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（傾斜）heavily toward the sort of  “l(fā)ight 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?)
【小題1】From the first paragraph, we can tell _____.

A．you can always keep all of the books in your hands,
B．Biblio Tech will lend readers 10,000 books temporarily.
C．the books will not be stored in your device forever.
D．the bookless public library can be found in San Antonio now.
【小題2】The following statements are true except that _____.
A．the Santa Rosa Branch Library lend out e-readers with 10,000 books.
B．the physical books are still popular despite those bookless projects.
C．Stanford University sets a successful example of bookless engineering.
D．some officials agree that digital libraries are educative and unavoidable.
【小題3】What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 2?
A．succeededB．openedC．a(chǎn)cceptedD．failed
【小題4】Some people insist that print will not disappear because _____.
A．e-books are mainly sort of “l(fā)ight entertainment” novels.
B．most of the digital readers prefer books about physics.
C．a(chǎn) majority of e-reader users still choose to read paperbacks.
D．it is easy to take 4 Twilight books everywhere.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：文章大意：未來的圖書館里不會有書本，通過數(shù)碼的手動智能方式就能利用收集所有書籍于掌中的設(shè)備來閱讀；但即使如此，人們依然不能將印刷的書籍丟掉。
【小題1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A項(xiàng)從第一句話“What if you could fit all of a library’s collection in the palm of your hand?”可知只是一種假設(shè)；從倒數(shù)第二句話也知道不是所有的書，排除；B項(xiàng)從第三句話可知是10000titles，指的是文章，不是書本。C項(xiàng)從本段最后一句“But don't bother holding on to the device longer than that because it’s programmed to go dead.”可知是正確。D項(xiàng)本段中的“upcoming”和“the system will”可知是未來的設(shè)想，并非現(xiàn)在就有了，故排除D。
【小題2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到10000 titles，以及“the system will”故A 項(xiàng)錯誤；B項(xiàng)與第三段最后一句相符；C項(xiàng)與第二段倒數(shù)第二句相符；D項(xiàng)與第二段最后一句相符。
【小題3】D 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)本句話“Those digital-only projects folded—residents wanted their paperbacks—but Stanford University maintains a successful bookless engineering library with over 65,000 titles.”中有并列連詞but，說明前后兩句話意思相反，下文講到斯擔(dān)福大學(xué)有一個(gè)成功的無書圖書館，所以該空與successful相反的詞，故D正確。
【小題4】A 推理判斷題。本題題干是雙重否定表示肯定，根據(jù)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正確。
考點(diǎn):科技類短文閱讀。

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