Quite opposed to ereading，traditional reading won't hurt your eyes. You can write your ideas and thoughts just on pages. Besides that，you can keep your books as long as forever. __8__ it really costs you money to buy them. And making paper for books wastes natural resources.

　　In my opinion，history makes everything. In ancient times，the Chinese people used bamboo books. Maybe in the future，we will never have paper books. Ebooks will be just as convenient.

　　答案　1. First of all　2. Secondly　3. Besides　4. But

　　5．For example　6. What's more　7. What makes matters worse　8. But

Ⅲ. 单项填空

　　1．Sorry，Madam. You'd better come tomorrow because it's ________ the visiting hours.

　　A．during B．at

　　C．beyond D．before

　　答案　C

　　解析　句意：对不起，夫人，您最好明天再来，因为现在已经过了访问的时间。四个选项中只有介词beyond有"超过"之意。

　　2．Heads from Asia and Europe attended the conference and President Xi ________ a speech on the first day.

　　A．stated B．issued

C．addressed D．delivered