E-book is short for electronic(电子的)book．It is usually read on personal com puters．Some mobile phones can also be used to read e-books．
Earlier e-books were written for a specific group of readers and were about only a few subjects．With the development of the internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e-books．This is why the e-book business is increasing quickly E-books have many advantages．First, they save time．We don’t need to go to a bookstore to buy books, besides, we can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e-books on similar topics．Second, e-books save money．Some e-books cost a little money, and there are millions of e-books on the Internet that we can get for free．Third, more trees are saved because e-books don’t need to be printed(印刷)on paper．Fourth, e-books make reading more convenient．You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer or any e-book reader(电子阅读器)without worrying about their weight．
But e-books have certain disadvantages．They need a personal computer or an e-book reader and the information can be lost if its file format(文件格式)is not supported or changed in the reader’s computer．
However, e-books provide us with a new way of reading．That is good．
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(1)
Why is the e-book business increasing quickly? Because _________．
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A．
earlier e-books are about only a few subjects．
B．
people don’t like to read any paper books any more．
C．
most e-books have been written for a specific group of readers．
D．
the development of the Internet makes e-books more useful．
(2)
How many advantages do e-books have according to this article?
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A．
Three
B．
Four
C．
Five
D．
Six
(3)
Which of the following is true according to this article?
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A．
E-books can’t be red on mobile phones．
B．
All the e-books on the Internet cost lots of money．
C．
E-books can make reading more convenient．
D．
You can’t read e-books without a personal computer．
(4)
What is the disadvantage of the e-books?
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A．
You’ll lose the information if its file format is not supported．
B．
You can carry hundreds of books in an e-book reader．
C．
You can buy cheap e-books anywhere．
D．
You can read e-books at any time．
(5)
The author mainly tells us _________．
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A．
you don’t need to buy paper books in a bookstore if you read e-books．
B．
the information can be lost if its file format is changed．
C．
the development of e-books can help save the environment．
Tom was not old, but he did not have much hair．His wife, Grace, had thick, beautiful, black hair．They had one daughter．Her name was Jane, and she was four and a half years old．There was a photo of her father in the living-room, and a few days ago, Jane looked at it for a long time and then said to her mother, “Mummy, why had Dad got very little hair? ”
Grace laughed and said, “He’s got very little hair because he thinks a lot, Jane．He’ s a clever man．”
Jane looked at her mother’s thick, black hair for a few seconds(秒钟), and then she asked, “Mum, why have you got a lot of hair?”
(1)
Tom had ________ hair．
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A．
very little
B．
a little
C．
very few
D．
a few
(2)
Grace had ________ hair than Tom．
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A．
much
B．
more
C．
the most
D．
many
(3)
There was a photo of ________ in the living-room．
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A．
Jane
B．
Jane’s parents
C．
Jane’s mother
D．
Jane’s father
(4)
Jane wanted to know why her mother had ________ hair, too．