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  3. Paul: I think books will be more affordable. They are pretty expensive. Publishers are so silly because they focus on "We’re

Paul: I think books will be more affordable. They are pretty expensive. Publishers are so silly because they focus on "We’re

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问题     Paul:
    I think books will be more affordable. They are pretty expensive. Publishers are so silly because they focus on "We’re not going to be selling so many hardcover books at $26. " But you’re going to sell infinitely more electronically, so what are you complaining about? I view it as a greater opportunity. My e-reader is great because I travel, and I don’t want to carry a billion things with me.
    David:
    I don’t own an e-reader, and I’ve never read a page on an e-reader. I do everything I can to avoid more screen time. Not to play down the value of a physical book, when it comes to somebody investing in one, it’s something you want to keep. You have to give readers a choice, between a richer experience with physical books, and a more lifeless experience through an electronic reader.
    James:
    The new immigrants don’t shoot the old inhabitants when they come in. One technology tends to supplement rather than substitute. How you read is not as important as: Will you read? Will you read something that’s a book—the sustained train of thought of one person speaking to another? Search techniques are embedded in e-books that invite people to dip into something rather than follow a full train of thought.
    Alex:
    We’ve maintained in the last few years there will be fewer bookstores. We have the best business model in the world. Books are still a majority of what we sell in stores, but they are becoming less and less. About 50 percent of physical books are sold in non-bookstore outlets, like drugstores and club stores. There are people with agendas in this industry, but the physical book is going nowhere.
    William:
    E-readers take out the paper middleman and give me what I want from books: the words. My e-reader has allowed me to read more than ever. When I travel I can take five books with me—all without cutting down a single tree or using any extra jet fuel. Books made of paper can be beautiful, but they are never as beautiful as the words in the best of them.
    Statements
    [A] I prefer physical books to e-books.
    [B] E-books are environmentally friendly.
    [C] The market for physical books is shrinking.
    [D] What counts is not how but how well you read.
    [E] E-reading will benefit, rather than harm, publishers.
    [F] The price of hardcover books will be greatly lowered.
    [G] Non-bookstore outlets add to the growth of physical books.
Alex
选项
答案C
解析 主旨题。艾利克斯认为纸质书虽然是商店出售的主要产品，但是销量在逐年下降，这与C项的“纸质书的市场在萎缩”意思相同，故选C。
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