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Questions 56 to 60 are based on the followingpassage.
There is a certain inevitability that ebook saleshave now overtaken paperback sales on Amazon'sUS site. Amazon's Kindle 2 is so light and so cheapthat it's easy to see why people have rushed to buyit. Though I'm still not keen on the design of the Kindle, it is a vast improvement on itspredecessor and certainly tolerable. Beyond the device itself, Amazon has done a great jobof rolling out Kindle apps, ensuring that people like me-who have an iPad but not a Kindle-canstill join in the fun. Once you're into the Kindle ecosystem, Amazon locks you in tightly-just asApple does with its iTunes/ iPod ecosystem. It's so easy to buy from Amazon's store and thebooks are so cheap that it's not worth the effort of going elsewhere.
While I remain opposed to Amazon's DRM (數字版權管理)-indeed, I'm opposed to DRM onany ebooks-I have to admit that the implementation is so smooth that most Kindle userswon't care at all that their ebooks can't be moved to other devices.
The ebook trend is nowhere near peaking. Over the next five years we can expect to seemore and more readers move away from printed books and pick up ebooks instead. But I don'tthink that will mean the death of the printed book.
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.
◆56. What can be inferred from Paragraph One?
people buy Kindle 2 mainly because of its low price.
author of the passage is a loyal customer of Apple products.
on's Kindle 2 surpassed Kindle 1 in designing.
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______
ks can only be purchased on Amazon. com
le books are not compatible with other electronic reading devices
implemented, ebooks can't be transferred to other equipments
ks installed on Kindle 2 can't be edited freely
◆58. It can be learned that the trend of ebooks______
come to stop any time soon
reach the summit in the near future
meet its heyday when printed books die
already reached its peak
◆59. Why does the author believe that the surging sales of ebooks won't mean the death ofthe printed book?
use a minority will stick to their love of printed books.
use the majority of book lovers won't change their minds.
use people always hold nostalgic feelings towards printed books.
use 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?
will be bundled with ebooks.
will no longer be available in the market.
will be sold in small quantity and high quality.
will be redesigned to cater to the masses.
參考答案
56.C)。本題考查對第一段的理解。定位句指出“儘管我還是對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在設計上要優於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，以至於大多數Kindle使用者並不 介意電子書無法安裝到其他裝置上”，由此可知，電子書一旦安裝後，不可以在其他裝置上再次使用，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。
