are never separated from their families. They spend hours together every day. But in a lab, chimpanzees are put in cages alone. There are no families, only cold, hard cages, and loneliness that goes on for so many years that most of them lose their minds at last.
Worse yet are the experiments. Animals are given diseases they would never normally get. Experimenters force-feed(给……强行喂食) chemicals to them, conduct repeated surgeries(手术),and much more, Think of what it would be like to put up with these and then be thrown back into a cage, usually without any painkillers. Often animals see other animals being killed right in front of them.
Hundreds of thousands of animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed every year in product tests for shampoos, skin creams and new cancer drugs. Although more than 500 companies have stopped testing on animals, some of them still force chemicals into monkeys’ stomachs and rabbits’ eyes.
Although some facilities are better than others at caring for animals—not every lab worker kills a mouse by cutting off its head with scissors—there are no happy animals inside laboratories. Will the lab life end? When will it end?
【小题1】The passage mainly tells us about       .

---- Was it by cutting down staff  _    _she saved the firm?
---- No, it was by improving work efficiency.