Question

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。

Electronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing. By delivering text direct to the user’s computer screen, the e-book could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, bypassing (绕过) traditional publishers and readers. But it also raises the possibility of mass piracy (盗版). Phil Rance, founder and managing director of Online Originals, a London-based e-book publisher, sums it up. “No one wants Napster (在线音乐服务) to happen to books.”

Indeed, the most popular MP3 have put the frighteners on (威胁) an industry that generally operates some way behind the “bleeding edge”. The Mata Group, a leading US-based market researcher, says publishers are far too concerned about protecting their rights, “We believe all the recent legal control over Napster is like putting a finger in a river that is already overflowing. Publishers need to deal with reality and come up with new ways to develop wide electronic distribution (分布), asking the question: ‘How can we use the certainty of wide distribution to our advantage?’”

At the moment, most publishers would like to limit the use of e-books to the person who bought them, or to the computer used to download them. If that can be done, e-books become just an extra income stream in a publishing industry that would continue to operate the way it does today, according to Terry Robinson, business manager for Adobe’s e-paper group. “If you’ve cracked digital rights aspect, you’ve cracked the market,” he says.

Robert Nichols, Books Director at BOL agrees, “Rights management is absolutely important. Publishers just say that ‘until copyright is secure, we’re not going to talk’.”

1.Which of the following can be the best title for this text?

A. Changes Brought by E-books

B. The E-book— an Extra Income Stream

C. An Economic Rise from E-books

D. The E-book— a New and Big Challenge

2.According to the text, what do e-books and electronic music have in common?

A. They result in piracy.

B. They lead to price reduction.

C. They avoid industry management.

D. They bring in more money to creators.

3.What do publishers care most about e-books?

A. Copyright.    B. Price.

C. Quality.      D. Popularity.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章介绍的是电子书带来的巨大挑战和机遇，同时还面临巨大的问题。

1.D考查主旨大意题。通读全全文，并根据第一段的句子：Electronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing电子书的出版像电子音乐出版的时一样有同样的危险和机会。由此判断电子书面临巨大的挑战。故选D。

2.2】B考查判断推理题。根据第一段的句子：By delivering text direct to the user’s computer screen, the e-book could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, bypassing (绕过) traditional publishers and readers直接向使用者的电脑屏幕发送文本，电子书能够大量缩减费用并允许创作者直接与观众见面，绕过了传统的出版商和读者。再根据第一句话的内容判断现在的电子书和电子音乐一样导致了价格的大幅降低，故选B。

3.3】A考查判断推理题。根据文章最后一段的Publishers just say that ‘until copyright is secure, we’re not going to talk出版商说直到版权是安全的，我们才会说。由此判断版权是出版商们最关注的。故选A。

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