In the last few years the popularity of eBooks has exploded. The advantages are clear: You can carry as many books with you as you want. You can simply download even 7 books you like and instantly start reading instead of having to wait for the book to arrive by mail.
However, one thing hadn't changed. If you wanted to rent a book you were still forced to use hardcopy books. Until now that is Amazon. com recently announced the start of a new program where you can rent eBooks.
Where to rent eBooks?
As mentioned before, Amazon. com is the first and currently the only retailer (零售商) that has a program in place for renting eBooks. Luckily, Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world and their eBook assortment (分类) is massive. They are also the producer of the Kindle, the most popular eReader, which means you can be sure that the eBooks you rent will work.
You can currently only rent eTextbooks. But this is likely to change as soon as the word gets out that you can save money by renting eBooks.
Why rent eBooks at Amazon?
● Save money: Save up t0 80% of the normal price of the eBook.
●Decide how long you rent: From 30 days t0 360 days, you decide how long you want it. You can extend the time by as little as a day. Or simply buy the eBook if you want to keep it after all.
●Use any device: If you rent an eBook from Amazon, you can read it on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android device, Windows Phone 7. Blackberry. or Kindle. .
●Keep your notes: Do you like to keep annotations (注释) and highlights in your eBooks? Don't worry. You can always revisit your notes and highlights through Amazon. com.
How to rent eBooks?
Simply search for the eBook you want to rent on Amazon. com and select the "Rent eBooks" option. After that, a new page will open where you can select how long you’d like to rent the eBook. You can read eBooks for a period of 30 to 360 days.
You decide how long you need the eBook. If you later find out you need it for longer. you can simply extend the time. Or buy it for the normal price whenever you want.
Once you've chosen the time you want to rent the eBook, you simply go to checkout. Or you can use the "Rent now" button.
1.According to the passage, _________
A. eBooks will be changed into other types by Amazon. com
B. eBooks will replace hardcover hooks in the next few years
C. readers get a discount of at least 20% of the normal price
D. readers are able to rent eBooks only at Amazon. com now
2.To rent an eBook online, which of the following goes last?
A. open a new page
B. select the "Rent eBooks" option
C. choose a rental date
D. press "Rent now" button
3.The main purpose of the passage is to __________.
A. inform and explain B. discuss and assess
C. compare and evaluate D describe and argue
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年江苏启东中学高二上第二次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
________ by adjustments to financial systems and safety nets, some of those reforms fail to ensure that the poor are not harmed.
A. Having not accompanied
B. Not having been accompanied
C. Having not been accompanying
D. Not having accompanied
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年江西上高县二中高一上期第三次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Universities are doing everything they can to become a green campus （校园）. But there are also items students can do to make your campus more eco-friendly.
1. Recycle everything, especially paper!
There is a large amount of paper a college student goes through every term. 1. We know that these things can’t be avoided, but the way you deal with the use of all the paper can really help create a better green campus.
2. Buy green.
2. Paper, cleaning products and water are products that can be bought as recycled goods. They’re slightly more expensive than the normal products, but it’s worth it to make a green campus.
3. Walk and bike to school.
Most campuses, especially those that are trying to become a more eco-friendly campus, have pretty good public transit (公共交通系统). 3. Walking or biking will help make your campus a green university.
4. 4.
A water bottle can be refilled at any water fountain and can easily be drunk in class or while riding a bike. This will save the environment by decreasing the amount of plastic waste on your campus.
5. Buy used clothing.
It is usually thought of as something to do to save money. 5. Recycling clothes minimizes the use of resources to make clothing and reduce the problem of worldwide sweatshops.
A. It is also good for the environment!
B. Carry a water bottle.
C. Buy recycled goods as much as possible.
D. Used clothing can be bought at some stores
E. Besides, almost all universities are pedestrian (步行者) friendly.
F. Universities call on all the students to learn to recycle all the waste paper.
G. It includes class notes, term papers, student newspapers and so on.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2017届四川成都石室中学高三上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
My first lesson is at a meeting. As we settle around the table I hear Meg, who is a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. “Thank you so much for my daughters to their dance lessons last week.” “Don’t mention it,” Judith says, “It was nothing.”
Knowing how Judith’s schedule is, with her work, kids and aging parents, I find her driving Meg’s children to lessons unbelievably . I am about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, enters the room . She apologizes for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who are over seventy. “That is so nice of you,” I say, how busy she is, how she doesn’t like to cook and clean. “Oh,” she says, waving her hand, “It was nothing.” , I can still tell the in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.
Seeing their to help others selflessly, I start thinking about the concept of “nothing”, this way of living--- had it really been nothing or are they simply saying that? It to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend a speech she was going to deliver. I her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more . After the fifth try, she finally it. She hugged me with , saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.
Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me. I learned that giving from the heart doesn’t mean sacrifice and hard work. The is finding something we love to do and finding someone who that something. Our generosity can benefit others ourselves. Once you have a good of it, it’s nothing. And it’s really something.
1.A. recovering from B. adapting to C. going through D. rejoicing in
2.A. guiding B. fetching C. driving D. dragging
3.A. common B. tight C. strange D. practical
4.A. ridiculous B. eccentric C. tiresome D. generous
5.A. hastily B. angrily C. disappointedly D. unexpectedly
6.A. ignoring B. knowing C. forgetting D. predicting
7.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Somehow
8.A. pleasure B. sadness C. surprise D. regret
9.A. progress B. ambition C. promise D. willingness
10.A. refers B. appears C. occurs D. seems
11.A. prepare for B. put up C. give away D. deal with
12.A. begged B. invited C. recommended D. sponsored
13.A. confusing B. sensible C. sensitive D. typical
14.A. got B. meant C. caught D. made
15.A. concern B. worry C. gratitude D. apology
16.A. normally B. accidentally C. necessarily D. possibly
17.A. treat B. trick C. plot D. plan
18.A. needs B. admires C. loves D. defends
19.A. on account of B. as well as C. except for D. regardless of
20.A. order B. glimpse C. impression D. command
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年内蒙古高二上第二次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中有10处语言错误。每句中至多有两处错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
John, a heavy smoker, once feel bad-tempered. His hands started shaking and he coughed a lot, so he turned to his doctor for help. “Quit smoking,” the doctor advised. Find the advice sensible from several points, such as money, healthy, and cleanliness, John decided to give up smoking. However, for several hour without a cigarette, John was nervous and had a difficulty in concentrating, inability to sleep, what made him more hungry for a cigarette. He said to himself, “One more, I will quit it tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a suitable day of me to break away from the bad habit…” Then he picked up a cigarette which made her relaxed. Again and again John made up his mind to do it “tomorrow”. Today John is still addicted for smoking.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年内蒙古高一上第二次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空（不多于3个单词），并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1---10的相应位置上。
When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class! Just imagine how __1.__(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other __2._(choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer — something to pride myself in. But the hard part __3.__(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from __4.__ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech __5.__ my memory and in front of such a big audience ! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs __6._(shake) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found __7._ back，giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After __8.__ seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then __9.__, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it，__10.__ we will be able to achieve our goals.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林省吉林市高二5月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
最近我市政府决定建设高速铁路，围绕这个话题。你班进行了一次讨论。
70%的同学支持这项计划，理由：
1）方便市民出行，减少城市交通堵塞 2）有效地控制城市空气污染
30%的同学反对，理由：
1）造价太高 2）工期太长，影响市民生活。
陈述自己的立场，观点。开头已给，不列入词数。（100词左右）
Recently our class had a discussion about whether the high-speed railway should be built in our city. The results are as follows.__________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年湖南长沙一中高一上第三次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs—what do they have in common? They are, of course, all Americans. And according to a survey by social networking site baidu. com, they all best illustrate(举例说明) the word “cool”.
But just what does it mean to say someone is “cool”? Most would answer that it is something to do with being independent-minded and not following the crowd.
Yale University art professor Robert Farris Thompson says that the term “cool” goes back to 15th century West African philosophy. “Cool” relates to ideas of grace under pressure.
“In Africa,” he writes, “coolness is a positive quality which combines calmness, silence, and life.”
The modern idea of “cool” developed largely in the US in the period after World War II. “Post-war ‘cool’ was in part an expression of war-weariness (厌战情绪), . . . it went against the strict social rules of the time,” write sociologists Dick Pountain and David Robins in Cool Rules: Anatomy of an Attitude.
But it was the American actor James Dean who became the symbol for “cool” in the hugely successful 1955 movie Rebel without a Cause. Dean plays a tough guy who disobeys his parents and the authorities. He always gets the girl, smokes cigarettes, wears a leather jacket and beats up bullies. In the movie, Dean showed what “cool” would mean to American young people for the next 60 years.
Today the focus of “cool” has changed to athletics (体育运动) stars. Often in movies about schools, students gain popularity on the athletics field more than in the classroom. This can be seen quite clearly in movies like Varsity Blues and John Tucker Must Die.
But many teenagers also think being smart is cool. Chess and other thinking games have been becoming more popular in schools.
“Call it the Harry Potterization of America—a time when being smart is the new cool,” writes journalist Joe Sunnen.
1.If you were considered “cool” in Africa in the 15th century, you_____.
A. thought and acted differently from the majority
B. had a calm and quiet attitude towards life
C. didn’t observe rules and authorities
D. had all kinds of “bad” manners
2.The heroes in Varsity Blues and John Tucker Must Die are likely to be those who ________.
A. do very well in their studies
B. are very skilled at sports
C. are good at chess and other thinking games.
D. have supernatural powers like Harry Potter
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?
A. It is generally considered “cool” to be independent-minded and not to follow the crowd.
B. “Cool” was used as early as the 15th century.
C. Disobeying one’s parents and the authorities is considered “cool” among American young people nowadays.
D. Getting the first place in an exam can also be considered “cool”.
4.What does the article mainly talk about?
A. The origin of the word “cool”.
B. The kinds of people who are “cool”.
C. The changing meaning of the word “cool”.
D. How to be a “ cool” person.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年广东湛江一中高二上第二次大考英语卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假设你是新华中学的李华同学。你们学校将要挑选一批学生赴美国交流学习，你觉得这是一很好的机会，希望能够获得这次机会。请写一封自荐信，包括以下要点：
1. 个人的主要情况；
2. 英语水平；
3. 性格特点和兴趣爱好；
4. 希望通过交流实现的目标。
注意：1.文章开头已给出，不计入总词数；2. 字数：100字左右
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Li Hua. __________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话：027-86699610 举报邮箱：58377363@163.com
