【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Amazon.com launched its Kindle library-lending service in the United States. Millions of users of the Kindle reader and app can now borrow Kindle books from their local public library. The service will be available through the websites of more than eleven thousand local libraries across the country.
Users of other devices have already been able to borrow library books. Experts say Amazon"s entry is likely to reopen a debate between publishers and libraries over e-book lending.
Bill Rosenblatt is president of Giant Steps Media Technology Strategies, a consulting company. He says, "Publishers and libraries are enemies that occur in nature like snakes and monkeys. Libraries would like to be able to make books available to everyone, all the time, with no limitations. And publishers, of course, would like to sell more books to the public."
Mr. Rosenblatt says the debate in the United States centers on what is known as the law of first sale. Once you buy any kind of media product such as a book or a CD or a DVD or anything like that, you can do whatever you want with it. You can read it, you can give it away, you can lend it, you can resell it, you can burn it—whatever you want. This law is referred to as "first sale.""
This law is what permits libraries to lend books over and over again without having to pay publishers each time. But Bill Rosenblatt points out that it does not include digital products. Technology known as digital rights management can make e-books unreadable once they have reached a certain time or user limit.
Mr. Rosenblatt says, "Several months ago, one of the major publishers, HarperCollins, which is a division of News Corp, announced that they were only going to allow e-books to be lent out twenty-six times, and then they would have to be purchased by the libraries again. Apart from HarperCollins, publishers are allowing libraries to purchase e-books for lending in perpetuity, meaning as many times as anyone wants to borrow them."
HarperCollins says it took the action to protect the growing e-book industry and its own book sales. But Bill Rosenblatt says critics did not see it that way. They believe a digital book should be lendable forever.

Q: What can be learnt about Amazon.com"s Kindle library-lending service?

[解析] 解题思路：四项均以it开头，各选项中的关键信息分别为：allows...Kindle devices to borrow books, benefited...local libraries, led to a debate和allowing...read books。听音时应首先辨明it的指代对象，并将听音重点放在与选项中的关键信息有关的内容上。
题干问的是亚马逊Kindle图书馆借阅服务的相关信息，讲话中提到：“数以百万计的Kindle阅读器及应用软件用户如今可以从当地的公共图书馆借阅Kindle电子书了。”由此可知答案为A。其中，users of some Kindle devices是对讲话中users of the Kindle reader and app的同义替换。此外，讲话中提到：“亚马逊的进入很可能会重新引发出版商和图书馆之间关于电子书借阅的争论。”C项干扰性较强，但并非“已经引发”，故C项不符合讲话内容。另外两项均是对讲话中出现的其他信息的曲解，故排除。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Q: What can libraries do according to the "first sale" law?

[解析] 解题思路：四项均以they开头，根据各选项中的关键信息(can purchase, can lend, can deal with, can limit)可推测此题考查的是they所指代对象能做的事情或采取的行动。听音时应首先辨明they的指代对象，并将听音重点放在与选项中的关键信息有关的内容上。
本题问的是图书馆根据首次出售法能做什么。讲话中提到：“依据该法规，图书馆可以将图书重复借出，而不必每次都向出版商支付费用。但比尔·罗森布拉特指出这不包括数字产品。”由此可知B项正确。其他三项均不符合讲话内容，应排除。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Q: How did HarperCollins protect the e-book industry and its own book sales?

[解析] 解题思路：四项均为“by+动名词短语”的结构，表方式。根据选项中给出的信息可知，A项和C项的动作对象是图书馆(libraries)，B项的动作对象是数字产品版权管理技术(technology known as digital rights management)，而D项的动作对象是评论界(critics)。听音时应特别留意与这些动作对象有关的内容。
本题问的是哈珀·柯林斯保护电子书产业和自身图书销售的方式。讲话中提到：“哈珀·柯林斯出版集团宣称，他们采取这一举措是为了保护日益增长的电子书产业和自身的图书销售。”而“这一举措”指代的是上文中的“它们的电子书只允许借阅26次，之后图书馆必须再次购买”，由此可见哈珀·柯林斯出版集团对电子书的阅读次数进行了限定，也就是说他们采用了数字版权管理技术，故选B项。A项不符合讲话内容，C项和D项讲话中并未提及，故均可排除。