题目内容
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文(包括短文概括和议论文)。
有人认为21世纪是一个“e-时代”，电子读物将代替传统的读物，认真阅读下面短文，请完成下面的任务。
About a decade ago, some publishers were predicting that books would soon be a thing of the past, and that we would all be reading downloadable texts on portable hand-held screens, either on an MP3, an ipad or a mobile phone screen．
Wishful thinking, it turns out．The book is still with us, while the various book-replacement devices have mostly been dumped on the recycling heap．They were too hard to read, people complained, and also too heavy, using so much battery power that they quickly grew hot in the hand．When it comes to reading in bed, e-book and the traditional book work equally poorly．And when you are reading along an e-book, it’s hard to know exactly where you are in a book．And you can’t skim or flip through easily, nor can you search or make notes．The whole experience is a little like floating through cyberspace．
By far the best things about the e-book are its capacity－it can hold about 80 books or more if you use a memory card－and portability．You can cram yours with both recreational reading and stuff for work, and it all fits in your pocket．
1．概括短文要点，字数为30词左右；
2．就这一主题自由发表你的看法，至少包括以下内容要点，字数为120词左右。
(1)你更喜欢阅读电子书籍还是传统书籍，谈谈你的理由。
(2)你认为电子读物将逐渐取代传统书籍吗？为什么？
解析：
Despite its popularity and development, E-books, surprisingly has not replaced traditional books because they lack the convenience and experience that readers can enjoy when reading…paper books although their capacity is astonishing．
①Though e-book has not completely replace traditional books, yet it is extremely popular among teenagers with me as an exception．I am still fond of paper book for rich reasons．On one hand, e-book, to a large degree, will distract me from my studies because I would often read downloaded novels or just surf on the Internet to read with my advanced mobile phone in class．On the other hand, when reading e-books, I seem to read just for the sake of skimming through the electronic screen and getting information, without communication with the writer, not to mention the joy to see a delicately designed book．②In the long run, my interest in reading will disappear and do not want to read at all．
③Though I adore traditional reading, there are still possibilities that e-book will gradually replace traditional book．E-reading these days is extremely popular among children, a generation accustomed to fast-culture and fashion and new technology．And they will decide the future reading habit．What’s more, with scientific and technological breakthrough, e-book will be more convenient and comfortable for people to use．What distinguish it most is that e-book is environment-friendly．Paperless e-book will save our natural resource and protect our disappearing forests．④So one day our reading will become e-reading．
阅读下面的短文，然后从A-F选项中，为每一小段选择合适的标题, 并把答案写在答案卷上。
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A. The most common problem is a “wandering” mind B. Selective listening is also a mental barrier C. Listening isn’t an easy skill to master D. Attitude can also influence good listening E. Noise and background music makes listening more difficult F. Listening is also related to the level of the listener’s knowledge |
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Listening is not as easy as someone thought. Even good listeners may recall only fifty percent of what they hear. Retention, the ability to remember and recall information, decreases about twenty to twenty-five percent after a few days. So no matter how well you listen in class, you’re always going to have to refresh your memory before a test! Unfortunately, many people have poor listening habits, and little listening training. To improve your listening skills, it’s important to understand what causes poor listening.
2.___________
If you find it difficult to concentrate solely on what a speaker is saying, there’s a good reason. The mind processes information much faster than a speaker can speak. The brain can process over 500 words per minute, while the average speaker talks at a rate of 124 to 250 words per minute. That means the mind can hear what’s being said and can think about something else at the same time.
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If you have a negative idea about the speaker or the topic, you’ll find it difficult to listen attentively. Hostile or captive audiences often have more difficultly listening than do favorable or voluntary ones.
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If a speaker speaks “above the heads” of an audience, people find it difficult to concentrate. Speakers who use unfamiliar words or who use incomplete explanations make it more difficult to listen. Speakers who “speak down” to audiences, failing to acknowledge what the audience already knows, also create mental blocks.
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When people listen selectively, they simply block out what they don’t want to hear. For instance, many people have habits that are dangerous to their health, like smoking. However, they often choose to block out what a speaker says about health risks. They may listen to a speech and think that the speaker’s message applies to other people, not them. In other words, they hear what they want to hear and ignore what they don’t want to hear.