Question

【題目】 閱讀理解

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Net Library is a library that lends out digital books. It treats a digital book like a paperback copy. It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income.

From the consumer’s point of view, this means that if more than five people want the latest Danielle Steel romance novel, other people who request that book will get a message saying the title is unable to get.

Many publishers seem to have embraced its model. More than 350 publishers gave the company rights to hand out their digital works, and McGraw-Hill Corporation and Houghton Mifflin Corporation have put money into the company. The California public libraries and about 1,800 others across the US are trying out the Net Library service.

Some librarians criticize the Net Library model. Stanford University librarian Michael Keller argues that the company is creating an unnatural fear of digital works, which is contrary to the ideas of the Internet.

Keller and some other librarians argue for the e-book vision set forth by Brary. Brary is starting a service that lets us users read books for free.

But it will charge about 25 cents a page when a person tries to point out material or copy and taste it into a different file or tries to download a copy onto a computer.

Christopher Warnock, chief executive of Brary, believes most consumers won’t want to buy entire books, only the parts that interest them.

“There is not really a lot of good owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it. It doesn’t make sense,” he said.

【1】How do publishers get money from the Net Library?

A．They get money from selling their books to the Net Library

B．They get money from the readers．

C．They get money by cutting the cost of the books．

D．They share the money with Net Library．

【2】The underlined word “embraced” in the third paragraph means

A. tried out something hard

B. held something tightly

C. disliked something badly

D. taken something willingly

【3】What does the last paragraph mean?

A. Net Library is not a good way for the consumers．

B. There is no need for consumers to have a whole book．

C. Brary is not a good library for the consumers．

D. It’s reasonable to charge the consumers money for copying some pages．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

本文介紹網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖書館。網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖書館是一種出借電子圖書的圖書館，它把電子圖書當(dāng)紙類圖書一樣。網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖書館通過出賣電子圖書賺錢,并且將其中的總收入劃分出一部分給出版商。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income. 網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖書館通過出賣電子圖書賺錢,并且將其中的總收入劃分出一部分給出版商.故選D。

【2】D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段第一句Many publishers seem to have embraced its model.這種模式非常相同,就好像很多的出版商相互收買一樣.可知劃線單詞的意思應(yīng)該是：樂意帶走一些東西，也就是相互收買。故選D。

【3】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“There is not really a lot of good owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it. It doesn’t make sense,” 并不是真正擁有很多好的電子文件并必須存儲和管理它。這沒有意義�？芍�意思是：消費者沒必要擁有一整本書。故選B。