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1、2014年6月英语四级阅读段落匹配题真题及答案TheEndoftheBook? ByJohnSteeleGordon A).Amazon,byfarthelargestbooksellerinthecountry,reportedonMay19thatitisnowsellingmorebooksinitselectronicKindleformatthanintheoldpaper-and-inkformat.Thatisremarkable,consideringthattheKindlehasonlybeenar
2、oundforfouryears.E-booksnowaccountfor14percentofallbooksalesinthiscountryandareincreasingfarfasterthanoverallbooksales.E-booksalesareup146percentoverlastyear,whilehardbacksalesincreased6percentandpaperbacksdecreased8percent. B).Doesthisspellthedoomofthephysicalbo
3、ok?Certainlynotimmediately,andperhapsnotatall.WhatitdoesmeanisthatthebookbusinesswillgothroughatransformationinthenextdecadeorsomoreprofoundthananyithasseensinceGutenbergintroducedprintingfrommoveabletypeinthe1450s. C).Physicalbookswillsurelybecomemuchrarerinthem
4、arketplace.Massmarketpaperbacks,whichhavebeendecliningforyearsanyway,willprobablydisappear,aswillhardbacksformysteries,thrillers,"romancefiction,"etc.Suchbooks,whichonlyrarelyendupinpermanentcollectionseitherprivateorpublic,willprobablyonlybeavailablease-bookswith
5、inafewyears.Hardbackandtradepaperbacksfor"serious"nonfictionandfictionwillsurelylastlonger.Perhapsitwillbecomethemarkofanauthortoreckonwiththatheorsheisstillpublishedinhardcopy. D).Asforchildren'sbooks,whoknows?Children'sbooksarelikedogfoodinthatthepurchasersaren
6、ottheconsumers,sothemarket(andthemarketing)isinherentlystrange. E).Forcluestothebook’sfuture,let’slookatsomeexamplesoftechnologicalchangeandseewhathappenedtotheoldtechnology. F).Onetechnologyreplacesanotheronlybecausethenewtechnologyisbetter,cheaper,orboth.Theeg
7、reaterthedifferential,thesoonerandmorethoroughlythenewtechnologyreplacestheold.Printingwithmoveabletypeonpaperreducedthecostofproducingabookbyordersofmagnitudecomparedwiththeold-fashionedoneshandwrittenonvellum,whichcomesfromsheepskin.ABible—tobesure,alongbook—req
8、uiredvellummadefrom300sheepskinsanduntoldman-hoursofscribelabor.Beforeprintingarrived,aBiblecostmorethanamiddle-classhouse.Therewereperhaps50,000booksin
