题目内容
Net Library is a library that lends out digital books. It treats a digital like a paperback copy. It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income.
From the consumer's point of view,this means that if more than five people want the latest Danielle Steel romance novel,other people who request that book will get a message saying the title can't be found.
It's a model many publishers seem to have embraced. More than 350 publishers gave the company rights to hand out their digital works,and McGraw-Hill Corporation and Houghton Mifflin Corporation have put money in to the company. The California public libraries and about 1,800 others across the US are trying out the Net Library service.
Some librarians criticize the New Library model. Stanford University librarian Michael Keller argues that the company is creating an unnatural fear of digital works,which is contrary to the ideas of the Internet.
Keller and some other librarians argue for the ebook vision set forth by E-Brary. E-Brary is starting a service that lets us users read books for free.
But it will charge about 25 cents a page when a person tries to print out material or copy and paste it into a different file or tries to download copy onto a computer.
Christopher Warnock,chief executive of E-Brary,believes most consumers won't want to buy entire books,only the parts that interest them.
"There's not really a lot of good in owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it. It doesn't make sense," he said.
( ) 1. How do publishers get money from the Net Library?
A. They get money by cutting the cost of the books.
B. They share the money with the Net Library.
C. They get the money from the readers.
D. They get money from selling their books to the Net Library.
( ) 2. The underlined word "embraced" in the 3rd paragraph means .
A. taken something willingly B. disliked something badly
C. tried out something hard D. held something tightly
( ) 3. From the 2nd paragraph we can see consumers .
A. don't like other people borrowing books
B. don't care if they are charged money
C. enjoy the service of the Net Library
D. complain about the limited number of the new books
( ) 4. What does the last paragraph mean?
A. E-Brary is not a good library for the consumers.
B. There is no need for consumers to have a whole book.
C. Net Library is not a good way for the consumers.
D. It's reasonable to charge the consumers money for copying some pages.
1. B由第1段It charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income可知选 B.
2. A由第3段More than 350 gave the company rights to…可知。
3. D 由第2段five people ... can't be found可知。
4. B由前面的一段中most consumers won't want to buy entire books,only the parts that interest them可知最后一段的意义。
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