英語六級閱讀訓練題原文：

　　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.

　　英語六級閱讀訓練題：

　　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.

　　英語六級閱讀訓練題答案講解：

　　56.C)。本題考查對第一段的理解。定位句指出“盡管我還是對Kindle的設計提不起興趣. 但較之第一代確實有了相當大的改進，還是非常不錯的”，即Kindle 2在設計上要優于Kindle l，故答案為 C)。

　　57.c)。本題考查作者對亞馬遜的數字版權管理持反對態度的原因。定位句提到“我不得不承認安裝過程實在是太便捷了，以至于大多數Kindle用戶并不 介意電子書無法安裝到其他設備上”，由此可知，電子書一旦安裝后，不可以在其他設備上再次使用，C)中的transfer，equipments分別對應 定位句中的move和devices，故為答案。

　　58.B)。本題考查電子書的發展趨勢。定位句提到，電子書的發展趨勢正在無限接近頂峰。換言之，電子書的發展趨勢很快就會接近頂峰，故B)為答案。

　　59.A)。本題考查作者認為電子書不會造成紙質書籍消亡的原因。定位句提到“然而，正如有些生活在CD時代卻依然熱愛黑膠唱片的人一樣，會有少數人仍然堅定地愛著紙質書”，由此可知，仍有一部分人會堅持購買紙質書籍，故答案為A)。

　　60.C)。本題考查紙質書的發展趨勢。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，取而代之的是針對愛書者而設的裝幀精美、數量不多的印刷本和書店。C)中的small quantity和better quality分別對應原文的smaller print，lavishly designed，故為答案。

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