Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. E- books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautious about piracy(盗版) and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license e-books with most libraries.
Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of e-readers(电子阅读器) are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing e-books instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live， book files can be downloaded at home. The files disappear from the device when they are due.
E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible(不兼容的) e-book formats, devices and licenses. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, which secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files in every format. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by Over Drive’s global market dominance(优势), as the company can control fees and conditions. Publishers were annoyed when OverDrive cooperated with Amazon, the world’s biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon’s website, where they must use their Amazon account to secure a loan.
According to Pew, an opinion researcher, library users are a perfect market for Amazon. Late last year Amazon introduced its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month.
Library supporters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new works. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey»which found that more than half of Americans with library cards say they prefer to buy their e-books.
So publishers keep adjusting their lending arrangements in search of the right balance.
Random House raised its licensing price’s earlier this year, and Harper Collins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times.
1.It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that ________.
A.several big publishers have sold e-books to libraries
B.most publishers are hesitant to cooperate with libraries
C.libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishers
D.libraries and publishers face the same problem of e-books’ piracy
2.Why are publishers worried that people will switch to electronic borrowing?
A.E-books must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.
B.There is no time limit for the book files downloaded on the device.
C.There are lots of different and incompatible e-book formats available.
D.Book sales may drop sharply because of convenient electronic borrowing.
3.We can learn from the text that ________.
A.Amazon is adopting measures to win more customers
B.e-books can be lent at libraries as many times as you like
C.Over Drive distributes e-books and audio files to publishers
D.over half of Americans are borrowing e-boo from libraries
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.The Hopeful Future of Publishing Business
B.The Uncertain Economics of Lending E-books
C.The Dull Relationship between Libraries and Publishers
D.The Close Cooperation between OverDrive and Amazon
Essentially, everyone has two ages. a chronological（按时间计算的）age, how old the calendar says you are, and a biological age, basically the age at which your body functions as it compares to average fitness or health levels.
“Chronological age isn’t how old we really are. It’s merely a number,” said Professor David Sinclair at Harvard University. “It is biological age that determines our health and ultimately our lifespan. We all age biologically at different rates according to our genes, what we eat, how much we exercise, and what environment we live in. Biological age is the number of candles we really should be blowing out. In the future, with advances in our ability to control biological age, we may have even fewer candles on our birthday cake than the previous one.”
To calculate biological age, Professor Levine at Yale University identified nine biomarker(生物标志) that seemed to be the most influential on lifespan by a simple blood test. The numbers of those markers, such as blood sugar and immune(免疫的) measures, can be put into the computer, and the algorithm（算式;算法）does the rest.
Perhaps what’s most important here is that these measures can be changed. Doctors can take this information and help patients make changes to lifestyle, and hopefully take steps to improve their biological conditions. “I think the most exciting thing about this research is that these things aren’t set in stone,” Levine said. “People can be given the information earlier and take steps to improve their health before it’s too late.”
Levine even entered her own numbers into the algorithm. She was surprised by the results. “I always considered myself a very healthy person. I’m physically active; I eat what I consider a fairly healthy diet. But I did not find my results to be as good as I had hoped they would be. It was a wake-up call,” she said.
Levine is working with a group to provide access to the algorithm online so that anyone can calculate their biological age, identify potential risks and take steps to improve their own health in the long run. “No one wants to live an extremely long life with a lot of chronic（慢性的）diseases,”
Levine said. “By delaying the development of mental and physical functioning problems, people can still be engaged in society in their senior years. That is the ideal we should be pursuing.”
1.By saying “we may have even fewer candles on our birthday cake than the previous one” in Para. 2, the author means .
A.we don’t have to celebrate our birthday every year
B.we are chronologically older than last year
C.we might be less happy than the previous year
D.we may be biologically younger than the year before
2.According to Prof. Levine, what is the most exciting thing about her research?
A.The measures are not fixed.
B.Health services can be set up.
C.The problems are not that serious.
D.The research results are written in stone.
3.What does the author want to tell us by Levine’s example in Para. 5?
A.It is necessary to change our diet regularly.
B.The test results may give us wrong information.
C.Waking up early in the morning is good for our fitness.
D.The algorithm can reveal our potential health problems.
4.The ultimate goal of Levine’s research is to .
A.free people from chronic diseases
B.work out a solution to genetic problems
C.keep people socially active even in old age
D.provide people with access to scientific theory
Choosing where to live may be one of the biggest decisions you’ll make when you move to Sydney, but you’ll have plenty of help.
Temporary arrival accommodation
Before you move to Sydney, we recommend that you book a temporary place to stay. Once you get here, you can look for longer-term accommodation.
--sydney.edu.au/accommodation/short-term
On-campus-residential colleges (fully catered饮食全包的)
The University has eight residential colleges on the Camperdown/Darlington Campus, including International House, a residential community of global scholars. Colleges provide comfortable, fully furnished single rooms and daily meals, along with sporting, cultural, leadership and social programs. They also include on-site tutorials(辅导课) in addition to campus-based classes.
--sydney.edu.au/colleges
On-campus residences (self-catered饮食自理的)
The University has two self-run residences—Queen Mary Building (QMB) and Abercrombie Student Accommodation—on the Camperdown/Darlington Campus. Both just under a year old, they house up to 1000 students. These residences provide modern single-study rooms with large common living, learning and study spaces, shared kitchens, a theatre, gyms, soundproofed music rooms, art studios, sky lounges and rooftop gardens.
--sydney.edu.au/campus-life/accommodation/live-on-campus.html
Off-campus living
More than 90 percent of our students live off campus. The University is close to many dynamic and multicultural suburbs such as Annandale, Newtown, Chippendale and Glebe. A great place to search is our large online database of properties.
--sydney.edu.au/campus-life/accommodation/live-off-campus.html
1.Where can you find a place to live temporarily?
A. On “sydney.edu.au/colleges”.
B. On “sydney.edu.au/accommodation/short-term”.
C. On “sydney.edu.au/campus-life/accommodation/live-on-campus.html”.
D. On “sydney.edu.au/campus-life/accommodation/live-off-campus.html”.
2.What do students living in QMB have access to?
A. Their own kitchens.
B. On-site tutorials.
C. Daily meals.
D. Gyms.
3.What is the most popular choice among students?
A. Living off campus.
B. Living in host families.
C. Living in self-catered flats on campus.
D. Living in fully catered houses on campus.
为了激发同学们的想象力和对未来生活的猜想，你校的英语报开办了专栏Future Life。请你根据以下提示为专栏撰稿，介绍一下你想象中的未来的汽车:
1.机器人操作，能避免车祸；
2.可以折叠，占用空间小；
3.水、陆、空三用，适用于各种路况；
4.相信你梦想中的汽车会很快成为现实。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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:在错的词下画一横线，并在该词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。
The first time I went to the zoo was several years ago，with parents.Yesterday I went to the zoo with some classmates.Arriving here，we got a guidebook and started walking round a zoo.We all got pretty exciting about visiting the animals.But something in their eyes made me to think they might enjoy live in the wild rather than be kept in a cage.One classmate might have guessed what had come in my mind，as he tells me at least in this way we had a good chance to know more about the animals.I don’t know.Maybe some days there will have a better way to see and study them.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
One morning，a bus was running，in which were some people 1. (go) to work. Suddenly，a car rushed out from a nearby road；the bus 2. (force) to stop. It was a car taking pictures of a wedding (婚礼)，3. (follow) by a line of slow－moving wedding cars.The passengers started to complain that they would be late 4. work，but the bus driver just sat in his seat 5. (quiet) and rang the horn (喇叭) from time to time.
Someone said to the driver，“No use ringing the horn；they won’t make way for you.You’d better rush through the line.”
The driver turned back and said with 6. smile，“I’m ringing the horn not to urge them to make way for 7. (I)，but to wish them happiness.”After a second，he added，“Marriage is a happy thing，so we have a chance 8. (make) way for others’ happiness.Isn’t it a happy thing？”
The passengers on the bus calmed down.
9. is a happy thing to make way for others’ happiness.The one 10. has such a feeling is certainly a happy person.
