[填空题]Textbooks today are still bought and sold in much the same way they’ve always been: as ink-and- paper objects assigned by professors and purchased by students in campus bookstores. "It’s a slow- moving pharmaceutical(制药的)market," says Matt MacInnis, the CEO of Inkling, a startup working on digital textbooks. "The professor writes a prescription, and the student goes to fill it."
There are already digital textbooks available, and their numbers are expected to grow. CourseSmart, a company collectively owned by five of the biggest textbook publishers, has 6,000 educational titles for sale in digital format. But its electronic books are little more than scanned versions of printed works. A CourseSmart e-book includes some neat functions, like search capability and digital note-taking, but for the most part, it has few advantages over a traditional textbook other than weight and price.
That’s where a company like Inkling comes in. Inkling and its competitors are working with t

[填空题]Textbooks today are still bought and sold in much the same way they’ve always been: as ink-and- paper objects assigned by professors and purchased by students in campus bookstores. "It’s a slow- moving pharmaceutical(制药的)market," says Matt MacInnis, the CEO of Inkling, a startup working on digital textbooks. "The professor writes a prescription, and the student goes to fill it."
There are already digital textbooks available, and their numbers are expected to grow. CourseSmart, a company collectively owned by five of the biggest textbook publishers, has 6,000 educational titles for sale in digital format. But its electronic books are little more than scanned versions of printed works. A CourseSmart e-book includes some neat functions, like search capability and digital note-taking, but for the most part, it has few advantages over a traditional textbook other than weight and price.
That’s where a company like Inkling comes in. Inkling and its competitors are working with t

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Woman: People today are very much worried about unemployment in the world, both in developed countries and in developing countries.
Man: Yes, it is a very serious problem we are facing today and tomorrow. As the world’ s population approaches 6 billion, national governments face the daunting task of creating nearly 30 million additional jobs each year for the next 50 years.
Woman: But according to government report, the unemployment in the United States is at a near record low.
Man: Well, while unemployment in the U.S. is low, it is at an all-time high in many other countries. Without an accelerated effort to slow population growth in the years head, unemployment could soar to unmanageable levels. This could create serious social and political instability.
Woman: Do you mean to say population is a very important factor affecting world unemployment
Man: Exactly. If population increases remain on the current trajectory, the global work
A. with the population below the age of 25.
B. with 50 percent of the population below the age of 15.
C. with more than half the population below the age of 25.
D. with 40 percent of the population below the age of 25.

[单项选择]Is Mr. Bacon still very much interested in his job
A. Yes, he loves it.
B. No, he would like a lot less paperwork.
C. Not mentioned.

[单项选择]______ of London still have much to improve.
A. Achievable budget
B. Financial support
C. Planning
D. Transport

[简答题] People today are still talking about the generation gap(代沟). Some parents complain that their children do not show them proper respect, while children complain that their parents do not understand them at all. What has gone wrong Why has the generation gap appeared One important cause is that young people want to choose their own life style. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people on their children are another cause of the generation gap. Parents often expect their children to do better than they do, to find better jobs, to make more money; the high wishes that parents place on their children are another cause of the generation gap. Finally, the high speed of social changes deepens the gap. In a traditional culture, people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society today the knowledge of a lifetime may be out of use overnight(隔夜). Parents often hope that their chil