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2012年12月英语六级考试真题试卷（第三套）

PartIWriting（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayentitledManandComputerbycommentingonthesaying,“Therealdangerisnotthatthecomputerwillbegintothinklikeman,butthatmanwillbegintothinklikethecomputer.”Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.

ManandComputer

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PartIIReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）

Directions:

 Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

InaDigitalAge,StudentsStillClingtoPaperTextbooks

Theytexttheirfriendsalldaylong.Atnight,theydoresearchfortheirtermpapersonlaptopsandcommunewiththeirparentsonSkype.ButastheywalkthepathsofHamiltonCollege,aposter-perfectliberalartsschoolinthisupstatevillage,studentsarestillhaulingaroundbulky,old-fashionedtextbooks-andlovingit. 

"Thescreenwon'tgoblank,"saidFatonBegolli,ajuniorfromBoston."Therecan'tbeavirus.Itwouldn'tbethesamewithoutbooks.They'vedefined'academia'（学术）forathousandyears." 

Thoughtheworldofprintisrecedingbeforeatideofdigitalbooks,blogsandotherWebsites,agenerationofcollegestudentsgrowingupwithtechnologyappearstobeholdingfasttotraditionaltextbooks.Thatloyaltycomesataprice.Textbooksareexpensive-ayear'sworthcancost$700to$900-andstudents'frustrationswiththeexpense,aswellastheemergenceofnewtechnology,haveproducedaperplexingarrayofoptionsforobtainingthem. 

InternetretailerslikeAmazonandTaresellingnewandusedbooks.TheyhavebeenjoinedbyseveralWebservicesthatrenttextbookstostudentsbythesemester.Some1500collegebookstoresarealsoofferingrentalsthisfall,upfrom300lastyear.HereatHamilton,studentsthisyearhaveanewwaytoavoidthemiddleman:

anonprofitWebsite,createdbythecollege'sEntrepreneurClub,thatletsthemsellusedbooksdirectlytooneanother. 

Theexplosionofoutletsandformats-includingdigitalbooks,whicharerapidlybecomingmoresophisticated-hasleftsomestudentsbewildered.Aftercompletingthedifficultjobofcourseselection,theyareforcedtoweighcostversusconvenience,analyzetheirownstudyhabitsandguesswhichtextstheywillwantforyearstocomeandwhichtheywillnotmiss. 

"Itdependsonthecourse,"saidVictoriaAdesoba,astudentatNewYorkUniversitywhowasstandingoutsidethatschool'sbookstore,apowder-bluebookbagslungoverhershoulder"Lastsemester,Irentedforpsychology,anditwascheaper.Butforsomethinglikeorganicchemistry,Ineedtokeepthebook.E-textbooksaregood,butit'stemptingtogoonFacebook,anditcan strainyoureyes." 

Forallthetalkthathergenerationisthemosttechnologicallyknowledgeableinhistory,paper-and-inktextbooksdonotseemdestinedtodisappearanytimesoon 

AccordingtotheNationalAssociationofCollegeStores,digitalbooksmakeupjustunder3%of,althoughtheassociationexpectsthatsharetogrowto10-15%by2012asmoretitlesaremadeavailablease-books. 

Intworecentstudies-onebytheassociationandanotherbytheStudentPublicInterestResearchGroups-three-quartersofthestudentssurveyedsaidtheystillpreferredaboundbooktoadigitalversion. 

Manystudentsarereluctanttogiveuptheabilitytoflipquicklybetweenchapters,writeinthemarginsandhighlightpassages,althoughnewsoftwareapplicationsarebeginningtoallowstudentstousee-textbooksthatway. 

"Studentsgrewuplearningfromprintbooks."saidNicoleAllen,thetextbookscampaigndirectorfortheresearchgroups,"soastheytransitiontohighereducation,it'snotsurprisingthattheypreferaformatthattheyaremostaccustomedto." 

Indeed,manyHamiltonstudentsgrowpassionateabouttheweightyvolumestheystillcarryfromdormroomtolecturehalltolibrary,evenastheycompulsively（克制不住地）checktheirsmartphonesfortextmessagesandc-mails. 

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