2．Two new electronic book products （the SoftBook and the PocketBook） have gathered extensive press coverage，including articles in ABC News，the New York Times，San Jose Mercury News，and WIRED．
An electronic book （e-book） is a book-length publication in digital form，consisting of text，images，or both，and produced on，published through，and readable on computers or other electronic devices．Different from a traditional printed book，e-books are born digital．
Being a firm believer in tablet computers for many tasks not involving heavy data entry，I applaud these new designs of the products．In particular，the SoftBook has nice leather binding （封皮），going far beyond the traditional （and boring） industrial design used for other portable computers．The PocketBook has a more traditional industrial design，typical of leading electronic gadgets （小配件）．
Unfortunately，neither company mentions their product's screen resolution （分辨率）．Low-resolution monitors （including all computer screens until now） have poor readability：people read about 25% slower from computer screens than from printed paper．Scientists believe that only the screen with 300dpi displays has the same reading speed as print．So unless they have much better screens，electronic books will have a problem．
A project called"the last book"is getting much attention，which aims at producing a computer in the form of a folio （對(duì)開本）：a set of pages using"digital ink"．Users would move forward in the information by turning pages just as they do in a printed book．Hopefully，the scientists will eventually invent a way to make the"digital ink"display characters at a high enough resolution to gain the same reading speed as print．
Even when e-books gain the same reading speed as print，they will still be a bad idea．Page turning remains a bad interface （界面），even when it can be done more conveniently than by clicking the mouse on a"next page"button．
Another problem is that most e-book publishers do not warn their customers about the real meaning of the digital rights management （DRM） tied to their products．Generally they claim that it is meant to prevent copying of the e-book．However，in many cases it is also possible that it will result in the complete denial of access by the purchaser to the e-book．The e-book is tied to a specific computer or device．In these cases，the DRM will usually let the purchaser move the book a limited number of times after which they cannot use it on any additional devices．If the purchaser upgrades or replaces their devices，they may lose access to their purchase．Some forms of the DRM depend on the existence of online services to authenticate （認(rèn)證） the purchasers．When the company that provides the service goes out of business or decides to stop providing the service，the purchaser will no longer be able to access the e-book．

67．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3，we know that the writerB．
A．has bought the two new products before
B．likes the special designs of the new products
C．thinks it more convenient to use traditional computers
D．doesn't like the traditional design of portable computers
68．We can learn from the passage thatD．
A．born digital，e-books can only be read on computers
B．"digital ink"has gained the same reading speed as print
C．now all the computers are using the screens with 300dpi displays
D．e-books may have slower reading speed compared with printed books
69．Due to the digital rights management，C．
A．the e-book should be tied to a specific device
B．people should upgrade their devices regularly
C．readers are likely to lose access to their purchase
D．only purchasers can download the book without limit
70．This passage mainly talks aboutA．
A．the disadvantages of electronic books   B．the future of electronic books
C．the designs of electronic books         D．two new electronic books．

分析 作者介紹了兩種新的電子書產(chǎn)品并稱贊了其設(shè)計(jì)，但電子書也有自己的缺點(diǎn)

解答 67-70BDCA
67：B   推斷題．由第三段作者對(duì) Softbook 和 Pocketbook 設(shè)計(jì)的稱贊可知作者非常喜歡新產(chǎn)品的設(shè)計(jì)，故正確答案為B．
68：D   細(xì)節(jié)題．由第四段第二句"people read about 25% slower from computer screens than from printed paper．"可知D項(xiàng)正確．
A項(xiàng)，由第三段第一句"Being a firm believer in tablet computers for many tasks not involving heavy data entry，I applaud these new designs of the products．"可知A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．B項(xiàng)，由第五段最后一句"Hopefully，the scientists will eventually invent a way to make the"digital ink"display characters at a high enough resolution to gain the same reading speed as print．"可知這項(xiàng)技術(shù)現(xiàn)在還未實(shí)現(xiàn)，所以B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．C項(xiàng)，文中沒有相關(guān)內(nèi)容，所以C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．故正確答案為D．
69：C   細(xì)節(jié)題．由最后一段第二、三句"Generally they claim that it is meant to prevent copying of the e-book．However，in many cases it is also possible that it will result in the complete denial of access by the purchaser to the e-book．"可知正確答案為C．
70：A   主旨題．作者在文章開頭介紹了兩種新的電子書產(chǎn)品并稱贊了其設(shè)計(jì)，但接下來作者主要講的是電子書的缺點(diǎn)，包括分辨率低、界面設(shè)計(jì)不合理以及版權(quán)問題等，由此可推斷作者寫這篇文章主要是為了談?wù)撾娮訒娜秉c(diǎn)，所以A項(xiàng)正確．而B、C、D項(xiàng)均未談及電子書的缺點(diǎn)，所以B、C、D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．故正確答案為A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀理解時(shí)要快速的瀏覽全文，把握文章主旨大意，帶著問題回到原文，尋找細(xì)節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案，最后要理清作者寫作思路．

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43．The underlined word"curved"in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to"A"．
A．bent         B．straight         C．round        D．smooth
44．Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage？C
A．Objects'moving tracks will be affected by gravity．
B．Astronauts should pay attention to the effects of gravity．
C．Only fans of Angry Birds can go to the exhibit．
D．Playing the video game may make a kid dull．
45．What is the best title for the passage？D
A．An exhibit for kids．
B．Come and Play with Angry Birds．
C．Gravity changes an object's track．
D．NASA connected with Angry Birds．

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11．Animals Can Sense Natural Disasters
Among the dead in South Asia's tsunami（海嘯）were many tourists at Sri Lanka's national wildlife park at Yala．But very few of the park's animals-elephants，buffaloes，monkeys and wild cats-appear to have died．There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and run away to safety．
First，it's possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit．The underwater burst produced sound waves known as infrasound（次聲）．Humans can't hear infrasound，but many animals including dogs，elephants，tigers and pigeons can．
A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration（震動(dòng)）．The great quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves．These vibrations move through the ground like waves moving on the surface of the ocean but faster．They travel at ten times the speed of sound．The Rayleigh waves would have reached Sri Lanka hours before the water hit．Mammals，birds，insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves．So the animals at Yala might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground．
But what about humans？While we can't hear infrasound，we can feel it，although we don't necessarily know we're feeling it．We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints（關(guān)節(jié)），which exist just for that purpose．Sadly，it seems we don't pay attention to the information when we get it．Maybe we screen it out because there's so much going on before our eyes and in our ears．

56．Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit？D
A．Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound．
B．Because the animals were staying at a higher place in the park．
C．Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings．
D．Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away．
57．Which of the statements about"Rayleigh waves"is true？A
A．Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings．
B．Rayleigh waves，just like infrasonic sound，can only be felt by animals．
C．Rayleigh waves are vibrational waves that usually cause quakes or tsunamis．
D．Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves．
58．According to the passage，which of the statement is true？B
A．We can't feel the infrasound so we can't be informed of the danger．
B．We ignore the information of tsunami's coming even though we can also get it．
C．We were so busy on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves．
D．We can feel Rayleigh waves and infrasound so we can escape the danger like animals．

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12．It was going to be some time _____ he would see his father again．（　�。�
A．beforeB．afterC．sinceD．when

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