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1、实用标准文档ModelTest1PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestoshortessayentitledShouldWeCelebrateWesternFestivals?Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.1.现在越来越多的中国人开始庆祝西方的节日，如圣诞节、情人节等2.有人认为这利于文化交流；有人则担心这会导致传统文化的丧失3.在我看来……PartIIReadingC
2、omprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7.choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiven
3、inthepassage.Herecomesthee-bookrevolutionAtwhattemperaturedoelectronicbookscatchfire?We’regoingtofindoutsometimethrobablyisyear.E-booksalesareabouttoignite.OnMonday,Amazon.comisexpectedtounveilanewversionofitsKindlereader.Itwillprobablybealotbetterandalittlecheaperthanthefirstver
4、sion.Buttherealnewsalreadybrokethisweek:AcompanyspokesmanannouncedthatAmazonplanstoofferKindlebooksonCellPhones.ThisnewscounteredGoogle’sannouncementthatthe1.5millionpublicdomainbooksavailableonitsGoogleBookSearchofferingwillsoonbeavailable(free,ofcourse)viaanewCellPhoneapplicati
5、on.IbelievethatCellPhoneswillquicklyoutpacethededicatede-bookreaders,includingtheKindles,astheplatformofchoicefore-bookreaders.Leadingthepack?TheiPhone,ironically.It’sworthnothingthatAmazon.comsoldmoreKindles(atleast500,000)initsfirstyearofsalesthanApplesoldiPodsinitsfirstyear(37
6、8,000).Applemaynotunderstandthevalueofe-books,butiPhoneuserswillembracethemanyway.Thereasonissimple:TheiPhonehasahuge,high-qualityscreen.AnditsuserbaseincludesmillionsofpeoplewholovetodoeverythingontheiriPhones,includingreading,whichthey’realreadydoingwithonlinecontent.I(andother
7、s)havepredictingforsometimethatApplewillshipakillertabletatsomepoint.Thisdevice,Ibelieve,willhavetheiPhoneuserinterfaceandasuperhigh-qualityscreen.Itwillbeidealforreadinge-booksaswell.Whypeoplewillreade-booksJustbecausee-booksareavailableonbetter(thenewKindle)andmore(allCellPhone
8、s)devicesdoesn’tmeanpeoplewillreadthem.B
