Electronic books have changed the way many people read for pleasure. Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.
More than one hundred seventy-five thousand students attend the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed from printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.
Luke Rosa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School. His students work on laptop puters at school. He explains the idea to them this way. “I mean, it’s just like a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.”
Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent (助理监督) of schools, said, “The world’s changing. And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that are happening.” Digital books also cost less than printed textbooks, he said.
A student named Melanie Reuter said, “I don’t have to carry a textbook around, so that’s nice.”
But another student said, “I don’t like it because the Internet sometimes doesn’t work.”
Students also need access to the Internet when they are not at school. About ten percent of students in Fairfax Country do not have a puter or online access at home. Public libraries in the country have free Internet. There are also after-school puter labs as well as puter clubhouse supported by the country. Middle school student Slieman Hakim is happy about that. He said, “My family only has one puter; my sister and I both do our homework on it. So I e here to do my homework. It’s good.”
Other school systems in the area are also considering online textbooks.
【小题1】Which of the following is /are NOT used when students have social studies classes?A．Paper textbooks.B．The Internet.C．Computers.D．Electronic textbooks.【小题2】According to the passage, one of the disadvantages of digital textbooks is that .A．they are more expensiveB．they can’t be used if the puter is offlineC．they’re soon out of dateD．reading online does harm to the students’ eyes【小题3】Why does Slieman Hakim feel happy?A．He is offered a free puter to do his homework.B．He doesn’t have to do his homework at home.C．He has access to the Internet to study at any place.D．He needn’t share a puter with his sister to do homework.【小题4】What can we learn from the passage?A．The lessons online are pletely different from those in paper textbooks.B．Digital textbooks are more beautiful than paper textbooks.C．All students like digital textbooks because they are new.D．Students can do their homework in the puter clubhouses.【小题5】The passage aims to .A．report the use of electronic textbooks in schoolB．show how to use electronic textbooks C．encourage more schools to use electronic textbooksD．tell readers electronic textbooks will replace regular textbooksA
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解析：本文主要讲述的就是现在广泛流行的电子书的话题，也介绍了一些不电子书的缺点，在文章最后还提及了这些缺点的解决方法。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据第一段最后一句This school year, middle schools and high schools changed from printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.说明进行social studies classes这样的课程需要使用网络和电子书，当然还需要有电脑。A项是纸书，是不需要的。故A正确。
【小题2】B 细节题。根据第五段But another student said, “I don’t like it because the Internet sometimes doesn’t work.”说明有时候网络不行也就不能使用电子书了，故B正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段最后3行Middle school student Slieman Hakim is happy about that. He said, “My family only has one puter; my sister and I both do our homework on it. So I e here to do my homework. It’s good.”他很开心的原因是不需要和妹妹抢电脑做作业了，可以来到puter clubhouse，故D正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段Public libraries in the country have free Internet. There are also after-school puter labs as well as puter clubhouse supported by the country. Middle school student Slieman Hakim is happy about that. He said, “My family only has one puter; my sister and I both do our homework on it. So I e here to do my homework. It’s good.”说明这些学生可以到这些东西来做作业。故D项正确。
【小题5】A 推理题。本文主要讲述的就是现在广泛流行的电子书的话题，也介绍了一些不电子书的缺点，在文章最后还提及了这些缺点的解决方法。故A正确。