2023年6月四六級閱讀訓(xùn)練

（10/21）

學(xué)習(xí)計算機

Learninghowtcuseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramone

aretwodistinctactivities.Acasemightbemadethatthecompetent

citizensoftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearof

computers.Butthisisquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknow

howtoprogramone.Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosen

programmingasacareer.Whileprogrammingcanbelotsoffun,and

whileoursocietyneedssomepeoplewhoareexpertsatit,thesameis

trueofautorepairandviolin-making.Thereisnodenyingthat

studentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthowcomputerswork,justaswe

expectthematleasttounderstandthattheinternal-combustion

engine（內(nèi)燃機）hassomethingtodowithburningfuel,expandinggases

andpistons（活塞）beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhavesomebasicidea

ofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further,students

mightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer'simpacton

society.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.For

computerliteracyisnotaformofliteracy（讀寫能力）；itisatradeskillthat

shouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.

Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficult,anditgets

easierallthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“user-friendly”.Letus

assumethatinthefutureeveryoneisgoingtohavetoknowhowtouse

acomputertobeacompetentcitizen.Whatdoesthephraselearningto

useacomputermean?Itsoundslike"learningtodriveacar",thatis,it

soundsasifthereissomesetofdefiniteskillsthat,once

acquired,enableonetouseacomputer.

Infact,"learningtouseacomputer"ismuchmorelike"learningto

playagame",butlearningtherulesofonegamemaynothelpyouplaya

secondgame,whoserulesmaynotbethesame.Thereisnosucha

thingasteachingsomeonehowtouseacomputer.Onecanonlyteach

peopletousethisorthatprogramandgenerallythatiseasily

accomplished.

練習(xí)題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Tobethecompetentcitizensoftomorrow,peopleshould.

A.trytolayasolidfoundationincomputerscience

B.beawareofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo

C.learntouseacomputerbyacquiringacertainsetofskills

D.understandthatprogrammingacomputerismoreessentialthan

repairingacar

2.Inthesecondparagraph"autorepair"andnviolin-makingare

mentionedtoshowthat________.

A.programmingacomputerisasinterestingasmakingaviolin

B.oursocietyneedsexpertsindifferentfields

C.violinmakingrequiresasmuchskillascomputerprogramming

D.peoplewhocanuseacomputerdon'tnecessarilyhavetoknow

computerprogramming

3.Learningtouseacomputerisgettingeasierallthetimebecause

A.programsarebecominglesscomplicated

B.programsaredesignedtobeconvenienttousers

C.programmingisbecomingeasierandeasier

D.programsarebecomingreadilyavailabletocomputerusers

4.Accordingtotheauthor,thephrase"learningtouseacomputer”

(Lines3,4,Para.3)meanslearning________.

A.asetofrulesB.thefundamentalsofcomputerscience

C.specificprogramsD.generalprinciplesofprogramming

5.Theauthor'spurposeinwritingthispassageis.

A.tostresstheimpactofthecomputeronsociety

B.toexplaintheconceptofcomputerliteracy

C.toillustratetherequirementsforbeingcompetentcitizensof

tomorrow

D.toemphasizethatcomputerprogrammingisaninterestingand

challengingjob

1.[C]推理判斷題。第2段提到未來有能力的人應(yīng)該從恐懼中解脫出來，第

3段則提到學(xué)習(xí)計算機則就像是“學(xué)開車”一樣，只要掌握某套技能即可，故可知

有能力的人只需要通過掌握技能學(xué)習(xí)計算機即可，而不必學(xué)習(xí)編程，故C正確。

2.[D]詞義理解題。在第2段中，作者強調(diào)一般人只需學(xué)會使用計算機，而

不必學(xué)會編程，最后指出這與“汽車修理"和"小提琴制作”一樣，可見作者提到“汽

車修理"（類似一般人使用計算機）和"小提琴創(chuàng)作"（數(shù)似于電腦專業(yè)人員編程）還是

為了說明上文的觀點，故D正確。

3.[B]事實細節(jié)題。第3段首句提到學(xué)習(xí)使用計算機越來越容易的原因是計

算機編程變得更user-friendly,B中的convenienttousers與此相符，故正確。

4.[q句意理解題。第4段指出教人學(xué)習(xí)使用計算機就是教人usethisor

thatprogram,故C與此相符。

5」B]主旨大意題，本文圍繞學(xué)生應(yīng)如何學(xué)習(xí)計算機，闡述計算機能力

（computerliteracy）的概念;它只是一種技能，故B正確。A、C、D均只是利用文

中的片言只語拼湊而成的干擾項，不足以概括文章大意。

課余生活

Onaverage,Americankidsages3to12spent29hoursaweekin

school,eighthoursmorethattheydidin1981.Theyalsodidmore

householdworkandparticipatedinmoreofsuchorganizedactivitiesas

soccerandballet（芭蕾舞）.Involvementinsports,inparticular,rose

almost50%from1981to1997:boysnowspendanaverageoffourhours

aweekplayingsports;girlsloghallthattime.Allinall,however,

children'sleisuretimedroppedfrom40%ofthedayin1981to25%

Childrenareaffectedbythesametimecrunch(危機)thataffects

theirparents,"saysSandraHofferth,whoheadedtherecentstudyof

children'stimetable.Achiefreason,shesays,isthatmoremothersare

workingoutsidethehome.(Nevertheless,childreninboth

double-incomeand"malebreadwinner"householdsspentcomparable

amountsoftimeinteractingwiththeirparents19hoursand22hours

respectively.Incontrast,childrenspentonly9hourswiththeirsingle

mothers.)

Allworkandnoplaycouldmakeforsomeverymessed-upkids.

“Playisthemostpowerfulwayachildexplorestheworldandlearns

abouthimself,"saysT.BerryBrazelton,professoratHarvardMedical

SchoolUnstructuredplayencouragesindependentthinkingandallows

theyoungtonegotiatetheirrelationshipswiththeirpeers,butkidsages

3to12spentonly12hoursaweekengagedinit.

Thechildrensampledspentaquarteroftheirrapidlydecreasing

“freetime"watchingtelevision.Butthat,believeitornot,wasoneof

thefindingsparentsmightregardasgoodnews.Ifthey'respendingless

timeinfrontoftheTVset,however,kidsaren'treplacingitwithreading.

Despiteeffortstogetkidsmoreinterestedinbooks,thechildrenspent

justoveranhouraweekreading.Letsfaceit,who'sgotthetime?

練習(xí)題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Bymentioning"thesametimecrunch”(Line1,Para.2)Sandra

Hofferthmeans_________.

A.childrenhavelittletimetoplaywiththeirparents

B.childrenarenottakengoodcareofbytheirworkingparents

C.bothparentsandchildrensufferfromlackofleisuretime

D.bothparentsandchildrenhavetroublemanagingtheirtime

2.Accordingtotheauthor,thereasongivenbySandraHofferthfor

thetimecrunchis_________.

A.quiteconvincing

B.partiallytrue

C.totallygroundless

D.ratherconfusing

3.Accordingtotheauthorachilddevelopsbetterif___.

A.hehasplentyoftimereadingandstudying

B.heislefttoplaywithhispeersinhisownway

C.hehasmoretimeparticipatinginschoolactivities

D.heisfreetointeractwithhisworkingparents

4.TheauthorisconcernedaboutthefactthatAmericankids

A.areengagedinmoreandmorestructuredactivities

B.areincreasinglyneglectedbytheirworkingmothers

C.arespendingmoreandmoretimewatchingTV

D.areinvolvedlessandlessinhouseholdwork

5.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat.

A.extracurricularactivitiespromotechildren'sintelligence

B.mostchildrenwillturntoreadingwithTVsetsswitchedoff

C.effortstogetkidsinterestedinreadinghavebeenfruitful

D.mostparentsbelievereadingtobebeneficialtochildren

1.[C]語義理解題。該短語所在句子的上文（第1段最后一句）表明"孩子的課

余時間比以前少了"，而本句指出父母和孩子都受timecrunch的影響，可見the

sametimecrunch是指空閑時間不夠用，故C正確。

2.[B]觀點態(tài)度題。第2段第2句中括號里的內(nèi)容表明了作者的觀點。轉(zhuǎn)折

詞Nevertheless說明作者的觀點跟上文SandraHofferth的看法不完全一致,

而作者在下文舉例中提到，單身母親因為要上班，與孩子在起的時間只有9個小

時，確實少了很多，這與Hofferth所述一致，因此選B。

3.[B]事實細節(jié)題。第3段最后一句表明孩子自由玩樂能促使他們獨立思考,

并使他們學(xué)會處理與同齡關(guān)系，其中unstructuredplay相當于B中的playin

hisownway,故B正確。

4.[A]觀點態(tài)度題。文章一開頭作者就說孩子們比1981年時上學(xué)的時間每

周多8小時，他們還做更多的家務(wù)，參加更多的有組織性的活動等等，而這些均是

造成孩子們空閑時間越來越少的原因，而孩子們空閑時間少也正是作者憂慮的問

題，故可推知本題選A。B是作者在第2段括號里反駁過的觀點;C錯在moreand

moretime,而且作者對孩子看電視也不完全反對;孩子們事實上要做更多家務(wù)，

故D錯。

5.[D]推理判斷題。文章最后一段倒數(shù)第2句說"盡管父母費盡心思培養(yǎng)孩子

的讀書興趣，可孩子們一周也只不過花一個多小時讀書”。由此可見，父母認為讀

書對孩子有好處，即D。A中的extracurricularactivities包含structuredand

unstructuredactivities,文中只說unstructuredactivities有助于培養(yǎng)孩子獨

立思考以及與同齡人交往的能力，沒有說structuredactivities對intelligence

有什么幫助;B與文章的倒數(shù)第3句不符;C與倒數(shù)第2句不符。

餐桌上的蝸牛

Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbe

eatenandwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,for

instance,youwouldconsideroctopusagreatdelicacy.Youwouldnot

beabletounderstandwhysomepeoplefinditrepulsive.Ontheother

hand,yourstomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimal

fat--thenormallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.The

sadtruthisthatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoods

andwesticktothemallourlives.

Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommon

gardensnail.Cookedinwine,snailsareagreatluxuryinvariouspartsof

theworld.Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,

havelearnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.Myfriend,Robert,livesina

countrywheresnailsaredespised.Ashisflatisinalargetown,hehas

nogardenofhisown.Foryearshehasbeenaskingmetocollectsnails

frommygardenandtakethemtohim.Theideaneverappealedtome

verymuch,butoneday,afterheavyshower,Ihappenedtobewalkingin

mygardenwhenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollon

someofmyprizeplants.Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveral

dozen,puttheminapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.Robertwas

delightedtoseemeandequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.Ileftthebag

inthehallandRobertandIwentintothelivingroomwherewetalked

foracoupleofhours.IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobert

suddenlysaidthatImuststaytodinner.Snailswould,ofcourse,bethe

maindish.IdidnotfancytheideaandIreluctantlyfollowedRobertout

oftheroom.Toourdismay,wesawthatthereweresnailseverywhere:

theyhadescapedfromthepaperbagandhadtakencomplete

possessionofthehall!Ihaveneverbeenabletolookatasnailsince

then.

練習(xí)題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Theunderlinedword"repulsive°inParagraph1mostprobably

means.

A.disgustingB.pleasantC.acceptableD.delicious

2.WecaninferfromParagraph3thatwhencollectingthesnails,the

author.

A.wasgladthathecouldsharethemwithhisfriend

B.wasangrybecausetheymightdamagehisbelovedplants

C.wasexcitedaboutbeingabletogivehisfriendasurprise

D.wasdepressedbecauseitwashardtocatchthemall

3.Theauthorfindsthatsnails.

A.areasdeliciousasoctopus

B.aredislikedinhishometown

C.arethemostcontroversialfood

D.areaspopularasfriedpotatoes

4.Thebesttitleforthepassagemightbe""?

A.OneMan'sMeatisAnotherMan'sPoison

B.FoodsandCultures

C.SnailandOctopus

D.PeopleAreIllogicalinFrontofDelicacies

5.Asindicatedinthepassage,peoplelovedifferentfoodsmainly

because____

A.theyliveindifferentplaces.

B.theylearntoeatcertainfoodsintheirfamilies

C.theyhavedifferentunderstandingofdelicacy

D.theyaretooillogicaltoexplain

1.[A]詞義推斷題。解答本題的關(guān)健首先要理解repulsive前面的it是指上

一句的octopus,由Ontheotherhand可知第2句和第3句描述的是人，門對

章魚作為食物的兩種柜反的反應(yīng)，而與agreatdelicacy相反的是A,故A為正

確答案。

2.[B]推理判斷題.在第2段中查找到作者有一天在陣雨后散步發(fā)現(xiàn)蝸牛爬

在他那些prizeplants上面，所以才突然有了去扒蝸牛的沖動。理解prize在此

意為“一流的，珍視的"，便可知作者當時很生氣，由此可確定答案為B。

3.。事實細節(jié)遢。本題考查復(fù)合句的理解。第2段第1句“No

creature...more...thansnails"表達的是最高級概念,即：Snailshavereceived

mostpraiseandabuse由此可知，蝸牛是最具爭議性的食物，因此C就是該句

的近義替換。作者沒有把蝸牛與章魚或炸土豆作比較，因此A和D不對;文中提

到在朋友的居住地,蝸牛是沒人瞧得上的，但沒有提到在作者的家鄉(xiāng)是否受歡迎，

因此B也不對。

4.[A]主旨大意題。文章第1句話其實是全文的主題句，說明人們對于選擇

吃什么、不吃什么是沒有什么章法的，暗示了人們在飲食方面有大相徑庭的喜好，

接著用了數(shù)個具體例子說明，并著重以蝸牛為例，闡明這種差異。英語習(xí)語"One

manxsmeatisanotherman'spoison"形象地表達了這一觀點。本題最具干擾

性的是B,文章在第1段談到飲食有差異，這涉及到了culture,但作者并沒花太

多筆罵苗述各國不同的文化，因此，culture并非本文的中心。另外，D的表達

與文章第1句很相似，但是D說的是人們在美食面前會喪失理智，與第1句的

意思其實相差甚遠，且并非文章要闡明的主題。

5.[B]推理判斷題。本題考查表語從句的理解。從第1段的最后一句中"most

ofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoods"可推斷B為不同的人喜好

不同食物的最主要原因。A最具干擾性，它也是原因之一,但住在同一個地方的人

也會有不同的飲食差異，所以還是因為家庭的原因所造成的。

美國大學(xué)生活

Normallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesin

ordertograduate,andeachcoursewhichheattendsgiveshimacredit

whichhemaycounttowardsadegree,InmanyAmericanuniversitiesthe

totalworkforadegreeconsistsofthirty-sixcourseseachlastingforone

semester.Atypicalcourseconsistsofthreeclassesperweekforfifteen

weeks;whileattendingauniversityastudentwillprobablyattendfouror

fivecoursesduringeachsemester.Normallyastudent.Wouldexpectto

takefouryearsattendingtwosemesterseachyear.Itispossibleto

spreadtheperiodofworkforthedegreeoveralongerperiod.Itisalso

possibleforastudenttomovebetweenoneuniversityandanother

duringhisdegreecourse,thoughthisisnotinfactdoneasaregular

practice.

Forverycoursethatthefollowsastudentisgivenagrade,whichis

recorded,andtherecordisavailableforthestudenttoshowto

prospectiveemployers.Allthisimposesaconstantpressureandstrainof

work,butinspiteofthissomestudentsstillfindtimeforgreatactivityin

studentaffairs.日ectionstopositionsinstudentorganizationsarouse

muchenthusiasm.Theeffectiveworkofmaintainingdisciplineisusually

performedbystudentswhoadvisetheacademicauthorities.Anystudent

whoisthoughttohavebrokentherules,forexample,bycheatinghisto

appearbeforeastudentcourt.Withtheenormousnumbersofstudents,

theoperationofthesystemdoesinvolveacertainamountofactivity.A

studentwhohasheldoneofthesepositionsofauthorityismuch

respectedanditwillbeofbenefittohimlaterinhiscareer.

練習(xí)題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Normallyastudentwouldatleastattend_______classeseachweek.

A.36

B.20

C.12

D.15

2.AccordingtothefirstparagraphanAmericanstudentisallowed

A.toliveinadifferentuniversity

B.toliveathomeanddrivetoclasses

C.totakeaparticularcourseinadifferentuniversity

D.togettwodegreesfromtwodifferentuniversities

3.Americauniversitystudentsareusuallyunderpressureofwork

because___________

A.theyhavetoobserveuniversitydiscipline

B.theyareheavilyinvolvedinstudentaffairs

C.theiracademicperformancewillaffecttheirfuturecareers

D.theywanttorunforpositionsofauthority

4.Somestudentsareenthusiasticforpositionsinstudent

organizationsprobablybecause________

A.suchpositionshelpthemgetbetterjobs

B.theyhatetheconstantpressureandstrainoftheirstudy

C.theywillthenbeabletostaylongerintheuniversity

D.suchpositionsareusuallywellpaid

5.Thestudentorganizationsseemtobeeffectivein______________

A.ensuringthatthestudentsobserveuniversityregulations

B.dealingwiththeacademicaffairsoftheuniversity

C.evaluatingstudents'performancebybringingthembeforea

court

D.keepingupthestudents'enthusiasmforsocialactivities

1.[C]由文章第1段可知，每個學(xué)生每學(xué)期要上4到5門課，每門課每周有3

節(jié)，由此可知學(xué)生每周要上12-15節(jié)課，因此一個學(xué)生每個星期至少要上12節(jié)

課，故選C。

2.[C]文章首段最后一句提到，學(xué)生在攻讀學(xué)位期間可以在兩所不同的學(xué)校

上課，C與之相符。A、B在原文中未提及，D錯在twodegrees,原文只是說

在不同的學(xué)校上課，并非在不同的學(xué)校獲得學(xué)位。

3.[C]文章第2段第2句的allthis指的是前一句提到的學(xué)生所修的每一門

課的成績都會記錄下來給未來的雇主看，即這將影響他們將來的就業(yè)，C與之相

符。A“遵守校方紀律.文中有提及，但跟所問的問題無關(guān);B說的對象是有些學(xué)生，

且也跟問題無關(guān);D文中并未提及。

4.[A]文章最后一段末句明確指出，擔(dān)任過領(lǐng)導(dǎo)職位的學(xué)生很受人尊敬，對

他將來的事業(yè)也很有利，A與之相符。

5.[A]本題的解題關(guān)鍵是第2段第4句，該句中的theeffectiveworkof

maintainingdiscipline可知A正確。A中的observeuniversityregulations

與文中的maintaindiscipline對應(yīng)，故正確。

寫作

Likefinefood,goodwritingissomethingweapproachwithpleasure

andenjoyfromthefirsttastetothelast.Andgoodwriters,likegood

cooks,donotsuddenlyappearfull-blown.Quitetheopposite,justas

thecookhastoundergoaparticulartraining,masteringtheskillsofhis

trade,thewritermustsitathisdeskanddevotelonghourstoachieving

astyleinhiswriting,whateveritspurposeis—schoolwork,mattersof

business,orpurelysocialcommunication.

Youmaybesurethatthemorepainstakingtheeffort,themore

effectivethewriting,andthemorerewarding.

Therearestillsomefarawayplacesintheworldwhereyoumight

findapublicscribetodoyourbusinessorsocialwritingforyou,for

money.Thereareafewmanagerswhoareluckyenoughtohavethe

serviceofthatrarekindofsecretarywhocantakecareofallsortsof

letterwritingwithnomorethanaquicknotetoworkfrom.Butformost

ofus,ifthereisanywritingtobedone,wehavetodoitourselves.

Wehavetowriteschoolpapers,businesspapersorhomepapers.

Weareconstantlycalledontoputwordstopapers.Itwouldbedifficult

tocountthenumberofsuchwords,messages,letters,andreportsput

intomailsordeliveredbyhand,butthedailyfiguresmustbeextremely

large.Whatismore,everyonewhowritesexpects,oratleasthopes

whateverhewriteswillberead,fromfirstwordtolast,notjustthrown

intosome"letters-to-be-read“filesorintoawastepaperbasket.Thisis

thereasonwebendoureffortstowardlearningandpracticingtheskills

ofinteresting,effectivewriting.

練習(xí)題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Inthispassage,goodwritingiscomparedtofinefoodinthat

A.bothwritersandcookshavetoworkalongtimeeveryday

B.bothareessentialtolife

C.botharewritersandcookscanearnagoodliving

D.bothareenjoyable

2.Apublic"scribe"(Para2,Line1)is_____.

A.asecretarywhodoesyourbusinessorsocialwriting

B.amachinethatdoeswritingforyou

C.apublicschoolwherewritingistaught

D.apersonwhoearsalivingbywritingforothers

3.Accordingtothepassage,somemanagersdon'thavetodoany

letterwritingbecause______.

A.theyrelyonquicknotesC.theyhaveacomputertodoit

B.theyhaveexcellentsecretariesD.theyprefermakingphonecalls

4.Accordingtotheauthor,ifyourletteristhrownintosome

"letter-to-be-read"file,______.

A.itwillreceiveimmediateattention

B.itwillbedealtwithbythesecretary

C.itislikelytobeneglected

D.itismeanttobedeliveredsoon

5.Thepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassageis_.

A.toexplainandpersuade

B.tocommentandcriticize

C.tointerestandentertain

D.toargueanddemonstrate

1.[D]文章首句提到，如同美味的食物，我們可以從好的作品中獲得樂趣和享

受，D與之相符，故為答案。

2.[D]原文第2段首句提到，這種publicscribe會幫你寫商業(yè)文件或社會

交流文章，但他們也會收費的，D與之相符A中的secretary應(yīng)該是不收貴的,

故排除;D中的machine與文中的remoteplaces不相符，故也可排除。

3.[B]文章第2段第2句提到，個別幸運的經(jīng)理只需寫下簡便的筆記,其秘書

就會寫好所有的信件，因此B為答案。

4.[C]文章第3段倒數(shù)第2句的大意是：我們希望自己寫的東西能被人從頭

到尾地讀，能不被扔迸"letters-to-beread"file,且根據(jù)下文的awastepaper

可推測這里說的是希望自己寫的東西不被忽視，故本題應(yīng)選

basketCo

5.[A]由文章的結(jié)尾的thisisthereason,知道作者有"解釋”的目的,同時

他說"我們要盡最大的努力學(xué)習(xí)和練習(xí)有趣、有效地寫作的技巧"，可知有

persuade（說服）的目的，故選A。

英語六級

Thereisacertaininevitabilitythatebooksaleshavenowovertaken

paperbacksalesonAmazon'slISsite.Amazon'sKindle2issolightand

socheapthatit'seasytoseewhypeoplehaverushedtobuyit.Though

I'mstillnotkeenonthedesignoftheKindle,itisavastimprovement

onitspredecessorandcertainlytolerable.Beyondthedeviceitself,

AmazonhasdoneagreatjobofrollingoutKindleapps,ensuringthat

peoplelikeme-whohaveaniPadbutnotaKindle-canstilljoininthefun.

Onceyou'reintotheKindleecosystem,Amazonlocksyouintightly-just

asAppledoeswithitsiTunes/iPodecosystem.It'ssoeasytobuyfrom

Amazon'sstoreandthebooksaresocheapthatit'snotworththeeffort

ofgoingelsewhere.

WhileIremainopposedtoAmazon'sDRM（數(shù)字版權(quán)管理）-indeed,I'm

opposedtoDRMonanyebooks-Ihavetoadmitthattheimplementation

issosmooththatmostKindleuserswon'tcareatallthattheirebooks

can'tbemovedtootherdevices.

Theebooktrendisnowherenearpeaking.Overthenextfiveyears

wecanexpecttoseemoreandmorereadersmoveawayfromprinted

booksandpickupebooksinstead.ButIdon'tthinkthatwillmeanthe

deathoftheprintedbook.

Therearesomewhopreferprintedbooks.Theylikehavingshelves

filledwithbooksthey'vereadandbookstheyplantoread;theylikethe

feelofthebookintheirhandsandthedifferentweightsandtypefaces

andlayoutsofdifferenttitles.Inotherwords,theylikethephysical

formofthebookalmostasmuchasthewordsitcontains.

Icansympathisewiththosepeople.As]wroteearlierthisweek,my

idealsituationwouldbeforpublisherstobundleebookswithprinted

ones-inmuchthesamewaythatfilmstudiosbtmdieDVDswithdigital

copiesoffilms.There'snoreasontothinkthatloversofprinted

bookswillchangetheirminds.Therewillundoubtedlybefewerofthem

astimegoesbybecausemorepeoplewillgrowupwithebooksand

spendlittletimewithprintedones.However,justastherearepeople

wholovevinylrecords（黑膠唱片）,eveniftheywerebornwellintotheCD

era,thcrcwillstillbeadedicatedminoritywholovephysicalbooks.

Sincetherearefewerofthesepeople,thatwillmeanfewer

bookshopsandhigherpricesforprintedbooksbutIdon'tthinkthe

pictureisentirelybleak.Thereisscopeforsmallerprintrunsoflavishly

designedprintedbooksandbookshopsaimedatbooklovers,rather

thantheStiegLarsson-readingmasses.Withmainstreamreadersoutof

theprintedbookmarket,bookloversmightevenfindtheygetabetter

experience.

56.WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraphOne?

A.MostpeoplebuyKindle2mainlybecauseofitslowprice.

B.TheauthorofthepassageisaloyalcustomerofAppleproducts.

C.Amazon'sKindle2surpassedKindle1indesigning.

D.ThesalesofebookoutnumberedthoseofpaperbackintheU.S.

57.Accordingtothepassage,thereasonwhytheauthoropposesto

Amazon'sDRMisthat

A.ebookscanonlybepurchasedonAmazon,com

B.Kindlebooksarenotcompatiblewithotherelectronicreading

devices

C.onceimplemented,ebookscan'tbetransferredtoother

equipments

D.ebooksinstalledonKindle2can'tbeeditedfreely

58.Itcanbelearnedthatthetrendofebooks______

A.willcometostopanytimesoon

B.willreachthesummitinthenearfuture

C.willmeetitsheydaywhenprintedbooksdie

D.hasalreadyreacheditspeak

59.Whydoestheauthorbelievethatthesurgingsalesofebooks

won'tmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook?

A.Becauseaminoritywillsticktotheirloveofprintedbooks.

B.Becausethemajorityofbookloverswon'tchangetheirminds.

C.Becausepeoplealwaysholdnostalgicfeelingstowardsprinted

books.

D.Becausepeoplewillreturntotheprintedbooksastimegoesby.

60.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingisTRUEabout

thefutureofprintedbooks?

A.Theywillbebundledwithebooks.

B.Theywillnolongerbeavailableinthemarket.

C.Theywillbesoldinsmallquantityandhighquality.

D.Theywillberedesignedtocatertothemasses.

參考答案

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(shè)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

在設(shè)計上要優(yōu)于故答案為）

2KindleI,Co

57?。本題考查作者對亞馬遜的數(shù)字版權(quán)管理持反對態(tài)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(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分別對應(yīng)定位句中的move

和devices,故為答案。

58.B）。本題考查電子書的發(fā)展趨勢。定位句提到，電子書的發(fā)展趨勢正在無

限接近頂峰。換言之，電子書的發(fā)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(zhì)書籍消亡的原因。定位句提

到“然而，正如有些生活在CD時代卻依然熱爰黑膠唱片的人一樣，會有少數(shù)人仍

然堅定地愛著紙質(zhì)書”，由此可知，仍有一部分人會堅持購買紙質(zhì)書籍，故答案

為A）。

60.C）.本題考查紙質(zhì)書的發(fā)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(shè)的裝幀精美、數(shù)量不多的

印刷本和書店。C）中的smallquantity和betterquality分別對應(yīng)原文的smaller

print,lavishlydesigned,故為答案。

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regionshitbytherecorddroughtthathasaffectedmorethanhalfofthe

U.S.andisexpectedtodriveupfoodprices.

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