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文章F部分提到电子书阅读者的看法，他们认为开发商不需要印刷，储存和送货，电子书自然应该比精装本便宜许多。But some e-book buyers say that since publishers do not have to pay to print, store or distribute e-books, they should be much cheaper than print books.
Section C Reading Comprehension
Directions：There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
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Sociologists (社会学家) have developed elaborate theories of who spreads small talks and news—who tells whom, who matters most in social networks—but they've had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest. Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news? Would we rather shock the readers with improper behavior or enlighten them? Which stories do social creatures want to share, and why?
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that people preferred e-mailing articles with positive rather than negative themes, and they liked to send long articles on intellectually challenging topics. Perhaps most of all, readers wanted to share articles that inspired astonishment, an emotion that the researchers investigated after noticing how many science articles made the list. In general, they found, 20 percent of articles that appeared on the Times home page made the list, but the rate rose to 30 percent for science articles. \kept doing better than we expected,\心理学家) and a professor of marketing at Penn's Wharton School. \anticipated that people would share articles with practical information about health, and they did, but they also sent articles about earth science. You'd see articles shooting up the list that were about the physics of light of deer vision.\ The motivation for mailing these astonishment-inspiring articles is not as immediately obvious as with other kinds of articles, Dr. Berger said. Sharing cooking skills or financial tips or medical advice makes sense according to classic economic utility theory: I give you something of practical value in the hope that you'll someday return the favor.
There can also be self-interested reasons for sharing surprising articles: I get to show off how well informed I am by sending news that will shock you.
But in general, people who share this kind of article seem to have greater motives than trying to impress their friends. They're seeking emotional communication, Dr. Berger said. \I've just read this story that changes the way I understand the world and myself, I want to talk to others
about what it means. If you read the article and feel the same emotion, it will bring us closer together.\
56.What is the present situation of sociologists' study on news travel in people's life?
A) They have just worked out a perfect theory of who enjoys sharing news with others. B) They expect to find out what kind of news is the most popular in social network. C) They have failed to discover the type of news which spreads faster than others. D) Their theory about people who are likely to receive news needs to be developed.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第一段指出，以前的研究并没能确定什么样的消息是传播最快的（they've had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest），而这篇文章介绍的研究关注的焦点就是这个方面，即大家对什么样的信息最感兴趣，所以选B。
57.What did researchers at the University of Pennsylvania find about people's preference of news?
A) Articles with sophisticated knowledge were more widely read by people. B) Information of common sense was the most popular type of news among people. C) Articles with interesting subjects were more frequently sent by people to their friends.
D) Messages leading to surprise were the most widely spread in people's life.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第二段第二句话提到，大多数读者希望分享能够令人吃惊的文章（Perhaps most of all, readers wanted to share articles that inspired astonishment），所以选D。
58.What was the result of investigation on types of articles sent by readers?
A) News from the Times took a minor part. B) Practical information held a great share. C) General science was the most popular. D) Physical science was more often shared.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第二段最后一句话提到，排在分享最前面的是有关物理学的文章（You'd see articles shooting up the list that were about the physics of light of deer vision），所以选D。
59.According to Dr. Berger, why did people love to share astonishment-inspiring articles?
A) They wanted to become emotionally closer by this means. B) They intended to learn from each other by doing so. C) They loved to show off their special tastes in this way.
D) They expected a further explanation from friends through this.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第五段第二句话提到，人们分享这类文章的目的是为了进行情感上的沟通（They're seeking emotional communication），可以拉近彼此的距离（it will bring us closer together），所以选A。 60.What can be inferred from this passage?
A) Friendship might be enhanced by sharing messages. B) Information of health maintenance might not be sent. C) The theory of information sharing might remain the same. D) Readers' life might be enriched with article exchanges.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
文章最后一段提到，人们可以通过分享信息达到情感沟通的目的，并能拉近彼此的距离。由此可以推断，人们可能会增进彼此的友谊，所以选A。
In his State of the Union address, President Obama held out the hope of mending the main law outlining the federal role in public schools, a slow-progressing 45-year-old law that dates to the Johnson administration.
But experts say it would be a heavy lift for the administration to get the job done this year because the law has produced so many conflicts, there is so little time and there are so many competing priorities.
In 2001, when Congress completed the law's most recent rewrite, the effort took a full year, and the bipartisan (两党的) agreement that made that possible has long since shattered (破灭). Today there is wide agreement that the law needs to be mended, but not on how to fix its shortcomings.
Since it was revised into its current form by the second Bush administration—and renamed No Child Left Behind—it has generated frequent debate with different opinions, partly because it requires schools to apply tests with a far more strict standard and because it labels schools that fail to make progress fast enough each year as \penalties (处罚) and has grown to include more than 30,000 schools.
Several states sued (控告) the Bush administration over the law in the last decade, unsuccessfully. Connecticut challenged its financing provisions, saying it imposed costly demands without providing adequate financing. Arizona fought rules on the testing of immigrant students. \the Committee for Education Funding. \there's some bipartisan agreement about what the
administration proposes, and the Republicans say, 'We want to work together,' then may be. But I think it's going to be tough.\
During the 2008 campaign and his first year in office, President Obama's attitude was popular with almost everyone: the law reflects worthwhile goals like narrowing the achievement gap between ethnic minority and white students, he said, but includes weak provisions that need fixing. Once any rewrite begins in earnest, however, Mr. Obama will need to support specific changes that will be unpopular with at least some groups.
61.What did President Obama look forward to according to his State of the Union address?
A) He wished to establish a new law about public education in the country. B) He intended to better the relationship between the government and schools. C) He wanted to modify the present law concerning the government function in public schools.
D) He proposed to keep the traditional law to maintain the federal status in schools.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第一段提到，总统希望能够修改现有的有关政府在公立学校中的职责的法律（President Obama held out the hope of mending the main law outlining the federal role in public schools），所以选C。 62.What is the experts' view on Obama's new proposal?
A) There might be enough time to get it finished. B) It may confront many difficulties.
C) There would be many competitive parties refusing to do it. D) It would be a job too hard to be finished.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第二段第一句话提到。专家认为这不是一件轻松的事情（experts say it would be a heavy lift for the administration to get the job done），可见政府会面临很多的困难，所以选B。 63.According to the passage, how was the law of education developed?
A) It got several rewrites successfully in the past 45 years since its establishment. B) The rewritten law during the second Bush administration made a great progress. C) It was developed slowly with mending disagreements from different parties. D) The most recent form of the law received disagreement on the necessity of mending.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
文章提到这部法律可以追溯到约翰逊政府时期，而且每一次的修订过程都很艰难，两党会有不同的看法。由此可见，这部法律是逐步的在调和两党不同意见的基础上发展起来的，所以选C。
64.How did some states react to the law during the second Bush administration?
A) They showed doubt to the weakness of financial support and a strict testing standard. B) They fought against the administration successfully with a legal method. C) They demanded more freedom according to the real situations. D) They successfully put the law into effect in schools.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第五段第二句提到，有些州对这部法律提出质疑，声称政府制定了高额的要求，却没有提供足够的资金（Connecticut challenged its financing provisions, saying it imposed costly demands without providing adequate financing），所以选A。
65.What might the rewritten law bring to people's life?
A) More agreements between different parties might be achieved due to the rewrite. B) It may bring more financial support to schools in order to improve the educational quality.
C) Mr. Obama might become unpopular with some people who disagree with the rewrite. D) It may narrow the achievement gap between students of different types.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
文章第七段第一句提到，这部法律反映出了很多有价值的目标。例如缩小少数族裔孩子与白人孩子之间的学业差异（the law reflects worthwhile goals like narrowing the achievement gap between ethnic minority and white students），所以选D。