D
All over the world, libraries have begun the Herculean(巨大的) task of making faithful digital copies of the books, images and recordings that preserve the intellectual effort of mankind. For armchair scholars, the work promises to bring such a wealth of information to desktop that the present Internet may not match.
Librarians see three clear benefits to going digital. First, it helps them preserve rare and fragile objects without refusing the demands of those who wish to study them. The British Library, for example, holds the only medieval manuscript（手稿）of Beowulf in London. Only qualified scholars were allowed to see it until Kevin S. Kiernan of the University of Kentucky scanned the Manuscript with three different light sources and put the images up on the Internet for anyone to use.
A second benefit is convenience. Once books are changed to digital form, readers can find them in seconds rather than minutes. Several people can read the same book or view the same picture at the same time. Clerks are spared the chore of reshelving. And libraries could use the Internet to lend their collections to those who are unable to visit in person.
The third advantage of electronic copies is that they occupy millimeters of space on a magnetic disk rather than meters on a shelf. The cost of library buildings is increasingly high. The University of California at Berkeley recently spent $ 46 million on an underground addition to house 1.5 million books----an average cost of $30 per volume. The price of disk storage, on the contrary, has fallen to about $ 2 per 300-page publication and continues to drop.
68. What is the message in the first paragraph?
A. More people can read precious books.
B. The Internet provides more information.
C. Libraries are making efforts to preserve books.
D. Libraries are making digital copy of books.
69. Which words in the second paragraph help you to identify the supporting points?
A. three, First, for example B. benefits, manuscript, scholars
C. helps, holds, scanned D. clear, qualified, different
70. Which of the following is mentioned in the text as benefits of going digital?
A. Fewer staff will be required in libraries.
B. Libraries will be able to move underground.
C. Borrowers need not go to the library building.
D. Old manuscripts can be moved more easily.
71. How is the text organized?
A. Opinion – Description B. Message – Explanation
C. Main idea – Comparison D. Introduction – Conclusion
E
Well, when the huge wave hit the boat, my safety belt broke and I was swept overboard. I don’t really understand how it happened, but it did. I heard someone yell out, but then my boat, Wild One, went off into the darkness and I was alone in a very rough sea. I then spent five and a half hours in the water. The place where it happened was, oh, about 50 kilometers from shore. It was likely that I wouldn’t see another day, but I always thought I’d overcome the difficulties. At first I was watching out for Wild One. The rest of the crew knew I was gone, so they were sure to come back and look for me. After a while, I saw the boat’s lights when it came looking for me. They were within about 300 meters of me, but the spotlight just missed me. The reason why they didn’t see me was because of the huge waves. You know, I started sailing when I was seven, and started ocean racing when I was about eighteen, but I’d never been overboard before. I believed I was going to survive, but it was very cold, and as the hours passed I started to get desperate——and frozen! It was around 5 am when I saw the lights of a tanker coming towards me. I figured it was probably my last chance. At first, I thought they were going to miss me, and then they made a slight turn and I yelled out “Help!” and they heard me. Then another yacht appeared. These guys were terrific. They gave me dry clothes, and then one jumped into the bunk and hung onto me. They covered us with as much dry clothing as they could, and the guy in with me stayed to transfer his body heat to me.
72. The author of the passage was alone in the sea NOT because ______.
A. the wind was too strong B. the wave hit the boat
C. the safety belt was broken D. his boat was in the darkness
73. He was not saved by his crew because _______.
A. he didn’t yell out “Help!” B. 300 meters was long distance
C. he was not found D. he didn’t see the spotlight
74. It was inferred from the passage that _______.
A. he was swept overboard at about midnight
B. Wild One was the name of a crew member
C. he started ocean racing at about seven
D. he was too hopeless to take the last chance
75. One of the guys who saved him jumped into the bunk in order to ________.
A. cover him with more dry clothes
B. warm him with his body heat
C. comfort him
D. congratulate him