Anna Karenina a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect of an e-reader is
that it requires you to find new things to put on your shelves.
In addition, e-readers are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about 300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000 pieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! And for the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example, the Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2 million trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe impact of printed books on the environment. Since e-readers use no trees, they represent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and its resources.
Finally, e-readers provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. The typical e-reader allows its user to adjust letter size, letterform and line spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.
Furthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based on that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful of all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger. On even the most basic e-reader, users can find instant definitions without having to hunt through a physical dictionary.
It can be seen that e-readers are superior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good are printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.
63. As used in paragraph 1, it can be inferred that “has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils” are all words that describe something ____________. A. outdated
B. typical
C. meaningful
D. useless
64. Based on information in the passage, it can be inferred that printed books of War and Peace and Anna Karenina are all ____________. A. superior and dramatic C. awkward and heavy
B. dense and environmental D. significant and resistant
65. According to the author, which of the following reading tips and tools are offered by the e-reader?
① line spacing customization
② the ability to quickly jump to the end of a book ③ access to a printed dictionary at the touch of a finger
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A. ①and ②only B. ①and ③only C. ②and ③only D. ①, ② and ③
66. Which of the following sentences from the passage best summarizes the author’s main point? A. “If you have some spare cash(the going rate is about $89)and are looking to enhance your reading experience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.”
B. “E-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as you should).” C. “An e-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices.”
D. “E-readers are superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly, and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.” 【答案】63. A 64. C 65. A 66. D 【解析】 【分析】
本文为说明文。本文介绍了现在印刷的书籍过时了，如果你想提高你的阅读体验，就去买一个电子阅读器。电子阅读器优于印刷书籍，因为电子阅读器本身很小，易拿，容量大。它们节省空间，环保，提供了印刷书籍所没有的阅读技巧和工具，如调整字体，字形和间距、随意跳到指定的位置等。 【63题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中的“has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils”以及后面的“E-readers are replacing the books of old”可知，这些词都是说 “已过时”了，分析选项A. outdated过时了；B. typical典型有；C. meaningful有意义的；D. useless没有的。可知，A符合题意，故选A。 【64题详解】
推理判断题。第三段中“E-readers put printed books to shame. E-readers are superior to printed books because they save space,”和第四段“The average e-reader can store thousands of digital books, providing a genuine library at your fingertips. What is more, the e-reader itself is very small. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily”尤其是“This makes handling wooden giant such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina a breeze.”，可知，电子阅读器节省了空间，环保，容量大。而且电子阅读器体积小，易拿和存贮。这使得处理像《战争与和平》和《安娜·卡列尼娜》这样的庞大的笨重的巨人变得轻而易举。由此可推断出印刷版的《战争与和平》和《安娜·卡列尼娜》是笨重的。分析选项可知C符合题意。 65题详解】
细节理解题。第六段“The typical e-reader allows its user to adjust letter size, letterform and
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line spacing.”可知，典型的电子阅读器允许用户调整字母大小、字体和行距。第七段“Furthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based on that overview…the most helpful of all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.”可知，电子阅读器允许用户跳转到特定位置。但也许最有用的是能够用手指触摸电子字典就可找到答案。选项① line spacing customization行间距自定义；② the ability to quickly jump to the end of a book快速跳到书尾的能力；③ access to a printed dictionary at the touch of a finger用手指接触印刷体的字典。分析可知，①和②是正确的，故选A。 【66题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“E-readers put printed books to shame. E-readers are superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not”可知“电子阅读器使印刷书籍相形见绌。电子阅读器优于印刷书籍，因为它们节省空间，环保，提供了印刷书籍所没有的有用的阅读技巧和工具。”分析选项可知D项符合题意，故选D。
【点睛】文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持，这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要，同时也是归纳和概括文章中心思想的基础。细节理解是指原文提到了某事，某种现象或理论，题干一般针对原文具体叙述的事情本身提问。一般包括直接理解题、语意转化题（需要将题目信息与原文相关信息进行语意上的转换，两者存在着表达上的差异，有时需要进行加工整理后方能得出结论）、数字计算题、排列顺序题、图表图画题等。抓住文章中的事实和细节是做好该类题的关键，也是做好其他类题的基础。细节理解题有时考查的并不是单一的信息，而是多处信息的整合。解答此类“综合”信息细节题时，一定要全面捕捉相关信息，进行综合分析、归纳，切忌根据“一面之词”草率地作出结论。如第3小题属于细节理解题。第六段“The typical e-reader allows its user to adjust letter size, letterform and line spacing.”可知，典型的电子阅读器允许用户调整字母大小、字体和行距。第七段“Furthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based on that overview…the most helpful of all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.”可知，电子阅读器允许用户跳转到特定位置。但也许最有用的是能够用手指触摸电子字典就可找到答案。选项① line spacing customization行间距自定义；② the ability to quickly jump to the end of a book快速跳到书尾的能力；③ access to a printed dictionary at the touch of a finger用手指接触印刷体的字典。分析可知，①和②是正确的，故选A。
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the
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box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Sustainable Cities Need More Than Parks, Cafes and a Riverwalk
There are many standards that aim to rank how green cities are. But what does it actually mean for a city to be green or sustainable?
We’ve written about what we call the “parks, cafes and a riverwalk” model of sustainability, which focuses on providing new green spaces, mainly for high-income people. This vision of shiny residential towers and waterfront parks has become a widely-shared conception of what green cities should look like. ___67___
Gentrification(住宅高档化) has become a catch-all term used to describe neighborhood change, and is often misunderstood as the only path to neighborhood improvement. In fact, its defining feature is displacement. Typically, people who move into these changing neighborhoods are wealthier and more educated than residents who are displaced.
A recent flood of new research has focused on the displacement effects of environmental cleanup and green space initiatives. ___68___
Land for new development and resources to fund extensive cleanup of poisonous sites are scarce in many cities. ___69___ And in neighborhoods where gentrification has already begun, a new park or farmers market can worsen the problem by making the area even more attractive to potential high-income people and pricing out long-term residents. In some cases, developers even create temporary community gardens or farmers markets or promise more green space than they eventually deliver, in order to market a neighborhood to buyers looking for green pleasantness.
___70___ It makes deindustrialization seem both inevitable and desirable, often by quite literally replacing industry with more natural-looking landscapes. When these neighborhoods are finally cleaned up, after years of activism by longtime residents, those advocates often are unable to stay and enjoy the benefits of their efforts.
A. This phenomenon is often missing from development projects promoted as green or sustainable. B. This phenomenon has variously been called environmental eco-or green gentrification. C. Greening and environmental cleanup do not automatically or necessarily lead to gentrification. D. This creates pressure to rezone industrial land for residential towers or profitable commercial space, in exchange for developer-funded cleanup.
E. But it can drive up real estate prices and displace low- and middle-income residents. F. Environmental gentrification naturalizes the disappearance of manufacturing and the working
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