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textbooks increased.
Given such fact, textbook renting is now a new fashion among college students. Research was made to find out if renting helps one save money and time rather than buying new textbooks and realized that it really is. Let’s examine carefully further and see why renting books is a cost-effective way to still get to have your textbooks without shelling too much money from your pocket.
Gives value for your money
You don’t have to buy all of your textbooks. Those non-major subjects, are better acquired through renting. It saves one money and helps you give out the money you save on some other personal possessions you need in college.
Renting textbooks allows you to save at least 50% off the standard retail (零售) price for each item. You can tell, with a little research, that renting is a lot cheaper compared to buying used books aside from looking way better than the former.
Saves time
You can save a great deal of time when renting a textbook. Instead of browsing your way for hours trying to look for better deals online, you can simply go to a popular book renting marketplace online and just order away. There is literally no need to skimming for hours and see where you can find a great deal. Often, the rental company gives you prepaid postage slip just to get you going and do the same when you decide to return the book.
This process not only saves you time, it also saves other resources like gas if you decide to go to the nearest bookstore to buy books or spend hours using electricity just to find a good deal.
User Friendly
Aside from being able to save money and time, renting textbooks brings convenience to all users. Imagine trying to scan the virtual bookshelf and checking on comments of previous users and figuring out which ones got bad comments and which had great ones. It could be fun at first but if you are short of time, the process can become annoying.
If you rent books, you will only be needing the book’s ISBN number and find it right away. No more time-wasting site search. Type in the ISBN number, order the book, and wait for it to get shipped to your home. 63. The reason why people haven’t the habit of renting textbooks in the old days is that ______. A. the educational system has not changed by now B. people can afford books or get books easily in libraries C. different economic challenges happen across the world D. the price of textbooks is much higher than that of nowadays
64. The underlined word “shelling” in paragraph 2 means “______”.
A. saving B. spending C. removing D. wasting
65. The following statements are the reasons why textbook renting is now a new fashion among college students EXCEPT ______.
A. One can save a great deal of time in browsing for better deals online B. It brings convenience to all the users apart from saving money and time C. The process saves other resources if you don’t go to the nearest bookstore D. It saves one money and helps him spend money on what he need most in college 66. The passage mainly tells us that ______.
A. renting textbooks allows you to save a lot of money B. renting a textbook can also save you a great deal of time
C. textbook renting was a relatively new fashion among college students
D. textbook renting is a money-saving, fun, and, convenient way for college students
E
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and different surroundings. Thus the limits of persons’ intelligence are fixed at birth, and whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This idea, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two twins, they are very likely to be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in touch with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.
67. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ______. A. become a genius
B. not reach his intelligence in his life
C. reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings
D. still become a genius if he should be given special education
68. In Paragraph 2, the underlined sentence “if we take two unrelated people at random from population” means “______.”
A. if we pick any two persons
B. if we take out two different persons
D. if we choose two persons with different intelligence
C. if we choose two persons who have relations
69. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows ______. A. the part that birth plays
B. the importance of their relations D. the role of environment on intelligence
C. the importance of their intelligence
70. The best title of the passage can be “______”. A. Surroundings
B. Intelligence
C. Dependence on Environment
D. Effect of Education
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，用括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
71. The couple were engaged in decorating their new flat last summer and seldom __________ the study of their
children. (care)
去年夏天两口子忙着装修新居，很少关心孩子们的学业。
72. I suppose by the time I come back in ten years’ time all these old houses __________. (pull) 我想十年以后我回来时所有这些老房子都会拆除了。
73. Retirement is obviously a very complex adjustment period and __________ planning for it, the better. (start) 很明显，退休是一个非常复杂的适应期，你越早开始规划越好。 74. Maria passed the driving license test. She came back __________. (wear) 玛丽娅通过了驾证考试，她面带微笑地回家了。
75. Fully __________ the housework, she doesn’t have time to enjoy various activities in the club any longer.
(occupy)
由于全部的时间都忙于做家务, 她再也没有时间去参加俱乐部丰富多样的活动了。
76. We’d like to know how __________ a businessman like your age has succeeded in remaining energetic. (it) 我想知道一个你这样年龄的商人究竟怎样成功地保持精力充沛。
77. You needn’t __________ all the calculations! We have a computer to do that sort of things. (do) 你本不必做这些计算。我们可以用电脑来做。
78. __________ most in the Harry Porter series is not only the fantastic plot but also the charming characters in
the story. （attract)
《哈里波特》丛书最吸引孩子们的不仅是奇特的故事情节，还有故事里吸引人的各色人物。 79. It is the most instructive lecture ___________ since I came to this school. (attend) 这是自从到这个学校以来我听过的最有教育意义的讲座了。
80. He ________ a phone call，for the telephone is broken and needs repairing. (make) 他不可能在打电话，因为电话坏了需要修理。 第二节：短文写作 （共一题；满分30 分）
请根据以下提示，结合自己的学习生活，就如何缓解压力这一话题，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈自己的建议或做法。
Nowadays students study hard and they are always under a lot of pressure. It’s necessary for them to have some ways to ease stress and minds.
注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语； ②除诗歌外，文体不限； ③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称； ④词数为120左右。