题目内容
Publishing on paper will draw up to an end in the next 30 years. That’s what some high-tech experts have said ever since computers began appearing in everyone’s workplace. If you have ever read a newspaper online, you have experienced a tiny part of what paperless future look like.
New technology will certainly continue to revolutionize written communication. But will the use of paper in our everyday lives really disappear anytime soon? Well, don’t give up on paper just yet.
Paper, an ancient Chinese invention, has dominated(主宰) written communication for centuries. Cai Lun, an official in the
Today, surprisingly, it seems the digital age has actually strengthened the importance of paper. Studies show that paper use has doubled in the last 20 years. People still like to print their longer documents and e-mails. But today’s technology is rapidly improving. And efforts toward a paperless world continue.
The Internet is clearly one giant step. Many of the publications have created Web sites that offer everything in their paper editions―and even more. Their Web sites can be continually updated as news happens. Other types of material have also fit well into the digital age. Dictionaries and other reference books actually work better in a paperless format. Information published on a Web site or CD-ROM can be kept more current.
In addition publishers have begun to produce e-book version of their best sellers. New e-book readers---a simple computer about the size of a paperback book―can store nearly a hundred books. But e-books haven’t gained a large following.
64. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A. The invention of paper revolutionized written communication.
B. Publishing on paper will disappear in the next decade.
C. Most books will continue in paper for now.
D. Digital books are read on a computer screen.
65. What surprises us today is that the digital age makes people realize ______________.
A. the importance of the use of paper
B. the importance of paperless workplace
C. the paperless future will come sooner or later
D. how important paper has been in the last 20 years
66. What is not included as a resource of paperless material in the passage?
A. e-books B. CD-ROM
C. a newspaper online D. dictionaries and other reference books
67. “The Internet is clearly one giant step” implies that __________.
A. It offers you an opportunity to experience a part of paperless future.
B. This new technology fits well into the digital age.
C. A substitute for paper might someday be a reality.
D. For now the world will continue to stick with what works.
