Don’t you think your schoolbag is too heavy to bear? The e-schoolbag will free you from the weight.
It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon. An experiment with several hundred e-schoolbags will begin in seven cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang. And the e-schoolbags are going to cover all over China if the experiment proves to be successful. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-notebook. It is a small hand-held computer for school students.
Heavy schoolbags have long been a serious problem for school students. The average schoolbag of middle school students weighs up to 5 kilos. But the e-schoolbag will change everything. It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag, weighing under 1 kilo.
Also, it is no bigger than a usual book, but it can still hold all the things for study, such as a textbook, a notebook and exercise book. They could be made into chips that are as small as a stamp. The students can read the text page by page on the screen. They can still take notes using a special electronic pen. If they want to know the meaning or the pronunciation of a new word, or even e-mail their teachers, it’s just a press of a button.
In some foreign countries, it is becoming common. But it is hard to tell when people will receive this new form of study. Some say that e-textbooks can be easily broken, some say that it is not good to students’ eyesight to look at the screen for long. But only time will tell.
小题1:The e-schoolbag has many functions EXCEPT ________.
A．It can pronounce the words.
B．It can send e-mail.
C．It can be used as a dictionary.
D．It can phone somebody.小题2:According to the passage, the e-schoolbag ________.
A．is not heavy as before but still large
B．is used as an experiment in Tianjin
C．is made of metal
D．is going to cover China if it proves to be successful小题3:Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A．All the students in China will be required to use this new schoolbag soon.
B．All the people think highly of e-textbooks.
C．E-notebooks are very convenient to students.
D．We will not make notes because the e-notebook can make all by itself.小题4:The best title for the passage should be ________.
A．An Experiment In China
B．Please Change Your Schoolbag
C．A New Invention, A New Schoolbag
D．Chips
