据报道，从2011年开始韩国除了向所有小学和初高中学生发放纸质的语文、英语、数学教科书之外，同时还将发放光盘形式的电子教科书。这表明，在韩国，电子图书即将走进寻常百姓家。某英文论坛发起了一次主题为“E-Books, Good or Bad?”的讨论，请根据下表描述大家的观点，并表达你对这件事情的看法（至少2点）。

注意：1. 内容必须表格中的 信息，条理清楚、语句连贯，可适当发挥，但不要逐字翻译；

      2. 开头已经写好， 你只需接着写；

      3. 词数：70词左右。开头内容不计入总次数。

E-Books, Good or Bad?

It’s reported that school students in Korea started to use e-books from 2011. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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    根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

71. Would you please speak a little more s________? I can hardly follow you。.

72. All the students went to the museum e________ Mary, because she was ill in bed.

73. He worked very hard at English and finally he s________ in passing the English exam.

74. Though the girl is very young, she can dress h________in the morning.

75. She is such a careful student that she made few m_______in the test.

76. I used to live in a small v________, but now I live in a large city.

77. We students are not a________ to smoke, it is against the rule.

78. I always listen to some light music when I feel s________ out.

79. I think s______ up too late to study is a bad way, at least you can’t get enough sleep.

80. Thursday is the f________ day of a week.

选词填空

More and more people like bicycling and it is no    61   . It is good for the environment. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil    62   !

Comparing with stopping and getting out of your car, stopping and getting off a bike is much   63   . You can bike to work and benefit(受益)   64    the enjoyable exercise without   65      the environment.

Folding(折叠)bikes work well for the man who    66    the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information    67   getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers.

Health Benefits of    68   :

It helps to prevent heart diseases. A 15-minutes bike ride to and from work three times a week burns    69    five kilos of fat in a year.

Bicycling can    70   your mood(心情).

Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.

以下五个家庭中的成员都打算购买一些产品。请仔细阅读第56—60题中的信息，从A到F的六个选项中，选出适合他/她拟购买产品的最佳广告语，其中一项为多余选项。（根据中学初中学习网12年中考模拟试卷英语卷阅读理解改编）

56. Jack is going to study in a famous university. These days, his father is looking for a mobile phone for him so as to keep in touch with each other closely.

57. Tom is a middle school student. He likes sports very much and plays football every afternoon. But his shoes are too small for him, so after class this afternoon he has to buy a pair of new shoes.

58. Mary is going to have her 15^th birthday party. Her family are making preparations for it. Her brother’s job is to buy some drink.

59. Joan doesn’t want to forget the past, especially the happy moments.

60. Alice is afraid of opening her mouth, because a bad smell will come out. So she needs something which can remove the smell no matter how much it is.

Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the young age of 30. It used to be thought that this couldn't be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster. "Your brain is a learning machine," says University of California scientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger. All that's required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.

Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process（过程） in which the brain deals with information (positscience.com). Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy （准确性）.Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to tell sounds (between "dog" and "bog", for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It's a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich, hitting balls at you faster and faster to keep you challenged. You may start out slow, but before long you're pretty quick.

The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process. To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you：playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... "When it comes to preventing ageing, you really do 'use it or lose it'," says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.

51. According to the new studies, what will happen to our brains?

A. They will not start slowing down until the age of 30

B. They will start working slowly after the age of 30

C. They can work as well as at a young age through certain exercises

D. They can not be improved once they start to slow down

52. The writer mentioned many ways to speed up your brain, EXCEPT_____

A. doing a million new activities　　

B. sleeping as much as possible　

C. playing some intelligent games

D. playing table tennis

53. What can we learn from the text?

A. Using right tools is important for brains’ work.　　

B. Brain research deals with information from the Internet　

C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer,

D. Many activities can keep our brains young.

54. Which of the following agrees with the writer’s idea?

A. The train methods work better for the old.

B. People should train the brain to stop it from aging.

C. The training of the brain should start at an early age.

D. It is necessary to take part in as many activities as possible.

55. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?

A. If you are 71 years old, your brain is too old to train.

B. You can eat the food to keep your brain young and plastic.

C. Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to train brains.

D. You will feel younger when you train your brain.

A lady in an old cotton dress and her husband, dressed in an old suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked into the president of Harvard’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such country people had no business at Harvard. She frowned. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly.  “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said coldly. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary didn’t talk to them, hoping that the couple would finally become tired and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary finally decided to disturb the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. He frowned too. Someone of his importance didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies.

The president walked toward them unwillingly. The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to set up a memorial(纪念碑) to him somewhere on campus. ” The president was so surprised that he shouted sharply, “We can’t put up a statue(塑像) for every person who attended Harvard and died, this place would look like a cemetery.

“Oh, no” the lady explained, “We don’t want to build a statue. We thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at their plain clothes, and said with surprise, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? The physical building at Harvard cost seven million and a half.”

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a university?” Her husband nodded(点头). Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name -------a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

You can easily judge(判断) others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

46. What did the old couple go to Harvard for?

A. They wanted to see their son.

B. They had an important meeting

C. They went to Harvard just to see start a university

D. They wanted to meet the president of Harvard.

47. Why didn’t the president come out to meet the couple?

A. He was really busy at that time.

B. The secretary didn’t allow the couple to meet the president.

C. He was important and didn’t have time for unimportant people.

D. He had an important friend to meet and had to spend some time together.

48. From the passage, we can know ______.

A. the old couple were in fact rich people

B. the secretary was afraid of the old couple

C. the old couple’s son was killed in Harvard

D. the president of Harvard was kind and patient to anyone

49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. the old couple set up their own university.

B. the old couple set up a memorial to their son

C. the old couple gave a building to Harvard.

D. Giving a building to Harvard was easy and cheap at that time.

50. The best title of the passage is “______”.

A. Never Judge a Book by Its Cover     B. How the Stanford Was Built 

C.A Visit to Harvard University        D. A Strange Old Couple

Anna was excited about starting her first day in the new school. However, when she first walked past the students in the school, her excitement  _31  to fear, and then to loneliness over the next few days. "Why didn't anyone say 'hi' to me or invite me to his or her lunch table? Is it because of my clothes or my hair?" she wondered. Almost every day during the first week, Anna stayed  _32  , thinking that there must have been  _33  wrong with her or that nobody saw her at all!

What caused Anna's  _34  ? The reason was that  _35  knew her. Most people don't like talking with  _36  . So it's your job to volunteer to make contact with people  _37  you want to know. The easiest way to  _38  their attention is to notice them first. Make eye contact with them and smile at them. When you smile at them, you are doing your best to  _39  your kindness to them, and they are sure to understand that you are saying, "Hey, how's everything going?" _40   , you are taking the first step towards the road to friendship.

When Anna _41  this, she started talking to her _42  . Guess what happened? It really  _43  . She had made two friends  _44  the end of the month.

In fact, saying “hi” or making friends with strangers is not hard. And the joy it brings you is really great. So try to open your __45  to strangers!

(   )31. A. became         B. turned                 C. changed        D. got

(   )32. A. happily          B. freely                  C. alone            D. excitedly

(   )33. A. anything           B. something               C. everything        D. nothing

(   )34. A. problem             B. question                  C. trouble             D. matter

(   )35 A. everybody          B. anybody                  C. somebody        D. nobody

(   )36. A. teachers            B. students                  C. strangers                D. friends

(   )37. A. which               B. who                        C. where              D. what

(   )38. A. pay                  B. bring                      C. take                 D. catch

(   )39 A. show              B. give                     C. take              D. offer

(   )40. A. On the way       B. In the way              C. In this way      D. By the way

(   )41. A. realized             B. succeeded               C. heard            D. saw

(   )42. A. friends              B. classmates              C. strangers             D. neighbors

(   )43. A. made               B. did                      C. worked            D. got

(   )44. A. by                 B. at                            C. in                D. to

(   )45. A. mouth              B. heart                       C. smile               D. mind

-- Which do you prefer, tea or coffee?

-- __________ . I' d like juice.

　　 A. Yes, both　 　B. Neither, thank you 　 C. Sure, I would 　 D. No, please

 -- Thanks for asking me to your birthday party.  

--__________

     A. Never mind     B. Don't say so    C. My pleasure     D. Yes, please

--Could you tell me________________?

--She is my ten-year-old sister.

A. who is the girl　　　　　 　　　 B. how old is the girl

C. who the girl is　　　　　 　　　　D. how old the girl is