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【题目】 阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

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】

本文介绍网络图书馆。网络图书馆是一种出借电子图书的图书馆，它把电子图书当纸类图书一样。网络图书馆通过出卖电子图书赚钱,并且将其中的总收入划分出一部分给出版商。

【1】D细节理解题。根据第一段第三句It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income. 网络图书馆通过出卖电子图书赚钱,并且将其中的总收入划分出一部分给出版商.故选D。

【2】D词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句Many publishers seem to have embraced its model.这种模式非常相同,就好像很多的出版商相互收买一样.可知划线单词的意思应该是：乐意带走一些东西，也就是相互收买。故选D。

【3】B推理判断题。根据最后一段“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,” 并不是真正拥有很多好的电子文件并必须存储和管理它。这没有意义。可知意思是：消费者没必要拥有一整本书。故选B。