单选题 It may be the last book you'll ever buy. And certainly, from a practical standpoint, it will be the only book you' ll ever need. No. It' s not the Bible or some New Age tome promising enlightenment—although it would let you carry around both texts simultaneously. It' s an electronic book—a single volume that could contain a library of information or, if your tastes run toward what's current, every title on today' s best-seller list. And when you' re done with those, you could refill it with new titles.
Why an electronic book? Computers can store a ton of data and their laptop companions make all that information portable. True enough. But laptops(便携式电脑) and similar portable information devices require a lot of power and heavy batteries to keep their LCD screens operating. And LCDs are not easy to read in the bright light of the sun.
Fact is, when it' comes to portability, easy viewing, and low power requirements, it' s hard to beat plain old paper.
So let' s make the ink electronic.
That' s the deceptively simple premise behind a project currently coming to fruition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some hurdles—mostly having to do with large-scale manufacturing—remain, so it will be a few years before you see an electronic book for sale in stores. But the basic technology already exists, developed at the Institute' s Media Lab by a team led by physicist Joe Jacobson.
Thanks to electronic ink, the book essentially typesets itself, receiving instructions for each page via electronics housed in the spine. From a power standpoint, this process makes the electronic book very efficient. Unlike an LCD screen, which uses power all the time, energy is no longer needed to view the electronic book' s pages once they are typeset. Only a small battery would be required, as opposed to the large ones needed to power laptop computers and their LCDs.
Convenience, though, is still the main attraction—and that means more than simple portability. Because the information is in electronic form, it can be easily manipulated.
Jacobson thinks an electronic book will be affordable—around $ 200 for a basic read-only model to about $ 400 for one that would record your margin scribbles. Some hurdles remain, though, before you can take an electronic book with you anywhere. Paper is produced in long sheets, and Jacobson is still working on the best method to integrate electronic ink into that process. To avoid having to use thousands of tiny wires on each page, the ink itself must be conductive. Such ink was recently demonstrated in the lab but has yet to be produced in volume. " Essentially," notes Jacobson, " We're trying to print chips. "
Jacobson is confident, however, that this can be done on a large scale. If Jacobson succeeds, he will have made the book for the 21st century.

单选题 According to the passage, which book is the only book you' ll ever need?
A. The Bible. B. A single volume.
C. New Age tome. D. An electronic book.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题是一道细节题。
[详细解答] 你将需要的唯一的一本书是什么?不同的人会有不同的回答，因此必须根据文章来选择答案。A项圣经，B项单卷书，C项新时代巨著，D项电子书，这四个答案在文章第一段中都被提到，但是…from a practical standpoint, it will be the only book you’ll ever need．No．It’s not the Bible or some New Age tome… It’s an electronic book—a single volume that…(从实用观点看，这将是你需要的唯一的一本书。不过．这不是《圣经》，也不是新时代巨著……，这是一本电子书——一本单卷书……)由此不难判断出正确答案应为D项。

单选题 Which of the following statements about electronic book is NOT true?
A. It can contain a library of information or every title on today' s best-seller list.
B. Although we know the basic technology, we can' t see it for sale now.
C. The laptop needs a lot of power to keep LCD screens work, and those screens have shortcoming.
D. You can change the title and the content in the electronic book as you like.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题是一道判断正误的题目。
[详细解答] A项它可以容纳一个图书馆的信息资料或者包含当今畅销书目中的每一本书。B项尽管我们了解其基本技术，但现在还没有这样的书出售。C项便携式电脑需要大量电源来使液晶显示屏工作，并且这种显示屏仍有缺陷。D项你可随意更换电子书中的篇名及内容。这四个选项都可在文章中找到依据，因此均为正确的陈述，但是本题问的是关于电子书，哪一陈述不正确，由此可见C项谈论的是便携式电脑及液晶显示屏，而非电子书，所以C项为本题的正确答案。

单选题 What is the premise behind a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
A. Electronic ink. B. Electronic book. C. Laptop. D. LCD screen.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题测试的是对文章句意的理解。
[详细解答] 本题答案的依据在文章第五段第一句话：That’s the deceptively simple premise behind a project currently coming to fruition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology．(那就是麻省理工学院近来已取得成果的一项科研项目的最简单的前提)。本句中that是个指示代词，很明显指代的是So let’s make the ink electronic．(所以，让我们使油墨电子化)中的电子油墨，故A项“电子化油墨”为正确选项。

单选题 What is the main difference between an electronic book and a LCD screen?
A. The power they need. B. The portability they come to.
C. The convenience they make. D. The content they store.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题测试的是文章的细节部分。
[详细解答] 电子书和液晶显示屏在文章的第六段给予了详细说明：Unlike an LCD screen，which uses power all the time, energy is no longer needed to view the electronic book’s pages once they are typeset．(它和液晶显示屏不一样，液晶显示屏时时都离不开电源，而电子书一旦排好字。观看时再也不需要能量)。B项、C项和D项三项中涉及到的便携性、方便性及内容在文章中作者都未作对比，因此排除之而选A项“他们需要的电源不同”。

单选题 It will be a few years before we can see electronic book for sale because ______.
A. we haven't mastered the manufacturing technology yet
B. the electronic ink which must be conductive couldn't be produced in large scale
C. the electronic book will be too expensive to buy
D. you can' t take an electronic book with you anywhere

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题是道细节分析题。
[详细解答] 本题所问的电子书还得再过几年才有销售的原因在文章第五段中就已提及：Some hurdoes—mostly having to do with large-scale manufacturing—remain, so it will be a few years before you see an electronic book for sale in stores．(有些难题——多数和大规模生声有关——仍然没有得到解决，所以还得再过几年你才能看到电子书在书店出售)。文章第八段将所提及的难题具体化了：such ink was recently demonstrated in the lab but has yet to be produced in volume．(这种油墨近来已在实验室演示过，但还不能大批量生产)。这里所提油墨即为上句所说的能导电的电子油墨，由此可判断出B项为最佳选项。A项和C项所说与文章内容不相符，而D项虽与文章内容相符，但并非是原因，因此舍弃。