[单项选择]You go looking for a book to buy as a present for a child, and you will be spoiled for choice, even in a year such as this, when there is no new Harry Potter by Ms. J. K. Rowling. And her wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a productive one for good children’s books, which has set off an enormous number of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings and so forth.
Yet despite the abundance in excellent books, reading is increasingly unpopular among children in Britain. According to the National Foundation for Educational Research, in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.
Maybe the declining popularity of reading is the fault of the increasing availability of computer games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Gordon Brown, the chancellor, plans to change things for the bott
A. books are no longer interesting as in the past.
B. they have too many books to read.
C. computer games take up all their spare time.
D. the books boom has not influenced all children.

[单项选择]You go looking for a book to buy as a present for a child, and you will be spoiled for choice, even in a year such as this, when there is no new Harry Potter by Ms. J. K. Rowling. And her wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a productive one for good children’s books, which has set off an enormous number of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings and so forth.
Yet despite the abundance in excellent books, reading is increasingly unpopular among children in Britain. According to the National Foundation for Educational Research, in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.
Maybe the declining popularity of reading is the fault of the increasing availability of computer games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Gordon Brown, the chancellor, plans to change things for the bott
A. The parent will be disappointed with the limited choices.
B. There are too many excellent books to choose from.
C. The parent will be confused with the books.
D. The parent is afraid the books will spoil children.

[单项选择]It may be the last book you’ll ever buy. And certainly, from a practical standpoint, it will be the only book you’ ll ever need. No. It’ s not the Bible or some New Age tome promising enlightenment—although it would let you carry around both texts simultaneously. It’ s an electronic book—a single volume that could contain a library of information or, if your tastes run toward what’s current, every title on today’ s best-seller list. And when you’ re done with those, you could refill it with new titles.
Why an electronic book Computers can store a ton of data and their laptop companions make all that information portable. True enough. But laptops(便携式电脑) and similar portable information devices require a lot of power and heavy batteries to keep their LCD screens operating. And LCDs are not easy to read in the bright light of the sun.
Fact is, when it’ comes to portability, easy viewing, and low power requirements, it’ s hard to beat plain old paper.
So let’ s make the ink
A. The Bible.
B. A single volume.
C. New Age tome.
D. An electronic book.

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