10.Despite the anxiety that Jones'Host-said by some to be the first digital novel-caused in 1993,publishers weren't too concerned that e-books would one day replace printed books.However,that attitude was changed suddenly in 2007 when Amazon's Kindle came onto the market,which led to e-book sales jumping up to 1,260%.Since then,e-books'popularity has continued to steadily rise.The publishing industry seemed to have lost all possible ability to regain its position.Will printed books eventually become a thing of the past?
According to Mike Shatzkin,founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company,printed books just for plain old reading will,in 10years from now,be unusual."Not so unusual that a kid will say,‘Mommy,what's that?'but unusual enough that on the train you'll see one or two people reading something printed,while everyone else is reading off of a tablet."And Shatzkin believes that the demise of print is sure to happen,though such a day won't arrive for perhaps 50to 100or more years.
Robert Stein,founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book,however,believes that books won't disappear entirely,at least not anytime soon."Print will exist,but it will be in a different field and will appeal to a very limited audience,as poetry does today.Like woodblock printing,hand-processed film and folk weaving (編織),printed pages may assume an artistic value,"he says.He imagines that future forms of books might be developed not by conventional publishers but by the gaming industry.He also predicts that the distinction between writer and reader will be made less obvious by a social reading experience in which authors and consumers can digitally interact with each other to discuss any passage,sentence or line.
Is there anything we risk sacrificing,should print really disappear entirely?According to Maryanne Wolf,director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University,electronic reading can negatively affect the way the brain responds to text,including reading comprehension,focus and the ability to maintain attention to details like plot and order of events."My worry is that we'll have a short-circuited reading brain,excellent for gathering information but not necessarily for forming critical,analytical deep reading skills,"Wolf says.
The field,however,is in an early stage,and findings about the negative effects of e-reading are far from certain.In light of this,Wolf hopes that we continue to maintain a"bi-literate"society-one that values both the digital and printed word."A full reading brain circuit is a huge contribution to the intellectual development of our species.Anything that threatens that deserves our attention."

67.How did publishers feel about the rising e-book sales inspired by the Kindle?A
A.Worried.B.Excited.C.Curious.D.Skeptical.
68.The underlined word"demise"in Paragraph 2probably meansB.
A.riseB.deathC.growthD.decline
69.According to Robert Stein,paper books will exist because ofA.
A.the artistic value
B.the digital interaction
C.the growing popularity
D.the conventional design
70.It can be concluded from the last two paragraphs that Wolf holds thatD.
A.e-reading will weaken the power of our brain
B.digital books and paper books should not co-exist
C.e-reading will make us more critical and thoughtful
D.we should not risk losing a full reading brain circuit.

分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀,作者在文章中主要敘述了電子書如今迅速發(fā)展并占據(jù)了市場(chǎng),人們擔(dān)心電子書是否會(huì)代替?zhèn)鹘y(tǒng)的紙質(zhì)書,專家表示紙質(zhì)書的市場(chǎng)不容樂(lè)觀,但使用電子書也有一定的弊端.

解答 67.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段Since then,e-books'popularity has continued to steadily rise.The publishing industry seemed to have lost all possible ability to regain its position.Will printed books eventually become a thing of the past可知面對(duì)銷量迅速上升的電子書,公眾擔(dān)心電子書是否會(huì)取代紙質(zhì)書,故選A.
68.B  詞意推理題.根據(jù)第二段 Shatzkin believes that the demise of print is sure to happen,though such a day won't arrive for perhaps 50 to 100 or more years可知傳統(tǒng)的紙質(zhì)書在接下來(lái)的50年或100年里將會(huì)消失,故選B.
69.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段Print will exist,but it will be in a different field and will appeal to a very limited audience,as poetry does today.Like woodblock printing,hand-processed film and folk weaving (編織),printed pages may assume an artistic value可知紙質(zhì)版的書仍然會(huì)存在是因?yàn)橛兴囆g(shù)價(jià)值,故選A.
70.D  推理判斷題.根據(jù)第四段electronic reading can negatively affect the way the brain responds to text,including reading comprehension,focus and the ability to maintain attention to details like plot and order of events.可知使用電子書有一定的弊端,紙質(zhì)版的書籍可以克服這一弊端,故選D.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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