大学英语四级信息匹配题2篇.docVIP

信息匹配题(2篇) 第一篇 Section B Directions: In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions 6y marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Can Digital Textbooks Truly Replace the Print Kind? A) The shortcomings of traditional print edition textbooks are obvious: For starters theyre heavy, with the average physics textbook weighing 3.6 pounds. Theyre also expensive, especially when you factor in the average college students limited budget, typically costing hundreds of dollars every semester. But the worst part is that print versions of textbooks are constantly undergoing revisions. Many professors require that their students use only the latest versions in the classroom, essentially rendering older texts unusable. For students, it means theyre basically stuck with a four pound paperweight that they cant sell back. B) Which is why digital textbooks, if they live up to their promise, could help ease many of these shortcomings. But till now, theyve been something like a mirage(幻影)in the distance, more like a hazy (模糊的) dream than an actual reality. Imagine the promise: Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad? It sounds almost too good to be true. But there are a few pilot schools already making the transition(过渡) over to digital books. Universities like Cornell and Brown have jumped onboard. And one medical program at the University of California, Irvine, gave their entire class iPads with which to download textbooks just last year. C) But not all were eager to jump aboard. People were tired of using the iPad textbook besides using it for reading, says Kalpit Shah, who will be going into his second year at Irvines medical program this fall. They werent using it as a source of communicat