2018-2019学年江苏省苏州市张家港高级中学高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

2018-2019学年江苏省苏州市张家港高级中学高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

‎2018-2019学年江苏省苏州市张家港高级中学高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 本卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题），满分150分。考试时间120分钟。‎ 命题人：陈爱云 第Ⅰ卷（选择题,共95分）‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20 分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分 5分）‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ 1. How much did the man tip the woman? ‎ A. $1. B. $10. C. $100.‎ 2. How will the woman go home? ‎ A. Walk. B. Run. C. Drive.‎ 3. What meal will the speakers eat? ‎ A. Breakfast. B. Lunch. C. Dinner.‎ 4. Who was at the door? ‎ A. The postman. B. The man’s friend. C. The woman’s brother.‎ 5. When will the tomatoes be ready? ‎ A. Right now. B. In three weeks. C. In two months.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ 6. Where are the speakers? ‎ A. At a hotel. B. At a store. C. At a restaurant.‎ 7. How does the woman feel in the end?‎ A. Excited. B. Sick. C. Scared.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ 8. Who left the company? ‎ A. Lisa. B. Steve. C. Tim.‎ 9. What has the man been trying to do? ‎ A. Give up coffee. B. Go to bed earlier. C. Employ a new employee.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ 1. Where is the man? ‎ A. On a farm. B. In a restaurant. C. At a grocery store.‎ 2. What does the man like to put on his biscuits? ‎ A. Cheese. B. Peanuts. C. Honey.‎ 3. What does the man think of the biscuits? ‎ A. They taste bad. B. They’re too big. C. They break easily.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ 4. Who is Mr. Taylor? ‎ A. A teacher. B. The parent of a student. C. The school headmaster.‎ 5. Why does the woman keep the curtains closed? ‎ A. She wants to get some sleep.‎ B. It gets too hot in the classroom.‎ C. Sunlight makes the children act wild.‎ 6. How long should the children be outside, according to the man? ‎ A. Less than an hour. B. At least one hour. C. Half a day.‎ 7. What are the man’s students like after they run around outside? ‎ A. They are quiet. B. They can’t sit quietly. C. They fight with each other.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ 8. Where is the park located? ‎ A. In West Africa. B. In Southeast Asia. C. In South America.‎ 9. What is true about the park? ‎ A. There are over 900 types of plants.‎ B. Visitors can’t get close to the birds.‎ C. There’s a lot of room to walk around.‎ 10. How high is the waterfall? ‎ A. 30 meters. B. 50 meters. C. 100 meters.‎ 11. When does the All Stars Bird Show start? ‎ A. At 9:00 a.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:00 p.m.‎ 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ 12. Facebook is a very famous social networking website founded in 2004 ________ millions of people interact with one another. ‎ A. when B. that C. which D. where 13. ‎________ about the application of the strategy(策略), most teenagers are interested in the novel ________ the Second World War.‎ A. Concerned, concerned B. Concerning, concerning ‎ C. Concerned, concerning D. Concerning, concerned 14. Don’t trust such people ________ praise you to your face but speak ill of you behind your back. ‎ A. who B. whoever C. that D. as 1. The system has been meant to give students quick and easy ________ to the digital resources of the library.‎ A. access B. passage C. way D. approach 2. ‎________ of the land in that district _________ covered with trees and grass.‎ A. Two-fifth; is B. Two-fifth; are C. Two-fifths; is D. Two-fifths; are 3. With time going by, we have come to realize that creativity is _________ it takes to keep a nation highly competitive.‎ A. what B. how C. which D. that 4. A large quantity of water _________ polluted in the past twenty years across China.‎ A. is B. are C. has been D. have been ‎ 5. When ________ how a statue from distant Greece could have appeared in China, researchers explained that ________ this was a result of Alexander the Great’s influence.‎ A. asking; no doubt B. asking; no wonder C. asked; no doubt D. asked; no wonder 6. The speaker _________ from his seat and _________ his voice, looking excited.‎ A. raised; raised B. rose; raised C. rose; rose D. raised; rose 7. Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.‎ A. Result from B. attend to C. contribute to D. lead in 8. It was with his iron-fist approach ________ corruption in the southern state ________ the 70-year-old man built a political name.‎ A. to fighting, where B. of fighting, that C. of fighting, where D. to fighting, that ‎32. Even in some developed countries, disabled people are ______ to be denied health care than other people.‎ ‎ A. three times as likely B. as likely three times ‎ C. three times more likely D. more likely three times ‎ ‎33. He differed _________ other people __________ he always looked further ahead in his work.‎ ‎ A. from; in which B. from; in that C. with; in which D. with; in that ‎34. To my surprise, I never thought I _________ those kinds of books.‎ ‎ A. was of benefit to B. was beneficial to C. benefited D. benefited from 35. ‎— I’m glad that we have finished this task successfully. ‎ ‎—________. There is still a lot of work to be done here. ‎ A. You can say that again B. It’s hard to say C. I’d rather you didn’t D. Far from it 第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know where she’s been during her great worldwide vacation in a(n) 36 way.‎ The traveler, who was 37 with a bone disease, had her right leg 38 at the age of four. 39 the amputation (截肢) caused hardships for Gallagher early on, she, at the age of 22 now, 40 it as an inspiration for making the 41 of her life.‎ To spread that 42 , Gallagher has 43 to social media, 44 she shares photos of her travels across the world, but instead of 45 using a geotag (地理标签), she draws her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.‎ Now she has been taking pictures 46 Europe. “I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden 47 that my new leg could be used as a blackboard,” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother weren’t too 48 the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”‎ Gallagher said people often stare when she’s 49 on her leg, but once she shares the photos, she 50 only praise and encouragement. “My leg hasn’t 51 me from doing anything I’ve wanted to do,” she said. “I don’t know 52 it is my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, but anyhow, I’ve been able to 53 up with my peers and lead a pretty great life.”‎ Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the 54 of your dream. And if you meet with an obstacle (障碍), get 55 with it— if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.‎ ‎36. A. common B. right C. simple D. special ‎37. A. born B. charged C. filled D. linked ‎38. A. cured B. treated C. cut D. kept ‎39. A. Unless B. Although C. Once D. Since ‎40. A. considers B. thinks C. treats D. looks ‎41. A. coolest B. best C. worst D. fullest ‎42. A. evidence B. news C. message D. schedule ‎43. A. applied B. belonged C. stuck D. turned ‎44. A. which B. that C. as D. where ‎45. A. simply B. officially C. enthusiastically D. reasonably ‎46. A. across B. through C. about D. for ‎ ‎47. A. attitude B. thought C. belief D. opinion ‎48. A. curious about B. fond of C. patient with D. afraid of ‎49. A. walking B. reporting C. writing D. standing ‎50. A. accepts B. takes C. likes D. receives ‎51. A. protected B. preserved C. stopped D. defended ‎52. A. why B. that C. if D. what ‎53. A. make B. come C. put D. keep ‎ ‎54. A. way B. corner C. course D. bottom ‎55. A. satisfied B. creative C. familiar D. connected 第三部分 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎ A Your True Stories A PURR-FECT ANSWER As a kindergarten teacher, I work with students of different reading abilities. One day, I was ‎ helping a student who was struggling to learn the letter sounds. I used flash cards with letters and pictures to help. I showed him the letters and a picture of a snake to call attention to the sound. Sss, snake. Next came the letter c. He couldn’t remember the sound, so I showed him a picture of a cat. When I asked him to tell me the sound of c, he looked puzzled and said, “Meow?”‎ PIANO WOMAN When I saved a piano from an old house, I had not considered that I would need assistance moving it from the back of my pickup truck into my home. Finally, I had to drive around with it for several days. One day, a police officer pulled me over. He had seen me before and asked why I was driving around with a piano in my truck bed. I told him that my car radio had broken and I couldn’t afford a new one. He laughed—and he let me go without a ticket.‎ SEE DAD RUN Like most dads, I imagine, I’d always assumed that my three-year-old son looked up to me as a superhero. Until one day, that is, when, having picked him up from school, I saw that we were about to miss our bus and decided to make a run for it. Once we were safely aboard, I noticed that my son was staring at me with his big blue eyes. “What’s the matter?” I asked him, still out of breath. He whispered, “Daddy, I didn’t know you could run.”‎ SNACK EMERGENCY ‎ After moving to the country, my three-year-old daughter and I were often alone in our house. Because we lived in a rural area with no close neighbors, I wanted to make sure she would be able to call 911 in the event that something happened to me. After instructing her, I decided to test her: “OK, what would you do if you found me on the floor and you couldn’t wake me up?” I could see her little brain working. To my surprise, she said, “I would go into the kitchen and eat anything I want.”‎ ‎56. Why did the police officer laugh and let the woman go without a ticket?‎ A. Because the woman didn’t break any traffic rules on purpose that day.‎ B. Because the police officer had seen the woman for several times before.‎ C. Because the woman was wise enough to give him appropriate explanations.‎ D. Because the police officer was so kind and friendly that he wanted to help her.‎ ‎57. What do you think of the stories?‎ A. Fun B. Caring C. Confusing D. Amazing B Are You Listening to What Your Heart Is Telling You?‎ Wearable technology is getting a lot of attention these days. These devices are becoming increasingly more integrated into our daily lives and are providing new insights into our personal activity and fitness levels. According to IDC Research, the worldwide wearables market will reach 45.7 million units shipped by the end of 2015 and 126.1 million units in 2019.‎ To date, the vast majority of that growth has been in basic activity trackers like the Fitbit One and the Jawbone UP that use an accelerometer (加速计) to measure movement and translate those measurements into estimates of step counts, calories burned, distance travelled and other metrics (度量标准). However, these devices won’t tell you how your body responded to that movement. In other words, while an activity tracker can estimate that you’ve taken 10,000 steps in a day, it ‎ can’t tell you how hard your body worked to take those 10,000 steps or how your body recovered from that effort. Measurements of both physical activity and the body’s response to physical activity are important components in determining whether you’re actually improving your health and fitness.‎ This can be explained by what exercise scientists refer to as workload. Workload is defined as the amount of time spent doing an activity or workout multiplied by the intensity of that activity. For example, to burn approximately 400 calories you can work out for an hour at low intensity or work out for 20 minutes at very high intensity. This may seem obvious, but while basic activity trackers can be good at measuring how many steps you’ve taken, they are incapable of telling you how your body actually responded to those steps. The best way to quantify your body’s true response to workload is by continuously and accurately measuring heart rate.‎ With accurate information about your workloads and level of effort you are on your way to getting much better insight into your health and fitness. For example, with training you will start to see improvements in your cardiac efficiency (心效率). This is why more companies are adding continuous heart rate monitoring to their next-gen wearable products. You can expect to see this trend continue as consumers get more value from the powerful insights that accurate heart rate data can provide.‎ ‎58. What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 2?‎ ‎ A. The disadvantages of basic activity trackers. ‎ B. The metrics of future wearable technology. ‎ ‎ C. The growth in wearable devices.‎ D. Important physical activities.‎ ‎59. According to the passage, the next-gen wearable products will be better than basic activity trackers in that ___________.‎ ‎ A. they are like the Fitbit One and the Jawbone UP B. they are good at measuring your physical activity C. they are likely to have a sensor monitoring heart rate ‎ D. they are able to estimate step counts, calories burned and distance travelled ‎60. In which column of the newspaper can this passage most probably be found?‎ A. Advertisement. B. Finance. C. Medicine. D. Science.‎ C Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse, and when he arrived in this hard world, it was very doubtful whether he would live beyond the first three minutes. He lay on a hard little bed and struggled to start breathing.‎ ‎ Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth. One was an old woman, who was nearly always drunk, and the other was a busy local doctor, who was not paid enough to be very interested in Oliver’s survival. ____________________.‎ ‎ However, Oliver managed to draw his first breath, and then announced his arrival to the rest of the workhouse by crying loudly. His mother raised her pale young face from the pillow and whispered, “Let me see the child, and die.”‎ ‎ The doctor turned away from the fire, where he had been warming his hands. “You must not talk about dying yet,” he said to her kindly. He gave her the child to hold. Lovingly, she kissed the ‎ baby on its forehead with her cold white lips, then stared wildly around the room, fell back—and died. “Poor dear!” said the nurse, hurriedly putting a green glass bottle back in the pocket of her long skirt.‎ ‎ The doctor began to put on his coat. “The baby is weak and will probably have difficulties,” he said. “If so, give it a little milk to keep it quiet.” Then he looked at the dead woman. “The mother was a good-looking girl. Where did she come from?”‎ ‎ “She was brought here last night,” replied the old woman. “She was found lying in the street. She’d walked some distance, judging by her shoes, which were worn to pieces. Where she came from, where she was going to, or what her name was, nobody knows.”‎ ‎ The doctor lifted the girl’s left hand. “The old story,” he said sadly, shaking his head. “No wedding ring, I see. Ah! Good night.”‎ ‎ And so Oliver was left with only the drunken nurse. Without clothes, under his first blanket, he could have been the child of a king or a beggar. But when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothes, yellow with age, he looked exactly what he was—an orphan in a workhouse, ready for a life of misery, hunger, and neglect.‎ ‎ Oliver cried loudly. If he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan, perhaps he would have cried even more loudly.‎ ‎ There was no one to look after the baby in the workhouse, so Oliver was sent to a special “baby farm” nearby. There, he and thirty other children rolled around the floor all day, without the inconvenience of too much food or too much clothing. Mrs Mann, the old woman who “looked after” them, was very experienced. She knew what was good for children, and a full stomach was very dangerous to their health. She also knew what was good for herself, so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children’s food. The board responsible for the orphans sometimes checked on the health of the children, but they always sent the beadle, a kind of local policeman, to announce their visit the day before. So whenever the board arrived, of course, the children were always neat and clean.‎ ‎ This was the way Oliver was brought up. Consequently, at the age of nine he was a pale, thin child and short for his age. But despite frequent beatings by Mrs Mann, his spirit was strong, which was probably the reason why he managed to reach the age of nine at all.‎ ‎ On Oliver’s ninth birthday, Mr Bumble, the beadle, came to the house to see Mrs Mann. Through the front window Mrs Mann saw him at the gate, and turned quickly to the girl who worked with her.‎ ‎ “Quick! Take Oliver and those others upstairs to be washed!” she said. Then she ran out to unlock the gate which was always kept locked.‎ ‎61. According to the passage, a workhouse was where ________.‎ ‎ A. many women died unexpectedly B. workers helped each other ‎ C. the poor and homeless lived D. people were only interested in money ‎62. Which of the following is true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Oliver was born into the world on a cold day.‎ ‎ B. Many people, especially women, drank heavily at that time.‎ ‎ C. The children in the baby farm were taken good care of.‎ ‎ D. Doctors were usually paid too little for the work they did.‎ ‎63. Which sentence is most suitable for the blank in Paragraph 2?‎ ‎ A. Therefore, he felt very lonely in the world.‎ ‎ B. Frightened at the sight of the two, he started to cry.‎ ‎ C. After all, death was a common event in the workhouse.‎ ‎ D. In fact, the world was privileged to have him in it.‎ ‎64. It can be inferred that the gate of the baby farm was always kept locked in order to ________.‎ ‎ A. protect the children inside from dangers outside ‎ B. prevent official visitors walking in unexpectedly ‎ C. keep the children inside working all the time ‎ D. ensure the children were always neat and clean ‎65. According to the passage, Mrs Mann ________.‎ ‎ A. was mad keen on looking after children ‎ B. provided children with little food and few comforts ‎ C. beat children frequently to make them mentally strong ‎ D. cared little about Mr Bumble’s abrupt appearance 第四部分：七选五（共5小题；每小题2 分，共10分）‎ 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。选项中的两项为多途选项。‎ A good laugh is like a mild workout (锻炼). It exercises the muscles, gets the blood flowing, decreases blood pressure and improves sleep patterns and the immune system. ____66___.‎ Don’t take life too seriously. We all have obstacles in life and we all make mistakes. ____67____ In fact, if you can laugh light-heartedly at your own fault, you’ll find that you give yourself that extra happiness and confidence increase that can get you over any obstacle.‎ Find the humor in a bad situation. Sure, there are some situations where you are really sad. ____68____ The next time you feel the stress levels rising, take a minute to think about the funny side of the situation and laugh over the things you cannot control. This will lower your blood pressure, blood sugar levels and heart rate.‎ Remind yourself of funny moments from the past. Perhaps a friend told you a great joke the other day or your children or pets did something amusing. ____69____ Sometimes just reliving (重温，再次体验) a funny moment can cause the endorphins(内啡肽), natural painkillers, to kick in.‎ ‎____70____ As the saying goes, laughter is contagious(会传染的）. So make a point of (重视) seeking out positive people who aren’t afraid to laugh at themselves and are good at finding humor in life’s situations. Young children are especially skilled at finding laughter and joy in everyday moments.‎ A. Take control over your emotions.‎ B. There is no reason to blame yourself for it.‎ C. However, most situations in life have funny sides.‎ D. Surround yourself with fun people who like to laugh a lot.‎ E. The following are some ways to enjoy more laughter and joy in your life.‎ F. Studies show that people with pets have lower levels of depression and stress.‎ G. Call on these memories frequently, especially when feeling sad, angry or stressed.‎ 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共55分）‎ 第五部分 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎71. Practice speaking English as often as possible, and g ▲ you will find your spoken English improving.‎ ‎72. At the conference, the director made an o ▲ statement that the company decided to fire some employees.‎ ‎73. O ▲ with all kinds of housework, the middle-aged woman could hardly spare any time to get relaxed.‎ ‎74. A ▲ the message to its leg, he sets the bird loose, which immediately flies into the air and disappears in the dark.‎ ‎75. The Great Wall is so well-known a tourist attraction that millions of people p______ in every year.‎ ‎76. On realizing they had got lost, the team ▲ （惊慌). They should have stayed calm.‎ ‎77. He does excellent work and obviously he is a man of very high _____▲______（智力）.‎ ‎78. This book is based on __________(历史) events.‎ ‎79. ___▲__(如今) more and more people have realized the importance of environmental protection. ‎ ‎80. I’d like to make c____▲____ about the noise. I really can’t it any longer.‎ 第六部分 词组选择填空（12选10）：（共10空；每1分，满分10分）‎ play tricks on, in advance of, be aware of, discourage…from, rise up against, make a difference, in memory of, contrary to ,roll up ,consist of, deal with, carry out ‎81. People were evacuated(撤离) from the coastal regions_______________________ the hurricane.‎ ‎82. ____________________________what fairy tales may tell you, relationships take work.‎ ‎83. This morning Mike should have tried to fool me into ______________our English teacher. He must be crazy.‎ ‎84. ___________________ the risks involved, I refused to take part in their special trip to the Tomb.‎ ‎85. The weather____________ people_________________ attending the meeting held yesterday.‎ ‎86. However, many cities_____________________ Alexander, so he led an army to take them back.‎ ‎87. When it comes to______________________ possible emergency in real life, many parents think it should be included in school curriculum.‎ ‎88. The Belt and Road Initiative(一带一路) is a common cause that requires all countries to _______their sleeves.‎ ‎89. A medical group _______________ of doctors and nurses has been sent to rescue the passengers trapped on the Oriental Star.‎ ‎90. The fact that I can now organize my own time _________________________to my studies.‎ 第七部分 语篇填空：（共10空；每题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,‎ 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。‎ Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys? The answer depends largely 91 cultural values as well as personal experiences.‎ People's choice of colors is also influenced by their bodies' reactions(反应)toward them. Green is said to be the most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally and physically. People 92 (work) in green environment have been found to have 93 stomachaches. To the Egyptians, green was a color 94 represented the hope and joy of spring, 95__ for Muslims, it means heaven.‎ Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. In China, children 96_ (give)money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. Red can cause a person's blood pressure to rise and increase people's appetites(食欲) .Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. 97 (similar), many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that easily catches a person's eyes. ‎ For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace, 98 (hope) to protect themselves against evils(灾祸). Blue is another calming color. 99 red, blue can cause people to lose appetite. So 100 you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.‎ 第八部分 书面表达 (满分20分)‎ 请阅读下面文字、图片和图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。‎ 随着生活水平不断提高，电子媒体日益普及。请你根据下面照片所展示的不同读书方式，结合自身实际写一篇英语短文。内容包括以下要点：‎ ‎1. 30词左右概述照片内容；‎ ‎2. 这幅照片所展示何种社会现象及造成该现象的原因；‎ ‎3. 你更偏爱哪种读书方式，并陈述理由（至少2点）；‎ ‎4. 字数150左右，文中不得出现真实校名、人名。‎ ‎【评分标准】 卷面整洁，内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。‎ ‎‎ 高一（下）期中参考答案（2019）‎ 单选：21~25 DCDAC 26~30 ACCBC 31~35 DCBDD 完型：36-40 DACBA 41-45 BCDDA 46-50 ABBCD 51-55 CCDAB 阅读：56~57 CA 58-60 ACD 61-65 CACBB 七选五: 66-70 EBCGD 单词拼写：‎ ‎71. gradually 72. official 73. Occupied 74. Attaching 75. pour ‎ ‎76. panicked 77. intelligence 78. historical 79. Nowadays 80. complaints 选词填空：‎ ‎81. in advance of 82. contrary to 83. playing tricks on 84. Aware of 85. discouraged from 86. rose up against 87. dealing with 88. roll up 89. consisting of 90. makes a difference 语篇填空：‎ 91. on/upon 92. working 93. fewer 94. that/which 95. while ‎ ‎96. are given 97. Similarly 98. hoping 99. Unlike 100. if ‎ As we can see from the picture, an older person and a young man are both absorbed in reading, but in completely different ways: one from books, the other on the mobile.‎ This picture vividly delivers a message to us that some people prefer to read electronic books while others hold on to the traditional way of reading. One dominating factor accounting for the phenomenon is that the rapid development of our society makes it possible for the majority of people to have access to e-products. What’s more, some people turn to e-products simply for the benefit of convenience.‎ As for me, I would rather choose the former, for some obvious reasons. To begin with, if we read electronic books, a lot of paper would be saved. More importantly, electronic books allow me to gain knowledge whenever and wherever I am, which saves a lot of time that would otherwise be wasted.‎