2015年6月大学英语六级模拟试题(2)

　　根据下面材料，回答62-66题。

　　Uke a tired marriage.the relationship between libraries and publishers has long beenreassuringly dull.E—books，however，are causing heartache.Libraries know they need digital wares if they are to remain relevant，but many publishers are too careful about piracy and lost sales to c0.operate.Among the big six.onlyRandom House and HarperCollins license e-books with most libraries.The others have either deniedrequests or are reluctantly experimenting.

　　Publishers are wise to be nervous.Owners of e.readers are exactly the customers they need：book—lovers with money-neither the devices nor broadband connections come cheap.Ifthese wonderful people switch to borrowing e-books instead of buying them，what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient.Unlike printed books.which must bechecked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live，book files can bedownloaded at home.Digital library catalogues are often browsed at night.from a comfortablesofa.The files disappear from the device when they are due.

　　Awkwardly for publishers，buying an e—book costs more than renting one but offerslittle extra value. You cannot resell it。lend it to a friend or burn it to stay warm.Owning a book isuseful if you want to savour(品尝)it repeatedly，but who reads“Fifty Shades of Grey”twice? E-1ending is not simple.however.There are lots of different and often incompatiblee-book formats，devices and licences.Most libraries use a company called OverDrive，a globaldistributor that secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files in everyformat.Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDrive’s market dominance，as the companycan increasingly dictate fees and conditions.

　　Library boosters 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，whichfound that more than half of Americans with Hbrary cards say they prefer to buy their e-books.Butthe report also noted that few people know that e-books are available at most libraries，and thatpopular titles often involve long waiting lists，which may be what inspires people to buy. So publishers keep adjusting their lending arrangements in：search of the right balance.Random House raised its licensing prices earlier this year，and Harper Collins limitslibraries to lending its titles 26 times.

　　Hachita is engaged in some secret experiments，and the others are watching with heldbreath.In Britain the government will soon announce a review of the matter.The story of thelibrary e-book is a nail-biter.

　　62What can be inferred from the fast paragraph?

　　A. Libraries are eager to keep relationship with publishers.

　　B. Several publishers have sold e-books to most libraries.

　　C. Libraries care too much about piracy and book sales.

　　D. Most publishers hesitate to cooperate with libraries.

　　63What does the author say about electronic borrowing?

　　A. It call help save readers’expenses on devices and broadband connections.

　　B. It needs checking out and returning to the library via the Intemet.

　　C. It enables readers to resell the book files or lend them to friends.

　　D. It has a time limit for the book files downloader on the device.

　　64What do we learn about OverDrive?

　　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 dominance threatens publishers and libraries.

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

　　65According to the recent Pew survey，_____

　　A. more than half of Americans choose e-books over physical copies

　　B. people with library cards advocate borrowing rather than buying books

　　C. people with library cards have to wait to borrow popular e-books

　　D. the desire to collect a popular book inspires people to buy it

　　66By“a nail-biter”(Line 4，Para.7)，the author suggests that_____

　　A. it’s urgent for Librairies to cooperate with publishers

　　B. publishers have many secret experiments to conduct

　　C. it’s impossible for publishers to distribute e-books to libraries

　　D. many problems about e-book lending need to be solved

　　四、翻译(共1题，合计15分)

　　67中国是世界上最早开发利用矿产资源的国家之一。过去50年，中国在矿产资源勘探开发(the survey and development)方面取得了巨大成就，这为中国经济的持续、快速、健康发展提供了重要保障。中国是一个人口众多、资源相对不足的发展中国家，主要依靠本国的矿产资源来保障现代化建设(modernization program)}的需要。同时中国还积极引进国外资本和技术开发中国矿产资源。中国政府高度重视可持续发展和矿产资源的合理利用，把可持续发展(sustainable development)确定为国家战略，把保护资源作为可持续发展战略的重要内容。