2017年12月大学英语六级仔细阅读练习题（41）思维导图

ThereisacertaininevitabilitythatebooksaleshavenowovertakenpaperbacksalesonAmazon'sUSsite.Amazon'sKindle2issolightandsocheapthatit'seasytoseewhypeoplehaverushedtobuyit.ThoughI'mstillnotkeenonthedesignoftheKindle,itisavastimprovementonitspredecessorandcertainlytolerable.Beyondthedeviceitself,AmazonhasdoneagreatjobofrollingoutKindleapps,ensuringthatpeoplelikeme-whohaveaniPadbutnotaKindle-canstilljoininthefun.Onceyou'reintotheKindleecosystem,Amazonlocksyouintightly-justasAppledoeswithitsiTunes/iPodecosystem.It'ssoeasytobuyfromAmazon'sstoreandthebooksaresocheapthatit'snotworththeeffortofgoingelsewhere.

WhileIremainopposedtoAmazon'sDRM(数字版权管理)-indeed,I'mopposedtoDRMonanyebooks-IhavetoadmitthattheimplementationissosmooththatmostKindleuserswon'tcareatallthattheirebookscan'tbemovedtootherdevices.

Theebooktrendisnowherenearpeaking.Overthenextfiveyearswecanexpecttoseemoreandmorereadersmoveawayfromprintedbooksandpickupebooksinstead.ButIdon'tthinkthatwillmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook.

Therearesomewhopreferprintedbooks.Theylikehavingshelvesfilledwithbooksthey'vereadandbookstheyplantoread;theylikethefeelofthebookintheirhandsandthedifferentweightsandtypefacesandlayoutsofdifferenttitles.Inotherwords,theylikethephysicalformofthebookalmostasmuchasthewordsitcontains.

Icansympathisewiththosepeople.AsIwroteearlierthisweek,myidealsituationwouldbeforpublisherstobundleebookswithprintedones-inmuchthesamewaythatfilmstudiosbtmdieDVDswithdigitalcopiesoffilms.There'snoreasontothinkthatloversofprintedbookswillchangetheirminds.Therewillundoubtedlybefewerofthemastimegoesbybecausemorepeoplewillgrowupwithebooksandspendlittletimewithprintedones.However,justastherearepeoplewholovevinylrecords(黑胶唱片),eveniftheywerebornwellintotheCDera,therewillstillbeadedicatedminoritywholovephysicalbooks.

Sincetherearefewerofthesepeople,thatwillmeanfewerbookshopsandhigherpricesforprintedbooksbutIdon'tthinkthepictureisentirelybleak.Thereisscopeforsmallerprintrunsoflavishlydesignedprintedbooksandbookshopsaimedatbooklovers,ratherthantheStiegLarsson-readingmasses.Withmainstreamreadersoutoftheprintedbookmarket,bookloversmightevenfindtheygetabetterexperience.

A.MostpeoplebuyKindle2mainlybecauseofitslowprice.

B.TheauthorofthepassageisaloyalcustomerofAppleproducts.

C.Amazon'sKindle2surpassedKindle1indesigning.

D.ThesalesofebookoutnumberedthoseofpaperbackintheU.S.

A.ebookscanonlybepurchasedonAmazon.com

B.Kindlebooksarenotcompatiblewithotherelectronicreadingdevices

C.onceimplemented,ebookscan'tbetransferredtootherequipments

D.ebooksinstalledonKindle2can'tbeeditedfreely

A.willcometostopanytimesoon

B.willreachthesummitinthenearfuture

C.willmeetitsheydaywhenprintedbooksdie

D.hasalreadyreacheditspeak

A.Becauseaminoritywillsticktotheirloveofprintedbooks.

B.Becausethemajorityofbookloverswon'tchangetheirminds.

C.Becausepeoplealwaysholdnostalgicfeelingstowardsprintedbooks.

D.Becausepeoplewillreturntotheprintedbooksastimegoesby.

A.Theywillbebundledwithebooks.

B.Theywillnolongerbeavailableinthemarket.

C.Theywillbesoldinsmallquantityandhighquality.

D.Theywillberedesignedtocatertothemasses.

56.C)。本题考查对第一段的理解。定位句指出“尽管我还是对Kindle的设计提不起兴趣.但较之第一代确实有了相当大的改进，还是非常不错的”，即Kindle2在设计上要优于Kindlel，故答案为C)。

57.c)。本题考查作者对亚马逊的数字版权管理持反对态度的原因。定位句提到“我不得不承认安装过程实在是太便捷了，以至于大多数Kindle用户并不介意电子书无法安装到其他设备上”，由此可知，电子书一旦安装后，不可以在其他设备上再次使用，C)中的transfer，equipments分别对应定位句中的move和devices，故为答案。

58.B)。本题考查电子书的发展趋势。定位句提到，电子书的发展趋势正在无限接近顶峰。换言之，电子书的发展趋势很快就会接近顶峰，故B)为答案。

59.A)。本题考查作者认为电子书不会造成纸质书籍消亡的原因。定位句提到“然而，正如有些生活在CD时代却依然热爱黑胶唱片的人一样，会有少数人仍然坚定地爱着纸质书”，由此可知，仍有一部分人会坚持购买纸质书籍，故答案为A)。

60.C)。本题考查纸质书的发展趋势。由定位句可知，面向大众群体的斯泰格拉尔森式阅读将被淘汰，取而代之的是针对爱书者而设的装帧精美、数量不多的印刷本和书店。C)中的smallquantity和betterquality分别对应原文的smallerprint，lavishlydesigned，故为答案。