5. How much should you pay for using a Velib for one hour?

A. ￠1. B. ￠30. C. ￠29. D. No money.

6. Why do some people disagree with the Velib scheme?

A. The cost is rather high. B. It's not suitable for a long journey.

C. It's hard to find a Velib station. D. The distance between two Velib stations is long.

7. What's the city spokesman's attitude towards the bicycle scheme?

A. Doubtful. B. worried. C. Uncaring. D. Positive.

　　Students at Empire High School started class with no text books-but it wasn't because of money problems.

　　Instead, the school gave iBbooks-laptop computers to each of its 340 students, becoming one of the first US public schools to stop printed textbooks.

　　School officials believe that the electronic materials will make students enjoy learning more Empire High School was designed to have a textbook-free environment.

　　Students at Empire High School get the materials over the school's Internet network. The school has a central control system that limits what can be dewnloaded at the school.

　　"Students an hand in homework online. We have a web program that helps to check if you copy from others," the headmaster Baker said.

　　In addition to offering up-to-date information, teachers can make the lessons more enjoyable. For example, lessons in history can include links to a person's daily life, his ideas, his discovery, and so on.

　　Social studies teacher Jeremy Gypton said the change was easier than expected. Gypton said he assigned reading based on websites, used online groups and message boards to keep the students connected. And he also asked them to comment on each other's work.

　　Julian Tarazon, a new student, said that it was kind of hard at first, because you had to put things in folders(文件夹). But after a couple of days, you got used to it. Another student Morgan Northcutt said the computer system had made it easier to do homework.

　　The school isn't completely paperless, however. It has a library, and students can read books in it.

"We're not trying to get rid of book," Baker said. "We love books."