As digital reading is changing our traditional way of reading, book towns like Hay-on-Wye are particularly important to 15 .
答案:(D) keep the printed word alive
語意「像海伊鎮這樣的書鎮對『讓紙本文字保持存續』特別重要」,keep the printed word alive 符合,呼應後文強調保存實體書的重要性;get their worldwide fame(獲得世界性名聲)、conform to the new mode(順應新模式,語意方向不合)、make their visitors satisfied(讓訪客滿意)都不合。
四個選項都是完整的動詞片語,放進句子讀起來都通順,你可能挑一個聽起來最正面的,例如 make their visitors satisfied。這一格考的是整篇文章的主旨,不是哪一句話好聽。
空格前一句 As digital reading is changing our traditional way of reading(數位閱讀正在改變我們傳統的閱讀方式),已經拉出「數位對紙本」的對立。空格後那一長串更是直接把答案講白:The feel of a book, the smell, the weight...(書的觸感、氣味、重量)、preserving the physical book as a complement to technology(保存實體書,作為科技的補充)。preserve the physical book 就是 keep the printed word alive 的同義說法。
get their worldwide fame(獲得國際名聲):文章談的是書鎮存在的價值,不是知名度;conform to the new mode(順應新模式)方向剛好相反,書鎮的意義正在於數位浪潮中守住紙本;make their visitors satisfied(讓訪客滿意)雖然文章提過觀光,但那是第一段的背景,不是結論段的重點。
keep sth alive(讓……延續下去、不致消失)、the printed word(紙本文字、印刷品)、conform to(順應、遵從)、a complement to(……的補充)、preserve(保存)、physical book(實體書)。
A book town is a rural town in which second-hand and antiquarian bookshops are concentrated. The concept was 11 by Richard Booth, who opened the first second-hand bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, UK in 1961. Following him, many local people opened their own bookshops, and the small town soon became a model of sustainable rural development and tourism.
Since the 1970s, book towns like Hay on-Wye 12 up all over the world. Although all book towns have a great number of bookshops, that's where the similarities 13 . Each of these towns shows unique features of its own. Some have many small private shops, while others have organizations steered by volunteers. Some even run regular activities to attract visitors. For example, an annual book festival is held in Hay-on-Wye. Clunes, in Australia, holds a monthly book talk that hosts authors to discuss their latest 14 .
As digital reading is changing our traditional way of reading, book towns like Hay-on-Wye are particularly important to 15 . The feel of a book, the smell, the weight, and the knowledge that a particular book might be more than a hundred years old—all these highlight the importance of preserving the physical book as a complement to technology.