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【题目】Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）

In today's English class，students had a speech competition．They talked about whether e﹣books should take the place of print books．The following are the speeches given by two students．

Joshua Lee：

While many people argue that e﹣books don't feel the same as"real"books we should consider that the printing industry does a lot of harm to our_____．Producing books means cutting down millions of trees for paper，and the processes of printing requires a great deal of energy．E﹣books need no papers at all．They will probably____ our use of energy and natural resources．

_____，e﹣books allow people to get information more easily．E﹣books can be stored and selected form huge digital libraries．These libraries can hold many more books than a traditional bookstore or library can．People can quickly find and read their books on an e﹣reader at any time and in any place．

Joy Pamnani：

I strongly believe that print books must____．In my opinion，e﹣books have many disadvantages，E﹣books aren't as environmentally friendly as you think．A common argument used by e﹣book supporters is that e﹣books save paper．But isn't it also true that there's more carbon being let out by the electronic devices（设备）？

Since you have to spend extra money on those devices before you can buy and read e﹣books，they aren't

____at all．Besides，you can't easily write notes on an e﹣reader，and you can't read anything when they run out of battery．

E﹣books are unhealthy too．The light given off by these devices can lead to_____ problem．A study showed it took e﹣book readers an average of ten minutes longer to fall asleep than those who read print books．

【1】A.traditionB.environmentC.healthD.culture

【2】A.reduceB.protectC.describeD.limit

【3】A.As a resultB.By the wayC.On one handD.What's more

【4】A.changeB.helpC.stayD.return

【5】A.cheapB.usefulC.interestingD.different

【6】A.readingB.memoryC.sleepD.eating．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文以演讲的方式讨论了电子书是否应该取代纸质书。李约瑟从环保和获取信息的角度介绍了电子书的好处，而乔则从设备投入、断电影响阅读和影响睡眠等角度坚持保留纸质书。

【1】句意：虽然许多人认为电子书和“真正的”书感觉不一样，但我们应该考虑印刷行业对我们的环境造成了很大的危害。

考查名词辨析。A. 传统；B. 环境；C. 健康；D. 文化。根据下一句Producing books means cutting down millions of trees for paper生产书籍意味着砍倒数以百万计的树木用于造纸，可知是对环境造成了很大的危害，故选B。

【2】句意：它们可能会减少我们对能源和自然资源的使用。

考查动词辨析。A. 减少；B. 保护；C. 描述；D. 限制。根据上一句E-books need no papers at all电子书根本不需要纸，可知电子书会减少我们对能源和自然资源的使用，故选A。

【3】句意：更重要的是，电子书让人们更容易获得信息。

考查固定搭配。A. 结果；B. 顺便地；C. 一方面；D. 另外/更重要的是，表示更近一层。根据上一句They will probably reduce our use of energy and natural resources他们可能会减少我们对能源和自然资源的利用，可知本句和前句是递进关系，故选D。

【4】句意：我坚信纸质书必须留下来。

考查动词辨析。A. 改变；B. 帮助；C. 停留；D. 返回。根据下一句In my opinion, e-books have many disadvantages, E-books aren't as environmentally friendly as you think在我看来，电子书有很多缺点，电子书不像你想象的那么环保，可知应该保留纸质书，stay符合句意，故选C。

【5】句意：它们一点也不便宜。

考查形容词辨析。A. 便宜的；B. 有用的；C. 有趣的；D. 不同的。根据上一句Since you have to spend extra money on those devices before you can buy and read e﹣books因为在购买和阅读电子书之前，你必须在这些设备上多花些钱，可知应该不便宜，故选A。

【6】句意：这些设备发出的光会导致睡眠问题。

考查名词辨析。A. 读；B. 记忆；C. 睡觉/睡眠；D. 吃。根据下一句A study showed it took e-book readers an average of ten minutes longer to fall asleep than those who read print books.一项研究表明电子书阅读者比读纸质书籍的人多花费十分钟入睡，可知阅读电子书会导致睡眠问题，故选C。

完形填空。主要题型有（1）考查词义辨析：名词辨析，形容词副词辨析，冠词辨析，介词连词辨析等；（2）考查句子时态，语态，要根据语境，选择正确的时态和语态的选项；（3）考查从句（宾语从句，定语从句，主语从句等）；（4）根据固定句型或短语结合语境选择正确的选项。本题主要考查单词或短语辨析，做此类型题时，要知道每一个词的意义，然后结合上下文背景语境，选择适合语境的选项。例如小题6，四个选项都是名词，考查名词辨析：A. 读；B. 记忆；C. 睡觉/睡眠；D. 吃。根据下一句A study showed it took e-book readers an average of ten minutes longer to fall asleep than those who read print books.一项研究表明电子书阅读者比读纸质书籍的人多花费十分钟入睡，可知阅读电子书会导致睡眠问题，故选C。