四级笔试新题型模拟题05(4)

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42.正确答案为 F) comforts 你没有作答。 解析：F) comforts 略

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Section B Match

Directions：In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.

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The Cost of an E-Book Will Be Going Up

A In the battle over the pricing of electronic books, publishers appear to have won the first round. The price of many new releases and best-sellers is about to go up, to as much as $14.99 from $9.99. But there may be a riot waiting to pounce (突击): e-book buyers.

B Over the last year, the greediest readers of e-books have shown hostility to prices higher than the $9.99 set by Amazon.com and other online retailers (零售商) for popular titles. When digital editions have cost more, or have been delayed until after the release of hardcover (精装的)

versions, these harsh readers have organized unprepared protests and gone to the Web sites of Amazon and Barnes & Noble to leave one-star evaluation and negative comments for those books and their authors. \book has been on the shelves for three weeks and is already in the left-over parts,\Coulter's book KnockOut on Amazon. \Amazon should refuse when the authors are trying to rip off Amazon's customers.\

C The angry commenters on Amazon and online message boards could just be a vocal (直言不讳的) minority. But now, with e-books scheduled to cost $12.99 to $14.99 under new deals that publishers negotiated with Apple and Amazon, a broader scope of customers may resist the new pricing. The higher prices will go into effect within the next few months.

D Predicting the behavior of consumers is always tricky. In the case of e-books, publishers are hoping that a vast majority of people who have not yet tried e-reading devices will not have any expectation of the low pricing now available from Amazon and others, including Barnes & Noble and Sony. They argue that new e-book shoppers will welcome the chance to buy digital editions at a level significantly lower than the typical price tag on a hardcover book.

E \平板> computer), the whole notion of e-book reading is probably going to become way more mainstream than it ever has,\KindleBoards, a popular discussion forum for readers of electronic books. \a majority of people may be coming to it new, and may only see that they are getting $7 off the price they would see at a bookstore.\

F But some e-book buyers say that since publishers do not have to pay to print, store or distribute e-books, they should be much cheaper than print books. \worth,\them nothing to print the paper book, which I can't believe, then they should be the same price. But I just don't see how it can be the same price.\

G Just what e-books are worth is a matter of debate. Publishers argue that printing and distribution represents a small proportion of the total cost of making a book. \always understand what goes into an author writing and an editor editing and a publishing house with hundreds of men and women working on these books,\president of digital publishing at Simon & Schuster. \want something of no quality, fine, but we're out to bring out things of quality, regardless of what type of book it is.\

H To consumers who do not pay much attention to the economics of publishing, though, such arguments are defeated by the fact that e-books have been available for $9.99 for more than a year. \far as I'm concerned, Amazon has committed to the $9.99 price,\said Wilma Sanders, a 70-year-old retiree who has homes in Plymouth, Mass., and Marco Island, Fla. She said that if e-book prices rose, she would stop buying. \that I don't need to pay more than I want to. I already can't keep up with what I have.\

I One reason consumers may be sensitive to pricing is that they have so many other types of entertainment to occupy their time. \consumers have a choice. They can decide not to buy the book at all,\said David Pakman, a venture capitalist and former chief executive of the digital music store eMusic. \game, use an iPod Touch.\He added: \you don't get the price tag right and make it convenient, they just go elsewhere.\John Wagoner, a 63-year-old accountant and Kindle owner in Plano, Tex., said that if e-book prices went much higher than $13 he would simply commit his time and dollars to other activities.

J Some experts say that if consumers resist against price increases, piracy could grow rapidly. Joel Waldfogel, a professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, saw a comparison with movies, a business where he has studied digital piracy rates. With movies, he said, piracy tends to displace paid consumption. \real cost of consuming a movie is the two hours of undivided attention you spend,\able to steal a bunch more, they will purchase less, simply because there isn't time to do all of it.\taking hold. I wouldn't mess around with price increases.\

46.More and more people will probably become e-book readers through Apple's new products. E 正确答案为：E

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：E

文章E部分谈到，随着苹果平板电脑的出现，电子书阅读很可能会成为主流，于是更多的新读者会发现每本电子书价格低于书店里$7。\the iPad (Apple's new tablet <平板> computer), the whole notion of e-book reading is probably going to become way more mainstream than it ever has.\47.It seems that $9.99 is a fixed price that comsumers can accept. H 正确答案为：H

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文章H部分告诉我们，消费者不会注意书的出版过程，他们只是接受$9.99这一价格。文中Wilma Sanders提到，Amazon一直把电子书地位在$9.99，电子书涨价，那么读者就会去图书馆。To consumers who do not pay much attention to the economics of publishing, though, such arguments are defeated by the fact that e-books have been available for $9.99 for more than a year. \Amazon has committed to the $9.99 price,\

48.Piracy cannot be avoided if consumers don't accept the price rise of the e-books. J 正确答案为：J

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文章J部分是一些专家的推测，如果消费者拒绝电子书的价格，那么很快就会出现盗版，并用电影作为例子来证明这个观点。Some experts say that if consumers resist against price increases, piracy could grow rapidly.

49.E-book readers were not satisfied with the rise of the e-book price. B 正确答案为：B

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文章B部分主要内容为消费者对于电子书在过去的一年中的涨价情况表示不满。当价格上涨，且出版又晚于精装本，消费者毫不犹豫会给电子书以差评。Over the last year, the greediest readers of e-books have shown hostility to prices higher than the $9.99 set by Amazon.com and other online retailers (零售商) for popular titles. ?these harsh readers have organized unprepared protests and gone to the Web sites of Amazon and Barnes & Noble to leave one-star evaluation and negative comments for those books and their authors.

50.Publishers say that the price of a book depends on its quality, no matter what kind of book it is. G 正确答案为：G

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文章G部分谈及电子书的价值是辩论的关键。开发商认为印刷和送货只是精装书价格的一小部分，并强调他们需要大量人力致力于高质量的出版物，出版物不管以什么方式出版，都会是高质量的。but we're out to bring out things of quality, regardless of what type of book it is.

51.Consumers do not necessarily buy the book since there are other types of entertainment. I 正确答案为：I

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文章I部分从消费者角度再次提到价格问题。消费者不止有一种选择，如果价格不合适，他们可以选择不买书，照样有其他的娱乐方式。Entertainment and media companies keep forgetting that consumers have a choice. They can decide not to buy the book at all. ?if e-book prices went much higher than $13 he would simply commit his time and dollars to other activities. 52.E-books used to cost under $9.99. A 正确答案为：A

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本文A部分提到在电子书的价格大战中，出版商似乎已经赢了第一轮，许多新书的价格已经从$9.99涨到$14.99，可以推断电子书价格之前没有超过$9.99。In the battle over the pricing of electronic books, publishers appear to have won the first round. The price of many new releases and best-sellers is about to go up, to as much as $14.99 from $9.99.

53.More e-book readers will be against the new pricing. C 正确答案为：C

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文章C部分开始提到给出差评的是少数读者，但接下来如果价格从$12.99涨到$14.99，那么大量读者就会反对这个新定价。The angry commenters on Amazon and online message boards could just be a vocal (直言不讳的) minority. But now, with e-books scheduled to cost $12.99 to $14.99 under new deals that publishers negotiated with Apple and Amazon, a broader scope of customers may resist the new pricing.

54.The publishers hope that most new e-book purchasers would accept the price. D 正确答案为：D

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文章D部分谈到要预测消费者的行为并不容易。出版商希望那些没有接触过电子书的读者能够接受这一价格，因为他们会明显低于精装书价格。They argue that new e-book shoppers will welcome the chance to buy digital editions at a level significantly lower than the typical price tag on a hardcover book.

55.E-book readers believe that e-books should be much cheaper than print books. F 正确答案为：F

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