How will you feel if you see an e-library? When you walk into your local library and instead of hundreds {#blank#}1{#/blank#} shelves(架子) with all kinds of books, you see a modern room that looks like an Apple store with different kinds of computers. That is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (exact) a new kind of public library that opened in San Antonio's Bexar County in fall, 2013.

    A teacher says even if he loves paper books, he believes that it is time to have the e-library system(系统) now {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the world is developing rapidly(快速地).

    While the library doesn't have any paper books, it will have over 10,000 e-titles(目录) for readers to look {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and even download(下载) onto their own e-readers. For those that do not have a mobile phone, Nook or Kindle, there will {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a total of 150 e-readers for readers to borrow, 50 of which will be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (keep) for kids! What's more, the library will also have 50 computers for people to enjoy.

    This is not the first time to consider a public e-library. In 2002, Pinna Public Library System was the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (one) to open a small e-library. However, it was located(位于) in an area where most people did not have {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (computer), so the library died and then added paper books.

    Are people ready for a library without paper books? Only time will tell. But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it does work, similar libraries will be opened in many more places in the country. Would you be interested in e-books? Be sure to let us know by {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mail) your comments(意见)!

    Since computers were {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (invent) in the US in 1946, they have become very important in many areas(领域). There is no doubt(毋庸置疑) that computers are very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (use) in technology and business. In space, computers have been used to control the speed and direction of a spaceship. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the help of computers, doctors can find diseases(疾病) easily and solve other problems. For example, tiny computers which are inside patients' bodies can keep {#blank#}4{#/blank#} hearts beating normally. In factories, robots are controlled by computers that are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} human brains. They can do work that is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (danger) to humans. In business, computers are used to place and cancel (取消) orders. They are also making the workplace safer and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (good).

Since the Internet came into being, people'

s {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (life) at home have been changed, too. More and more people have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (person) computers that are used to play games and watch movies. Thanks to the Internet, people can do shopping and do business at home. Instead of writing letters on paper, people communicate {#blank#}10{#/blank#} sending e- mails and chatting online. The whole world is connected. The Internet is making the world smaller, like a village.