Passage One: Questions are based on the following passage.
There is a certain inevitability that ebook sales have now overtaken paperback sales on Amazon's US site. Amazon's Kindle 2 is so light and so cheap that it's easy to see why people have rushed to buy it. Though I'm still not keen on the design of the Kindle, it is a vast improvement on its predecessor and certainly tolerable. Beyond the device itself, Amazon has done a great job of rolling out Kindle apps, ensuring that people like me—who have an iPad but not a Kindle—can still join in the fun. Once you're into the Kindle ecosystem, Amazon locks you in tightly—just as Apple does with its iTunes/iPod ecosystem. It's so easy to buy from Amazon's store and the books are so cheap that it's not worth the effect of going elsewhere.
While I remain opposed to Amazon's DRM(数字版权管理)—indeed, I'm opposed to DRM on any ebooks—I have to admit that the implementation is so smooth that most Kindle users won't care at all that their ebooks can't be moved to other devices.
The ebook trend is nowhere near peaking. Over the next five years we can expect to see more and more readers move away from printed books and pick up ebooks instead. But I don't think that will mean the death of the printed book.
There are some who prefer printed books. They like having shelves filled with books they’re reading and books they plan to read; they like the feel of the book in their hands and the different weights and typefaces and layouts of different titles. In other words, they like the physical form of the book almost as much as the words it contains.
I can sympathize with those people. As I wrote earlier this week, my ideal situation would be for publishers to bundle ebooks with printed ones—in much the same way that film studies bundle DVDs with digital copies of films. There’s no reason to think that lovers of printed books will change their minds. There will undoubtedly be fewer of them as time goes by because more people will grow up with ebooks and spend little time with printed ones. However, just as there are people who love vinyl records(黑胶唱片), even if they were born well into the CD era, there will still be a dedicated minority who love physical books.
Since there are fewer of these people, that will mean fewer bookshops and higher prices for printed books but l don't think the picture is entirely bleak. There is scope for smaller print rims of lavishly designed printed books and bookshops aimed at book lovers, rather than the Stieg Larsson -reading masses. With mainstream readers out of the printed book market,book lovers might even find they get a better experience.
What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
第一段中提到， 尽管“我”还是对Kindle的设计提不起兴趣， 但较之第一代确实有了相当大的改进， 还是非常不错的， 即Kindle 2在设计上要优于Kindle 1， 故答案为C。
The reason why the author opposes to Amazon’s DRM is that ________.
第二段提到， “我”不得不承认安装过程实在是太便捷了， 以至于大多数Kindle用户并不介意电子书无法安装到其他设备上， 由此可知， 电子书一旦安装后， 不可以在其他设备上再次使用， C中的transfer和equipments分别对应第二段最后一句的move和devices， 故为答案C。
It can be learned from the passage that the trend of ebooks ________.
第三段提到， 电子书的发展趋势正在无限接近顶峰。 换言之， 电子书的发展趋势很快就会接近顶峰， 故B为答案。
Why does the author believe that the surging sales of books won’t mean the death of the printed book?
倒数第二段提到， 正如有些生活在CD时代却依然热爱黑胶唱片的人一样， 会有少数人仍然坚定地爱着纸质书， 由此可知， 仍有一部分人会坚持购买纸质书籍， 故答案为A。
What does the author say about the future of printed books?
最后一段提到， 面向大众群体的斯泰格拉尔森式阅读将被淘汰， 取而代之的是针对爱书者而设的装帧精美、 数量不多的印刷本和书店。 C中的small quantity和better quality分别对应原文的smaller print和lavishly designed， 故C为答案。