Several years ago, at the height of the dotcom boom, it was widely assumed that a publishing revolution, in which the printed word would be supplanted by the computer screen, was just around the corner. It wasn’t: for many, there is still little to match the joy of reading a printed book and settling down for one hour. But recently some big technology companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo, contend that the dream of bringing books online is still very much alive.
The digitizing of thousands of volumes of print is not without controversy. On Thursday, Google, the world’ s most popular search engine, posted a first installment of books on Google Print. This collaborative effort between Google and several world’s leading research libraries aims to make books available to be searched and read online free of charge. Although the books included so far are not covered by copyright, the plan has attracted the rage of publishers.
Five la
A. The goods of Google
B. The differences between books printed and books online
C. Some big technology companies bring plans on the e-books
D. The publishers don’t agree with the e-books plan
Several years ago, at the height of the dotcom boom, it was widely assumed that a publishing revolution, in which the printed word would be supplanted by the computer screen, was just around the corner. It wasn’t: for many, there is still little to match the joy of reading a printed book and settling down for one hour. But recently some big technology companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo, contend that the dream of bringing books online is still very much alive.
The digitizing of thousands of volumes of print is not without controversy. On Thursday, Google, the world’ s most popular search engine, posted a first installment of books on Google Print. This collaborative effort between Google and several world’s leading research libraries aims to make books available to be searched and read online free of charge. Although the books included so far are not covered by copyright, the plan has attracted the rage of publishers.
Five la
A. It will invariably provide free online reading for its customers
B. It has become the world’s most popular book publisher
C. It facilitates books reading and searching to a larger extent
D. It has gained permission to publish the complete books online
| Three years ago, researchers announced the discovery
of human genes that were capable of turning ordinary cells into malignant ones.
The news met with some skepticism. Experts asked how a single gene could cause
such a dramatic change. Why does cancer take years or even decades to develop if
it is caused by such a simple and direct process In last week’s issue of the,
three research teams answered those questions by setting forth a new model for
understanding the role of oncogenes in cancer. Each group found that it does in fact take more than a single gene to produce cancer in normal cells. Teams at M. I. T and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, N. Y. , reported that they could induce cancer in normal rat cells only by inserting at least two types of oncogene into the cells. "A single oncogene produced some changes, A. was caused by normal cells B. sometimes resulted from internal actions of the victim’s own body C. was a hereditary disease D. was a form of malignancy [单项选择]What happened 25 years ago（）
A. Michael’s parents got divorced. B. Karen’s mother died in a car accident. C. A truck driver lost his wife in a collision. D. Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson. [单项选择]Only a few years ago globalization seemed
irrepressible
. We were all advancing on flood tides of international trade and investment.
A. impossible B. possible C. uncontrollable D. improbable [单项选择]An international treaty signed several years ago bans trade in plants and animals of endangered species.
A. forbids B. eliminates C. promotes D. protects [单项选择]
Twelve years ago, oceanographer Captain Charles Moore was skippering his yacht the Alguita in the North Pacific. He sailed into a mass of floating plastic rubbish which took him and his crew a week to cross. This floating rubbish dump is now called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and doubles the size of the USA. [单项选择]A hundred years ago, chocolate was something
A. that only wealthy people could eat. B. that people all eat like today. C. nobody could afford. [单项选择]What happened to the man four years ago
A. He had a minor operation. B. He had pneumonia. C. He had a car accident. D. He had long aftereffects. 我来回答: 提交
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