六級(jí)英語閱讀訓(xùn)練習(xí)題原文

　　There are some who prefer printed books. They like having shelves filled with books they'veread and books they plan to read; they like the feel of the book in their hands and the differentweights and typefaces and layouts of different titles. In other words, they like the physical formof the book almost as much as the words it contains.

　　I can sympathise with those people. As I wrote earlier this week, my ideal situation would befor publishers to bundle ebooks with printed ones-in much the same way that film studiosbtmdie DVDs with digital copies of films. There's no reason to think that lovers of printed bookswill change their minds. There will undoubtedly be fewer of them as time goes by because morepeople will grow up with ebooks and spend little time with printed ones. However, just as thereare people who love vinyl records(黑膠唱片), even if they were born well into the CD era, therewill still be a dedicated minority who love physical books.

　　Since there are fewer of these people, that will mean fewer bookshops and higher prices forprinted books but I don't think the picture is entirely bleak. There is scope for smaller printruns of lavishly designed printed books and bookshops aimed at book lovers, rather than theStieg Larsson-reading masses. With mainstream readers out of the printed book market, booklovers might even find they get a better experience.

　　六級(jí)英語閱讀訓(xùn)練習(xí)題題目

　　56. What can be inferred from Paragraph One?

　　A.Most people buy Kindle 2 mainly because of its low price.

　　B.The author of the passage is a loyal customer of Apple products.

　　C.Amazon's Kindle 2 surpassed Kindle 1 in designing.

　　D.The sales of ebook outnumbered those of paperback in the U. S.

　　57. According to the passage, the reason why the author opposes to Amazon's DRM is that______

　　A.ebooks can only be purchased on Amazon. com

　　B.Kindle books are not compatible with other electronic reading devices

　　C.once implemented, ebooks can't be transferred to other equipments

　　D.ebooks installed on Kindle 2 can't be edited freely

　　58. It can be learned that the trend of ebooks______

　　A.will come to stop any time soon

　　B.will reach the summit in the near future

　　C.will meet its heyday when printed books die

　　D.has already reached its peak

　　59. Why does the author believe that the surging sales of ebooks won't mean the death ofthe printed book?

　　A.Because a minority will stick to their love of printed books.

　　B.Because the majority of book lovers won't change their minds.

　　C.Because people always hold nostalgic feelings towards printed books.

　　D.Because people will return to the printed books as time goes by.

　　60. According to the author, which of the following is TRUE about the future of printedbooks?

　　A.They will be bundled with ebooks.

　　B.They will no longer be available in the market.

　　C.They will be sold in small quantity and high quality.

　　D.They will be redesigned to cater to the masses.

　　六級(jí)英語閱讀訓(xùn)練習(xí)題答案

　　56.C)。定位：由題干提示定位到第一段第三句：Though I'm still not keen Oil the design of theKindle，it is a vast improvement Oil itspredecessor and certainly tolerable.

　　詳解：推理判斷題。本題考查對(duì)第一段的理解。定位句指出“盡管我還是對(duì)Kindle的設(shè)計(jì)提不起興趣. 但較之第一代確實(shí)有了相當(dāng)大的改進(jìn)，還是非常不錯(cuò)的”，即Kindle 2在設(shè)計(jì)上要優(yōu)于Kindle l，故答案為 C)。A)“大多數(shù)人購(gòu)買Kindle 2主要是由于其價(jià)格便宜”，文章第一段第二句指出“亞馬遜的電子書Kindle 2 既輕薄又便宜，這也就不難理解人們?yōu)楹螘?huì)蜂擁購(gòu)買”，而非僅僅因?yàn)閮r(jià)格原因，故排除;B)“本文作者是 APPLE產(chǎn)品的忠實(shí)顧客”，文章第一段第四句提到作者有iPad而沒有Kindle，但不能由此推出作者是APPLE 產(chǎn)品的忠實(shí)顧客，為過度推斷，故排除;D)“在美國(guó)，電子書的銷量已經(jīng)超過了紙質(zhì)書籍的銷量”，第一段笫一句指出亞馬遜美國(guó)站的電子書籍銷量遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過紙質(zhì)書籍，而非在全美國(guó)，故排除。

　　57.c)定位：由題干中的Amazon's DRM定位到第二段第一句：I have to admit that theimplementation is so smooth that most Kindle users won't care at all that their ebooks can’tbe moved to other devices：

　　詳解：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查作者對(duì)亞馬遜的數(shù)字版權(quán)管理持反對(duì)態(tài)度的原因。定位句提到“我不得不承認(rèn)安裝過程實(shí)在是太便捷了，以至于大多數(shù)Kindle用戶并不介意電子書無法安裝到其他設(shè)備上”，由此可知，電子書一旦安裝后，不可以在其他設(shè)備上再次使用，C)中的transfer，equipments分別對(duì)應(yīng)定位句中的move和devices，故為答案。A)“電子書只能在亞馬遜網(wǎng)站上購(gòu)買”原文并未提及，故排除;B)“Kindle電子 書與其他電子閱讀設(shè)備不兼容”是對(duì)定位句的曲解，故排除;D)“在Kindle 2上安裝的電子書不能隨意編輯” 原文并未提及，故排除。

　　58.B)。定位：由題干中的trend of ebooks定位到原文第三段第一句：The ebook trend isnowhere near Deaking. 詳解：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查電子書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)。定位句提到，電子書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)正在無限接近頂峰。換言之，電子書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)很快就會(huì)接近頂峰，故B)為答案。A)“電子書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)很快就會(huì)停下來”、C) “電子書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)在紙質(zhì)書消失時(shí)將達(dá)到頂峰”和D)“電子書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)已經(jīng)達(dá)到頂峰”均為定位句的曲 解，故排除。

　　59.A)。定位：由題干中的the death of the printed book定位到第五段最后一句：However，justas there are people who love vinyl records，even if they were born well into the CD era，therewill still be a dedicated minority who love physical books.

　　詳解：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查作者認(rèn)為電子書不會(huì)造成紙質(zhì)書籍消亡的原因。定位句提到“然而，正如有些生活在CD時(shí)代卻依然熱愛黑膠唱片的人一樣，會(huì)有少數(shù)人仍然堅(jiān)定地愛著紙質(zhì)書”，由此可知，仍有一部分人會(huì)堅(jiān)持購(gòu)買紙質(zhì)書籍，故答案為A)。第五段第四句指出“隨著時(shí)間的流逝，這群人的數(shù)量無疑會(huì) 減少，因?yàn)楦嗟娜藢B(yǎng)成電子閱讀習(xí)慣，在紙質(zhì)書上花費(fèi)的時(shí)問將越來越少”，由此可知大部分書籍愛好者會(huì)改變閱讀習(xí)慣，而非堅(jiān)持原來的選擇，故排除B)“大部分紙質(zhì)書籍愛好者不會(huì)改變選擇”;C)“因?yàn)槿藗儗?duì)于紙質(zhì)書籍總是抱有懷舊情懷”和D)“隨著時(shí)間的流逝，人們會(huì)重新選擇閱讀紙質(zhì)書籍”，在原文中均未提及，故排除。

　　60.C)。定位：由題干中的the future of printed books和選項(xiàng)定位到最后一段第二句：There isscope for smaller print runs of lavishly designed printed books and bookshops aimed at booklovers.rather than the Stieg Larsson—reading masses.

　　詳解：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查紙質(zhì)書的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)。由定位句可知，面向大眾群體的斯泰格拉爾森式閱讀將被淘汰，取而代之的是針對(duì)愛書者而設(shè)的裝幀精美、數(shù)量不多的印刷本和書店。C)中的small quantity和better quality分別對(duì)應(yīng)原文的smaller print，lavishly designed，故為答案。第五段第一句提到“理想的情況是出版商把電子書和印刷本捆綁出售”，而非未來的趨勢(shì)，A)“紙質(zhì)書籍會(huì)和電子書捆綁出售”為過度推斷，故排 除;第五段最后一句指出“還會(huì)有一小部分人購(gòu)買紙質(zhì)書籍”，故排除B)“紙質(zhì)書籍會(huì)從市場(chǎng)上消失”;D)“紙質(zhì)書籍會(huì)迎合大眾做出調(diào)整”原文并未提及，故排除。