Apple has entered the textbook market. The tech giant（科技巨头） introduced iBooks textbooks a couple of weeks ago when it announced its iBooks 2 platform. They are digital books in many subjects taking in science, maths, history and geography.

Apple developed its iPad-based textbooks in conjunction with（连接）major textbook publishers. The company offers a collection of textbooks for high school students.

Apple says it offers a “new textbook experience” and suggests its iBooks textbooks are “the next chapter in learning”. It sounds like good news for pupils and students. Think of it. No more carrying heavy backpacks full of textbooks. Every textbook you require can be stored on your iPad. No more having to buy expensive textbooks which you will only use for a year or two and then sell or give away.

Of course there’s a catch. You need to own an iPad and as you know, it is not cheap. You also need to buy digital textbooks, mostly priced each at $14.99 (94.74 yuan) or less. Textbook publishing was worth $ 8.7 billion in the US alone last year. And the rest, as they say, is history. Will Apple revolutionize learning? Will digital books take over completely in education? That remains to be seen.

57. What is the best title of the text?

　 A. Apple Enters New Market　　　　　　　　　　　 B. A Different Way of Learning

　 C. Experience Digital Texbooks　　　　　　　　　 D. Say Good-bye to Tradition

58. iBooks textbooks will do good to pupils and students because ________.

　 A. they are free to get　　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 B. they are easy to carry

　 C. they are ipad-based　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. they are favorite gifts

59. The underlined words “a catch” in Paragraph 4 are closest in meaning to “________.”

　 A. an advantage　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a surprise

　 C. a problem　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. an order

60. What can we know from that last paragraph?

　 A. iPad-based textbooks have changed our learning.

　 B. Traditional textbooks will be replaced sooner or later.

　 C. Apple has earned a lot from the textbook market.

　 D. Digital books have disadvantages and advantages.

　　Gates, William Henry Ⅲ, is the American business executive（管理人员）who serves as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corporation, the leading computer software（软件）company in the United States. Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 together with his high school friend Paul Allen. The company's success made Gates one of the most successful figures in the computer industry and, at last the richest person in the world.

　　Born in Seattle, Washington, Gates attended public school through the sixth grade. In the seventh grade he entered Seattle's exclusive Lakeside School, where he met Paul Allen. Gates was first introduced to computers and programming languages in 1968, when he was in the eight grade. That year Lakeside bought a teletype（电传打字）machine that connected to a main computer over phone lines. At that time, the school was one of the few that provided students with access（连接）to a computer.

　　Soon afterwards, Gates, Allen, and other students persuaded a local computer company to give them free access to its PDP--10, a new mini-computer made by Digital Equipment Corporation. In exchange for the computer time, the students tried to find flaws（缺陷）in the system. Gates spent much of his free time on the PDP--10, learning programming languages such as BASIC, FORTRAN, and LISP, In 1972 Gates and Allen founded Traf--0-- Data, a company that designed and built computerized car--counting machines for traffic analysis（分析）. The project served to introduce them to programmable 8006 microprocessor（微处理器）from Intel Corporation.

(1) We can judge that an exclusive school is one that is ________.

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A．very old

B．the only one

C．not found elsewhere and is for the wealthy only

D．not open to students with average intelligence

(2) Which of the following gives the right order of how Gates prepared himself to enter the computer industry?

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a．learned the basic knowledge and skill of the computer

b．was allowed to use a mini-computer freely

c．got to know 8006 microprocessor for the first time

d．spent much time learning programming languages

e．founded Traf--0--Data

(3) In which field were the products of Traf-- 0--Data mainly used?

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