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    Digital Trend: BOOKLESS LIBRARIES
    What if you could fit all of a library’s collection in the palm of your hand? That’s part of the idea behind an upcoming bookless public library in San Antonio. Called Biblio Tech, the system will lend out e-readers loaded with 10,000 titles for two-to-three –week periods. But don't bother holding on to the device longer than that because it’s programmed to go dead.
    Other libraries have tried similar programs: In 2002, the Santa Rosa Branch Library in Tucson, Arizona, launched a digital-only facility, and a bookless project was proposed last year in Newport Beach, California. Those digital-only projects folded—residents wanted their paperbacks—but Stanford University maintains a successful bookless engineering library with over 65,000 titles. Officials say digital libraries are a low-cost way to educate the masses and argue their rise is inevitable.
    Still, some insist print isn’t doomed. A recent Wall Street Journal article notes that e-book purchases skew（倾斜）heavily toward the sort of  “light entertainment” novels you can pick up at the grocery store. A survey from the Pew Research Center shows that about 90 percent of digital readers still crack open physical books.( After all, there are only four Twilight books. How hard is it to drag those around?)

    1. 1.

      From the first paragraph, we can tell _____

      1. A.
        you can always keep all of the books in your hands,
      2. B.
        Biblio Tech will lend readers 10,000 books temporarily
      3. C.
        the books will not be stored in your device forever
      4. D.
        the bookless public library can be found in San Antonio now
    2. 2.

      The following statements are true except that _____

      1. A.
        the Santa Rosa Branch Library lend out e-readers with 10,000 books
      2. B.
        the physical books are still popular despite those bookless projects
      3. C.
        Stanford University sets a successful example of bookless engineering
      4. D.
        some officials agree that digital libraries are educative and unavoidable
    3. 3.

      What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 2?

      1. A.
        succeeded
      2. B.
        opened
      3. C.
        accepted
      4. D.
        failed
    4. 4.

      Some people insist that print will not disappear because _____

      1. A.
        e-books are mainly sort of “light entertainment” novels
      2. B.
        most of the digital readers prefer books about physics
      3. C.
        a majority of e-reader users still choose to read paperbacks
      4. D.
        it is easy to take 4 Twilight books everywhere
    CADA
    试题分析：文章大意：未来的图书馆里不会有书本，通过数码的手动智能方式就能利用收集所有书籍于掌中的设备来阅读；但即使如此，人们依然不能将印刷的书籍丢掉。
    1.C 细节理解题。A项从第一句话“What if you could fit all of a library’s collection in the palm of your hand?”可知只是一种假设；从倒数第二句话也知道不是所有的书，排除；B项从第三句话可知是10000titles，指的是文章，不是书本。C项从本段最后一句“But don't bother holding on to the device longer than that because it’s programmed to go dead.”可知是正确。D项本段中的“upcoming”和“the system will”可知是未来的设想，并非现在就有了，故排除D。
    2.A 细节理解题。根据第一段提到10000 titles，以及“the system will”故A 项错误；B项与第三段最后一句相符；C项与第二段倒数第二句相符；D项与第二段最后一句相符。
    3.D 词义猜测题。根据本句话“Those digital-only projects folded—residents wanted their paperbacks—but Stanford University maintains a successful bookless engineering library with over 65,000 titles.”中有并列连词but，说明前后两句话意思相反，下文讲到斯担福大学有一个成功的无书图书馆，所以该空与successful相反的词，故D正确。
    4.A 推理判断题。本题题干是双重否定表示肯定，根据最后一段第三句“A survey from the Pew Research Center shows that about 90 percent of digital readers still crack open physical books”可知C正确。
    考点:科技类短文阅读。
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