1 . Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. E-books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautious about piracy(盗版)and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license e-books with most libraries.

Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of E-readers are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing c-books instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed hooks, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, book files can be downloaded at home. The tiles disappear from the device when they are due.

E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible(不兼容的)e-book formats, devices and licenses. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, which secures rights from publishers and provides E-books and audio files in every format. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDrive's global market dominance, as the company can control fees and conditions. Publishers were annoyed when OverDrive cooperated with Amazon, the world's biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon's Kindle E-reader who want to borrow E-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon's website, where they must use their Amazon accounts to secure a loan.

According to Pew, an opinion researcher, library users are perfect for market for Amazon. Late last year Amazon Introduced its Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month.

Library supporters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new work. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey, which found that more than half of Americans with library-cards say they prefer to buy their e-books.

1. It can be inferred from paragraph I that         .

A．libraries and publishers face the same problem of e-books' piracy

B．libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishers

C．most publishers are hesitant to cooperate with libraries

D．several big publishers have sold E-books to libraries

2. Why are publishers worried that people will switch to electronic borrowing?

A．Book sales may drop sharply because of convenient electronic borrowing.

B．There are lots of different and incompatible E-book formats available.

C．There is no time limit for the book files downloaded on the device.

D．E-books must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.

3. What do we learn about Over Drive?

A．It has the privilege to offer readers various brands of E-readers.

B．It distributes E-books and audio files to publishers.

C．Its market control threatens publishers and libraries.

D．It devotes itself to improving conditions of e-book market.

4. We can learn from the passage that        .

A．E-books can be lent at libraries as many times as you like

B．OverDrive distributes E-books and audio files to publishers

C．over half of Americans are borrowing E-books from libraries

D．Amazon is adopting measures to win more customers

5. What is the best title for the text?

A．The Hopeful Future of Publishing Business

B．Libraries and E-books

C．The Dull Relationship between Libraries and Publishers

D．The Close Cooperation between OverDrive and Amazon

2 . A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It's great first for what it contains：the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business，from fashion to science, and the range of comment and special feature(特写) as well，from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art theatre and music.

A newspaper is even greater for the way one reads it：never completely, never straight through，but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece，reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the text.

A good modern newspaper offers a variety(多样性) to attract many different readers, but far more than the reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value.

For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper：what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need and without wasting time，demands skill and self-awareness as you change and apply the techniques of reading.

1. A modern newspaper is great for all the following EXCEPT its________.

A．wide variety	B．similar style
C．speed in reporting news	D．popularity

2. According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that ________.

A．people look through the news they are interested in

B．different people prefer different newspapers

C．people are rarely interested in the same kind of news

D．people have different views about what a good newspaper is

3. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers________.

A．apply reading techniques skillfully	B．jump from one newspaper to another
C．appreciate the variety of a newspaper	D．usually read a newspaper selectively

4. Which can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．How to read newspaper?	B．Where to find a good newspaper?
C．What is a good newspaper?	D．Newspaper.

5. The author wrote the passage to_________.

A．advertise	B．introduce
C．argue	D．compare