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nd it on2023届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解强化100题（3）
schedule1. As online learning becomes more common and more and more resources are converted to digital form, some people have suggested that public libraries should be shut down and, in their place, everyone should be given an iPad with an e-reader subscription.
Supporters of this idea state that it will save local cities and towns money becau libraries are expensive to maintain. They also believe it will encourage more people to read becau they won't have to travel to a library to get a book; they can simply click on what they want to read and read it wherever they are.
However, it would be a rious mistake to replace libraries with tablets. First, digital books and resources are associated with less learning and more problems than print resources. A study done on tablet vs. book reading found people read 20—30% slower on tablets, retain 20% less information, and understand 10% less of what they read compared to people who read the same information in print.
Second, it is incredibly narrow-minded to assume that the only rvice libraries offer is book lending. Libraries have a multitude of benefits, and many are only available if the library has a physical location. Some of the benefits include acting as a quiet study space, giving people a way to conver with their neighbors, holding class on a variety of topics, providing jobs, answering patron questions, and keeping the community connected. A survey conducted in 2015 found that nearly two-thirds of American adults feel that closing their local library would have a major impact on their community. People e libraries as a way to connect with others and get their questions answered, benefits tablets can't offer nearly as well or as easily.
While replacing libraries with tablets may em like a simple solution, it would encourage people to spend even more time looking at digital screens, despite the various issues surrounding them. It would also end access to many of the benefits of libraries that people have come to rely on. In many areas, libraries are such an important part of the community network that they could never be replaced by a simple object.
1.What does the underlined word "converted" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.Changed. B.Translated. C.Conveyed. D.Scanned.
2.According to the passage, the author probably agrees that _____.
A.it's inefficient for readers to read on tablets
B.the only rvice libraries offer is book lending了不起的盖茨比原声
C.public libraries should be replaced with digital devices
D.digital books and resources encourage people to spend more time reading
3.What's the purpo of the passage?
A.To persuade people to u libraries.
B.To emphasize the benefits of libraries.
C.To encourage communities to build more libraries.
D.To compare digital books with real books.
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4. Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?
I: Introduction CP: Central point P: Point SP: Sub-point(次要点) C: Conclusion
victoriousA. B.cookie
C. D.
2. Humans may have been enjoying cacao, the substance ud to make chocolate, for much longer than experts had thought. Rearchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have found that humans started growing cacao trees and consuming cacao around 5,300 years ago.
The rearchers found evidence of cacao's u at an ancient village in the highlands of southeastern Ecuador. They examined the remains of very old objects at the Santa Ana-La Florida archeological site. The village was part of the Mayo-Chinchipe culture of the Andes. Time has had little effect on the village and ceremonial center. The rearchers were able to find a lot of evidence of the u of cacao. Scientists had already mostly agreed that cacao was first raid in South America instead of Central America, as they once believed. But the new discovery shows cacao was domesticated about 1,500 years earlier than was known before.
The University of British Columbia rearchers found extremely small pieces from the cacao tree in the remains of containers and other objects, as well as genetic material from the tree. They also identified a substance found in the cacao tree but not in its wild relatives. This suggests that humans grew the tree for food purpos.
Today, the eds are cooked and turned into many chocolate products. But thousands of years ago, cacao was ud to make drinks.
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apparent Archeological evidence suggests cacao domestication moved into Central America and Mexico about 4,000 years ago. It is not clear how cacao's u spread between South and Central America. But by the time Spanish explorers arrived in Central America in the late 1400s, people were using it to make hot and cold chocolate drinks with spices. By the 1580s, Spain began importing cacao and spreading it to other European countries. By the 1800s, technology developed in the Netherlands made it possible to turn cacao into a solid chocolate product.
1.What did the rearchers do to find evidence of the cacao's u in ancient times?
A.They traveled in Ecuador's village. B.They rearched the history of chocolate.
