Which do you prefer to use when you are studying, iPads or books? Here is     1     survey about it.

Some students think that iPads are     2     (good), because iPads can give them more choices. They can search for information on an iPad easily instead of     3     (look) everything up in different books. At the same time, students can send pictures     4     (direct) to a printer to photocopy them. With an iPad, they can save all     5     (they) homework on it. And homework will not be forgotten easily     6     teachers can send all the homework to their iPads.

But     7     (other) think that books are more helpful for learning. First, reading books won’t hurt their     8     (eye).     9    , what they read in books can leave a deeper impression on them. Third, some students usually use iPads to play games at school, which is bad     10     their study. So they prefer to use books.

Books are always our greatest friends. They    1     us the information on every country in the world. They give us all kinds of knowledge.

Life is short. One can’t know or    2    everything in the world. With the help of books, one     3     able to know what    4     thousands of years ago and what is going on in every    5     of the world now. Books     6     us not only knowledge but also pleasure.    7     good books is the best way of     8    our free time. And many stories   for children are interesting and full of wisdom.

All the great men     9     books , Books help them    10     successful because books are the source of knowledge and knowledge is the source of success.

【推荐3】If you wish to become a better reader, here are four points to remember about rate, or speed, of reading.

Knowing why you are reading-what you are reading to find out-will often help you know whether to read q    1     or slowly.

Some things   should   be   read   slowly, such a    2     instructions for making or doing something, maths p    3    , science and history books. They are full of important i    4    . You must read such things slowly to r    5     each important step and understand each important idea.

Some things should be read quickly, such as simple stories, l    6    from friends, and n    7     from local newspaper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbours. In some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to s    8    , as you go along. You need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more c    9     readings when you come to i    10     ideas.