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romancefiction,"

etc.Suchbooks,whichonlyrarelyendupinpermanentcollectionseitherprivateorpublic,willprobablyonlybeavailablease-bookswithinafewyears.Hardbackandtradepaperbacksfor"

serious"

nonfictionandfictionwillsurelylastlonger.Perhapsitwillbecomethemarkofanauthortoreckonwiththatheorsheisstillpublishedinhardcopy.

　　D）.Asforchildren'

sbooks,whoknows?

Children'

sbooksarelikedogfoodinthatthepurchasersarenottheconsumers,sothemarket（andthemarketing）isinherentlystrange.

　　E）.Forcluestothebook’sfuture,let’slookatsomeexamplesoftechnologicalchangeandseewhathappenedtotheoldtechnology.

　　F）.Onetechnologyreplacesanotheronlybecausethenewtechnologyisbetter,cheaper,orboth.Theegreaterthedifferential,thesoonerandmorethoroughlythenewtechnologyreplacestheold.Printingwithmoveabletypeonpaperreducedthecostofproducingabookbyordersofmagnitudecomparedwiththeold-fashionedoneshandwrittenonvellum,whichcomesfromsheepskin.ABible—tobesure,alongbook—requiredvellummadefrom300sheepskinsanduntoldman-hoursofscribelabor.Beforeprintingarrived,aBiblecostmorethanamiddle-classhouse.Therewereperhaps50,000booksinallofEuropein1450.By1500therewere10million.

　　G）.Butwhileprintingquicklycausedthehandwrittenbooktogoextinct,handwritinglingeredonwellintothe16thcenturyinthepracticeof"

rubricating"

books,orhanddrawingelaborateinitialletters（ofteninredink,hencetheterm）.Veryspecialbooksarestilloccasionallyproducedonvellum,buttheyareone-of-a-kindshowpieces.

　　H）.Sometimesanewtechnologydoesn'

tdrivetheoldoneextinct,butonlypartsofitwhileforcingtheresttoevolve.Themovieswerewidelypredictedtodrivelivetheateroutofthemarketplace,buttheydidn'

t,becausetheaterturnedouttohavequalitiesmoviescouldnotreproduce.Equally,TVwassupposedtodrivemoviesextinctbut,again,didnot.

　　I）.Moviesdid,however,fatallyimpactsomepartsoflivetheater,suchasvaudeville.（Ironically,TVgavevaudevilleabriefrevivalinthe1950sinsuchshowsas“TheEdSullivanShow”andbroughtmanyoftheoldvaudevillestars—SophieTucker,JimmyDurante,BenBlue—outofretirement.）AndwhileTVdidn'

tkillmovies,itdidkillBpictures,shorts,and,alas,cartoons.

　　J）.NordidTVkillradio.Comedyanddramashows（“JackBenny,”“AmosandAndy,”“TheShadow”）allmigratedtotelevision.Butbecauseyoucan’tdriveacarandwatchtelevisionatthesametime,radioprimetimebecamerushhour,whilemusic,talk,andnewsradiogreatlyenlargedtheiraudiences.Radioistodayaverydifferentbusinessthaninthelate1940sandamuchlargerone.

　　K）.Sometimesoldtechnologylingersforcenturiesbecauseofitssymbolicpower.Mountedcavalryreplacedthechariotonthebattlefieldaround1000BC.ButchariotsmaintainedtheirplaceinparadesandtriumphsrightupuntiltheendoftheRomanEmpire1,500yearslater.Theswordhasn'

thadamilitaryfunctionforahundredyears,butisstillpartofanofficer'

sfull-dressuniform,preciselybecauseaswordalwayssymbolized"

anofficerandagentleman."

　　L）.Sometimesnewtechnologyisalittlecrankyatfirst.Televisionrepairmanwasacommonoccupationinthe1950s,forinstance.Andsotheoldtechnologyremainsasabackup.SteamcapturedtheNorthAtlanticpassengerbusinessfromsailinthe1840sbecauseofitsmuchgreaterspeed.Butsteamshipsdidn'

tlosetheirriggingandsailsuntilthe1880s,becauseearlymarineengineshadanastyhabitofbreakingdown.Untilshipsbecamelargeenough（andenginessmallenough）tomounttwoenginessidebyside,theyneededtokeepsails.（Thehighcostofsteamandthelesserneedforspeedkeptthemajorityoftheworld’soceanfreightmovingbysailuntiltheearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.）

　　M）.Thenthereisthefireplace.Centralheatingwasubiquitousinupper-andmiddle-classhomesbythesecondhalfofthe19thcentury.Butfunctioningfireplacesremaintothisdayapowerfulsellingpointinahouseorapartment.Isuspectthereasonisadeeplyingrained,atavisticloveoffire.Firewasoneoftheearliestmajortechnologicaladvancesforhumankind,providingheat,protection,andcookedfood（whichismucheasiertoeatanddigest）.Humancontroloffiregoesbackfarenough（overamillionyears）thatevolutioncouldhaveproducedageneticpredispositiontowardsfireasacentralaspectofahumanhabitation（justconsiderthephrase"

hearthandhome"

）.

　　N）.Books—especiallybookstheaveragepersoncouldafford—haven’tbeenaroundlongenoughtoproduceevolutionarychangeinhumans.Buttheyhaveapowerfulholdonmanypeoplenonetheless,aholdextendingfarbeyondtheirliterarycontent.Attheirbest,theyareworksofartandthereisatactilepleasureinbooksnecessarilylostine-bookversions.Theabilitytoquicklyflipthroughpagesisalsolost.Andaroomwithbooksinitinduces,atleastinsome,afeelingnotdissimilartothatofafireinthefireplaceonacoldwinter’snight.

　　O）.ForthesereasonsIthinkphysicalbookswillhavealongerexistenceasacommercialproductthansomecurrentlypredict.Likeswords,bookshavesymbolicpower.Likefireplaces,theyinduceasenseofcomfortandwarmth.And,perhaps,similartosails,theymakeausefulbackupforwhenthelightsgoout.

　　46.Authorsstillpublishedinprintedversionswillbeconsideredimportantones.

　答案：

D

　　解析：

对应D段末句。

printedversions（纸质版本）对应hardcopy（印刷版本），beconsideredimportantones（被认为重要）对应becomethemark…toreckon（认为是标志）。

　　47.Somepeoplearestillinfavorofprintedbooksbecauseofthesenseoftouchtheycanprovide.

　　答案：

N

对应N段第三句提到的tactilepleasureinbooks（书本的触觉上的愉悦）。

　　48.Theradiobusinesshaschangedgreatlyandnowattractsmorelisteners.

J

对应J段最后两句。

changedgreatly（巨大改变）对应averydifferentbusiness（相当不同的行业），attractsmorelisteners（吸引更多听众）对应enlargedtheiraudience（扩大受众面）。

　　49.Contrarytomanypeople’spredictionofitsdeath,thefilmindustrysurvived.

H

对应H段第二句。

manypeople’sprediction对应widelypredicted。

　　50.Remarkablechangeshavetakenplaceinthebookbusiness.

A

这是对A段所描述的电子书在近几年内大幅增长的现象的概括。

　　51.Oldtechnologysometimescontinuestoexistbecauseofitsreliability.

L

对应L段第三句。

continuestoexist（继续存在）对应remain（保持），reliability（可靠）对应backup（支持、后盾）。

　　52.Theincreaseofe-booksaleswillforcethebookbusinesstomakechangesnotseenforcenturies.

B

对应B段第三句。

ma

kechanges（做出改变）对应gothroughatransformation（经历转变），notseenforcenturies是对该句后部分时间表达的概括。

　　53.Anewtechnologyisunlikelytotaketheplaceofanoldonewithoutaclearadvantage.

F

对应F段第一句。

aclearadvantage（明显优势）岁对better,cheaperorboth的概括。

taketheplaceof（代替）对应replace（代替）。

　　54.Paperbacksofpopularliteraturearemorelikelytobereplacedbye-books.

C

完全对应C段第二句。

　　55.Ahousewithafireplacehasastrongerappealtobuyers.

M

对应M段第三句。

hasastrongerappealtobuyers（对购买者有很强吸引力）对应apowerfulsellingpoint（强劲卖点）。