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【題目】 Do you prefer reading an e-book or a physical version? It might be a surprise, but for most people, old school print on paper still wins.

Publishers of books in all formats made almost $26 billion in revenue (收益) last year in the U.S., with print making up $22.6 billion and e-books taking $2.04 billion, according to the Association of American Publishers’ annual report 2018. Those figures include trade and educational books, as well as fiction.

While digital media has developed quickly, people still love to own physical books, according to Meryl Halls, managing director of the Booksellers’ Association in the U.K. “I think the e-book bubble has burst somewhat. Sales are flattening off. The physical objects are attractive.” she said.

People love to display their books, Hall added. “The book lover loves to have a record of what they have read. It’s about signaling to the rest of the world and about decorating your home, because people want to use it to indicate something about themselves.” And for Halls, there is also a desire to escape the screen. Part of the reason is that it’s harder to have an emotional relationship with what you’re reading if it’s on an e-reader.

As for the future of books, all formats will continue to be in demand, says Jacks Thomas, director of the London Book Fair. “People always need knowledge and people always need stories, so from that point of view, the book industry, in whatever format, has a strong future,” she says.

【1】What do we know from the passage?

A.E-books help escape the screen.

B.Publishers of books like e-books.

C.Details are more accurate in physical books.

D.Print books make a bigger profit than e-books.

【2】What does the underlined phrase “flattening off” mean?

A.Cutting down.

B.Being controlled.

C.Stopping growing.

D.Keeping increasing.

【3】Why do people prefer physical books?

A.They are a signal of the world.

B.They are used to build houses.

C.They help people record something.

D.They are good to strengthen a relationship.

【4】Which is Jack’s idea about the book industry?

A.Its future promises to be good.B.Books won’t be needed.

C.No different formats coexist.D.Digital media will replace physical books.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹一種現(xiàn)象——實(shí)體書(shū)深受歡迎，并且分析了這種現(xiàn)象背后的原因。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Publishers of books in all formats made almost $26 billion in revenue (收益) last year in the U.S., with print making up $22.6 billion and e-books taking $2.04 billion”可知，去年，美國(guó)紙質(zhì)書(shū)的銷(xiāo)售額為226億美元，電子書(shū)為20.4億美元。由此推知，紙質(zhì)書(shū)的利潤(rùn)比電子書(shū)大。故選D。

【2】詞句猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線(xiàn)詞所在句前一句I think the e-book bubble has burst somewhat.(我認(rèn)為電子書(shū)的泡沫已經(jīng)破滅了)及下一句The physical objects are attractive.(實(shí)體書(shū)很有吸引力)可推知，電子書(shū)的銷(xiāo)售迅猛發(fā)展的勢(shì)頭應(yīng)該已經(jīng)不復(fù)存在，即劃線(xiàn)詞所在句意為“銷(xiāo)售趨于平穩(wěn)”，由此可知?jiǎng)澗�(xiàn)詞組意為“變平，變平緩”。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，C選項(xiàng)（停止增長(zhǎng)）表達(dá)此意。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的The book lover loves to have a record of what they have read. It’s about signaling to the rest of the world and about decorating your home, because people want to use it to indicate something about themselves.可知，愛(ài)書(shū)的人喜歡把他們讀過(guò)的書(shū)記錄下來(lái)。它可以向世界其他地方發(fā)出信號(hào)，也可以裝飾你的家，因?yàn)槿藗兿胗盟鼇?lái)顯示關(guān)于自己的一些東西。由此推知，人們更喜歡實(shí)體書(shū)，因?yàn)樗鼈兛梢詭椭�人們記錄一些東西。故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“People always need knowledge and people always need stories, so from that point of view, the book industry, in whatever format, has a strong future,” she says.可知，“人們總是需要知識(shí)，總是需要故事，所以從這個(gè)角度來(lái)看，無(wú)論以何種形式出現(xiàn)，圖書(shū)行業(yè)都有一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的未來(lái)，”她說(shuō)。由此可知，杰克認(rèn)為圖書(shū)行業(yè)前途光明。故選A。