Evidencecameup____specificsoundsarerecognizedbybabiesasyoungassixmonthsold.

Awhat

Bthat

Cwhich

Dwhose

Whichofthefollowingistrueofformativeassessment?

AMainlybasedontesting.

BDonemostlyattheendofalearningperiod.

CMainlyfortestingstudents’knowledgeandskill.

DFocusedonstudents’learningprogress.

Nancywassurprisedthattheyhave______.Theyseemedtobeahappycouple.

Asplitup

Bbrokendown

Cfallenthrough

Dknockedout

    ThereisacertaininevitabilitythatebooksaleshavenowovertakenpaperbacksalesonAmazon’sUSsite.Amazon’s

Kindle2issolightandsocheapthatit’seasytoseewhypeoplehaverushedtobuyit.ThoughI’mstillnotkeenonthedesignoftheKindle,itisavastimprovementonitspredecessorandcertainlytolerable.Beyondthedeviceitself,AmazonhasdoneagreatjobofrollingoutKindleapps,ensuringthatpeoplelikeme-whohaveaniPadbutnotaKindlecanstilljoininthefun.

Onceyou’reintotheKindleecosystem,Amazonlocksyouintightly-justasAppledoeswithitsiTunes/iPodecosystem.It’ssoeasytobuyfromAmazon’sstoreandthebooksaresocheapthatit’snotworththeeffortofgoingelsewhere.

    WhileIremainopposedtoAmazon’sDRM(数字版权管理)-indeed,I’mopposedtoDRMonanyebooks-Ihavetoadmit

thattheimplementationissosmooththatmostKindleuserswon’tcareatallthattheirebookscan’tbemovedtoother

devices.

　　Theebooktrendisnowherenearpeaking.Overthenextfiveyearswecanexpecttoseemoreandmorereadersmoveawayfromprintedbooksandpickupebooksinstead.ButIdon’tthinkthatwillmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook.

　　Therearesomewhopreferprintedbooks.Theylikehavingshelvesfilledwithbooksthey’vereadandbookstheyplanto

read;theylikethefeelofthebookintheirhandsandthedifferentweightsandtypefacesandlayoutsofdifferenttitles.Inotherwords,theylikethephysicalformofthebookalmostasmuchasthewordsitcontains.

　　Icansympathizewiththosepeople.AsIwroteearlierthisweek,myidealsituationwouldbeforpublisherstobundle

e-bookswithprintedones-inmuchthesamewaythatfilmstudioDVDswithdigitalcopiesoffilms.There’snoreasontothink

thatloversofprintedbookswillchangetheirminds.Therewillundoubtedlybefewerofthemastimegoesbybecausemore

peoplewillgrowupwithebooksandspendlittletimewithprintedones.However,justastherearepeoplewholovevinyl

records(黑胶唱片),eveniftheywerebornwellintotheCDera,therewillstillbeadedicatedminoritywholovephysicalbooks.

　　Sincetherearefewerofthesepeople,thatwillmeanfewerbookshopsandhigherpricesforprintedbooksbutIdon’tthinkthepictureisentirelybleak.Thereisscopeforsmallerprintrunsoflavishlydesignedprintedbooksandbookshopsaimedat

booklovers,ratherthantheStiegLarsson-readingmasses.Withmainstreamreadersoutoftheprintedbookmarket,

bookloversmightevenfindtheygetabetterexperience.

【单项选择题】

WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraphOne?

AMostpeoplebuyKindle2mainlybecauseofitslowprice.

BTheauthorofthepassageisaloyalcustomerofAppleproducts.

CAmazon’sKindle2surpassedKindle1indesigning.

DThesalesofebookoutnumberedthoseofpaperbackintheU.S.

WhatdowelearnabouttheRussiansregardingsleep?

ATheydon’tfallasleepuntilverylate.

BTheydon’tsleepmuchonweekends.

CTheygetlesssleeponpublicholidays.

DTheysleeplongerthanpeopleelsewhere.

Whichofthefollowinghelpsassesslanguageperformances?

AAskingstudentstoreflectonwhatactivitiesattractthemmost.

BAskingstudentsabouttheirattitudestowardsacertaingame.

CAskingstudentstodrawpicturesaccordingtodescription.

DAskingthestudentstodoaquizattheendofthelesson.