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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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The free Kindle for Mac application will give users access to more than 325,000 books in the Kindle Store, allowing them to download and read the e books in their computer, and even add a virtual bookmark to a page so that they do not lose their place.
Amazon has its own range of Kindle ebook readers, which have sold well in the United States. The first Kindle device appeared in the UK last October, but British consumers have been slower to embrace the digital reading revolution.
The online seller has attempted to expand the presence of its Kindle brand by making the software for downloading and reading electronic books available on a variety of other platforms, such as the iPhone and Windowsbased PCs, rather than just Kindle devices.
“Kindle for Mac is the perfect companion application for customers who own a Kindle or Kindle DX,” said Jay Marine,director of Amazon's Kindle division.
“For those customers around the world who don't yet have a Kindle, Kindle for Mac is a great way to instantly access and read the most popular new releases as well as their old favourites.”
The Kindle for Mac application will synchronize (使同步)books and bookmarks between a Mac and a Kindle device. Amazon said it would be adding more features to the software in the coming months, including the ability to search the text of a book and create “notes”—highlights and annotations.Amazon also said that it would develop a version of its existing iPhone Kindle app for the iPad, but privately there are concerns that Apple's move into the ebook market, and the addition of an ebook store to the existing Apple iTunes and App Store ecosystem could steal customers from the Kindle store.
[语篇解读] Mac应用程序的免费Kindle将让用户访问Kindle商店中的书,并允许他们在电脑中下载和阅读电子书。
1.Which of the following can be done on Kindle?
A.Buy ebooks on the computer.
B.Download a variety of software.
C.Add virtual bookmarks.
D.Sell secondhand books.
C [细节理解题。根据第一段中的“allowing them to download and read the ebooks on thei