14.Apple has entered the textbook market.The tech giant(科技巨头)introduced iBooks textbooks a couple of weeks ago when it announced its iBooks 2 platform(平台).They are digital books in many subjects taking in science,maths,history and geography.
Apple developed its iPad-based textbooks in conjunction with (连接)major textbook publishers.The company offers a collection of textbooks for high school students.
Apple says it offers a"new textbook experience"and suggests its iBoo ks textbooks are"the next chapter in learning".It sounds like good news for pupils and students.Think of it.No more carrying heavy backpacks full of textbooks.Every textbook you require can be stored on your iPad.No more having to buy expensive textbooks which you will only use for a year or two and then sell or give away.
Of course there's a catch.You need to own an iPad and as you know,it is not cheap.You also need to buy digital textbooks,mostly priced each at 14.99(94.74yuan)orless.Textbookpublishingwasworth 8.7 billion in the US alone last year.And the rest,as they say,is history.Will Apple revolutionize(进行革命)learning?Will digital books take over completely in education?That remains to be seen.
32.What is the best title of the text?A
A.Apple Enters New Market
B.A Different Way of Learning
C.Experience Digital Textbooks
D.Say Good-bye to Tradition
33.iBooks textbooks will do good to pupils and students becauseD.
A.they are free to get
B.they are favorite gifts
C.they are ipad-based
D.they are easy to carry
34.The underlined words"a catch"in Paragraph 4 are closest in meaning to"B."
A.an advantage
B.a problem
C.a surprise
D.an order
35.What can we know from the last two paragraphs?C
A.iPad-based textbooks have greatly changed our learning.
B.Traditional textbooks will be replaced sooner or later.
C.Digital books have advantages and disadvantages.
D.Apple has earned a lot from the textbook market.
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读,属于议论文,主要讲述了苹果发布iBooks 2成为苹果向教育领域迈出的重要一步.那么苹果究竟能否掀起这场学习革命呢?让我们拭目以待.
解答 32.A.主旨大意题.阅读全文,根据文章内容可知,本文主要讲述了苹果发布iBooks 2成为苹果向教育领域迈出的重要一步.故选A.
33.D.推理判断题.从第二段No more carrying heavy backpacks.Every textbook you require can be stored on your iPad.可推断出苹果电子书便于携带.故选D.
34.B.词义猜测题.从下文You need to own an iPad and…it is not cheap.You also need to buy digital textbooks可知虽然苹果电子书有很多优点,但也存在问题:昂贵.所以a catch与a problem意思相近.故选B.
35.C.细节理解题.从最后一段Will digital books take over completely in education?That remains to be seen可排除ABC,在文章第二,三段分别提到苹果电子书的优缺点.故选C.
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读,题目涉及多道主旨大意题,词义猜测题,细节理解题,推理判断题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测