2012年12月英语六级真题(3)

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2012 年12 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Man and

Computer by commenting on the saying, “The real danger is not that the computer will

begin to think like man, but that man will begin to think like the computer.” You should

write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

Man and Computer

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the

questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked

A),B),C) and D).For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

In a Digital Age, Students Still Cling to Paper Textbooks

They text their friends all day long. At night, they do research for their term papers on laptops

and commune with their parents on Skype. But as they walk the paths of Hamilton College, a

poster-perfect liberal arts school in this upstate village, students are still hauling around bulky, old-

fashioned textbooks-and loving it.

"The screen won't go blank," said Faton Begolli, a junior from Boston. "There can't be a virus.

It wouldn't be the same without books. They've defined 'academia' (学术) for a thousand years."

Though the world of print is receding before a tide of digital books, blogs and other Web sites,

a generation of college students growing up with technology appears to be holding fast to traditional

textbooks. That loyalty comes at a price. Textbooks are expensive-a year's worth can cost$700

to$900-and students' frustrations with the expense, as well as the emergence of new technology,

have produced a perplexing array of options for obtaining them.

Internet retailers like Amazon and Textbooks.com are selling new and used books. They have

been joined by several Web services that rent textbooks to students by the semester. Some 1 500

college bookstores are also offering rentals this fall, up from 300 last year. Here at Hamilton,

students this year have a new way to avoid the middleman: a nonprofit Web site, created by the

college's Entrepreneur Club, that lets them sell used books directly to one another.

The explosion of outlets and formats-including digital books, which are rapidly becoming

more sophisticated- has left some students bewildered. After completing the difficult job of course

selection, they are forced to weigh cost versus convenience, analyze their own study habits and

guess which texts they will want for years to come and which they will not miss.

"It depends on the course," said Victoria Adesoba, a student at New York University who was

standing outside that school's bookstore, a powder-blue book bag slung over her shoulder “Last

semester, I rented for psychology, and it was cheaper. But for something like organic chemistry, I

need to keep the book. E-textbooks are good, but it's tempting to go on Facebook, and it can strain

your eyes."

For all the talk that her generation is the most technologically knowledgeable in history, paper-

and-ink textbooks do not seem destined to disappear anytime soon

According to the National Association of College Stores, digital books make up just under 3%

of textbook sales, although the association expects that share to grow to 10-15% by 2012 as more

titles are made available as e-books.

In two recent studies-one by the association and another by the Student Public Interest

Research Groups-three- quarters of the students surveyed said they still preferred a bound book to a

digital version.

Many students are reluctant to give up the ability to flip quickly between chapters, write in the

margins and highlight passages, although new software applications are beginning to allow students

to use e-textbooks that way.

"Students grew up learning from print books." said Nicole Allen. the textbooks campaign

director for the research groups, "so as they transition to higher education, it's not surprising that

they prefer a format that they are most accustomed to."

Indeed, many Hamilton students grow passionate about the weighty volumes they still carry

from dorm room to lecture hall to library, even as they compulsively(克制不住地)check their

smartphones for text messages and c-mails.

"I believe that the codex is one of mankind's best inventions," said Jonathan Piskor, a junior

from North Carolina, using the Latin term for book.

That passion may be one reason that Barnes & Noble College Booksellers is working so hard

to market its new software application, NOOKstudy, which allows students to navigate c-textbooks

on Macs and PCs. The company, which operates 636 campus bookstores nationwide, introduced the

free application last summer in hopes of luring more students to buy its electronic textbooks.

"The real obstacle is getting them to try it," said Tracey Weber, the company's executive

vicepresident.

The company is giving away "College Kick-Start Kits" to students who download NOOKstudy

in the fall semester, with a dozen classic c-books like The Canterbury Tales and The Scarlet Letter.

CourseSrnart is letting students try any c-textbook free for two weeks.

But not every textbook is available in digital or rental format. At Hamilton, for instance, only

about one-fifth of the titles are sold as c-textbooks this fall. A stroll through the campus store

revealed the price difference. A book on constitutional law,for instance, was$189.85 new $142.40

used and$85.45 for rent. (Typically, an e-textbook is cheaper than a used book, though more

expensive than a rental.)

The expense of college textbooks, which is estimated to have risen four times the inflation rate

in recent years, has become such a concern that some politicians are taking up the cause. Last

month, Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York urged more college stores to rent books, after a

survey of 38 campus bookstores in New York City and on Long Island by his office found that 16

did not offer the option.

On Thursday, students at more than 40 colleges nationwide are planning an Affordable

Textbooks Day of Action to encourage faculty members to assign texts that are less expensive, or

offered free online.

For now, buying books the old-fashioned way-new or used-prevails. Charles Schmidt, the

spokesman for the National Association of College Stores, said that if a campus store sold a new

book for$100, it would typically buy the book back for$50 at semester's end and sell it to the next

student for$75.

The buy-back price plunges, however, if the professor drops the book from the syllabus or if

the bookstore has bought enough books to meet demand. When Louis Boguchwal, majoring in

economics and math, tried to sell a$100 linear algebra(线性代数)textbook back to the college

bookstore, he was offered$15.

"It was insulting," he said. "They give you next to nothing."

Thus, the creation of Hamilton's new nonprofit Web site, get my textbooks. org. So far, traffic

has been light: only about 70 books have been sold this fall. But Jason Mariasis, president of the

Entrepreneur Club, said he expected sales to pick up as word spread.

Mr. Begolli. a member of the club, recently sold three German novels for$17 on the site. "If I

had sold them back to the bookstore, I would have gotten$7 or$8,"he said. "The bookstore is king

when it comes to textbook sales. We felt there should be something for students, by students."

Yet some students have to go it alone. Rosemary Rocha, an N.Y.U. student pursuing a degree

in hospitality and tourism management, added up her required reading for the semester: $600. "It's

harsh," she said. "I'm currently collecting unemployment, so that's not going to happen."

Instead, she waits to borrow the few copies her professors leave on reserve at the library, or

relies on the kindness of classmates. "My friends will let me borrow their books in exchange for

coffee or a slice of pizza," she said. "I very seldom buy the textbooks, but I'm always like a chicken

without a head."

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1上作答。

1. How do students view paper textbooks in this digital age?

A) They are indispensable to writing term papers.

B) They play an irreplaceable role in their study.

C) They are inferior to c-books in many ways.

D) They will be replaced by c-books some day.

2. In what way are printed books frustrating to students?

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