1、I mean, its just like a6 textbook, except its got it all online.Peter Noonan, a leader of schools, says with electronic textbooks, publishers can quickly7 the content with the latest information. He says:The worlds changing 8 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that are
2、 happening. He says digital books also cost9 than printed textbooks:Usually its in the neighborhood of between fifty and seventy dollars to10 a textbook for each student, which adds up to11 eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. We12 have purchased all of the online textboo
3、ks for our students for just under six million dollars.But the students also need13 to the Internet when they are not at school. About ten percent of students in Fairfax County do not have a computer or online access at14 . Stephen Castillo is one of them. He has to go the public library, which has
4、free15 . 1.A.readB. learnC. behaveD. speak2.A.visitB. leaveC. desireD. attend3.A.camerasB. booksC. librariesD. data4.A. printedB. orderedC. usedD. priced5.A. studentsB. colleaguesC. leadersD. friends6.A. digitalB. popularC. regularD. different7.A. presentB. provideC. chargeD. update8.A. peacefullyB.
5、 consistentlyC. steadilyD. unnoticeably9.A. lessB. moreC. higherD. better10.A. rentB. downloadC. buyD. record11.A. exactlyB. permanentlyC. doubtfullyD. roughly12.A. actuallyB. unwillinglyC. hopefullyD. fortunately13.A. entranceB. approachC. accessD. admission14.A. schoolB. workC. handD. home15.A. se
6、atsB. InternetC. textbooksD. homework第二节 语法填空 (共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)I was feeling sad because my mother was out of job. It left me wondering 16 was going to happen to us. I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. Then I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people a
7、nd the traffic. I walked much17 (slow) so I could find out where it was coming 18 . Through the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her. She was singing songs19 love and keeping on trying, and not underestimating(低估) the power within yourself. The way she was singing
8、comforted me a bit. I stood there 20 (watch) her play for about fifteen minutes, thinking that 21 must take courage to perform on her own in the middle of a crowd.She must have felt my presence because she would occasionally look in my direction. By now I was telling 22 that if she could perform in
9、front of hundreds of people 23 she didnt know, I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked over,24 (put) some money in her carriage and said, Thank you. I have been going through a rough time lately, but youve made me 25 (hope) again. 阅读 (共两节,满分50分)第一节 阅读理解 (共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)AWhether w
10、ere 2 years old or 62, our reasons for lying are mostly the same: to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others. But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a childs lie is different from an adults lie, and how the way we deceive c
11、hanges as we grow.“Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed. Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars,” says Dr. Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study. He has spent the last 15 years studying h
12、ow lying changes as kids get older, why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying. The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage. Dr. Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden c
13、ameras. Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the childs back. Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments. When the test-giver returns to the room, the child is asked if he or she looked secretly. At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didnt. By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90%, studies show.Researchers have
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