Portable devices are becoming lighter and more appealing. Books are being (1)_____ into digital form by the thousands. The most

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问题     Portable devices are becoming lighter and more appealing. Books are being (1)_____ into digital form by the thousands. The most important (2)_____ forward may be in "digital ink," the technology used for (3)_____ letters on a screen. A small company called E Ink has created a method for (4)_____ tiny black and white capsules into words and (5)_____ with an electronic charge. Because no power is used (6)_____ the reader changes the page, devices with the technology could go (7)_____ 20 books between battery charges. The text also looks just as (8)_____ as ink on a printed page.
    Sony is the first major player to take (9)_____ of the technology. This year. it will market the Sony Reader, which uses E Ink and closely (10)_____ the size, weight, and (11)_____ of a book. The Reader will sell (12)_____ about $400. Sony also will offer roughly 10,000 book (13)_____ for download from its online store, (14)_____ news stones.
    Other players try to catch the opportunity, too. At least two (15)_____ companies are introducing digital readers this year. And scores of companies, from Google to Random House Inc., are planning other ways to (16)_____ from digital books. All this (17)_____ to the influence of Apple Computer Inc.. With its iPod, Apple has (18)_____ that millions of people are willing to carry around digital devices with their favorite content, (19)_____ music, why not novels and nonfiction? According to one CEO with a large publishing company, the iPod led the way in getting people comfortable with a similar device for books. Such things are not only (20)_____, but a good idea.


选项 A、displayed
B、demonstrated
C、determined
D、discovered

答案B

解析 词汇辨析题。前文提到苹果电脑公司推出的iPod取得了巨大的成功,并有力地促成了电子书的兴起,由此可见,苹果公司证明了便携式电子产品正被千百万人所接受。所以选demonstrate,意为"证明,论证"。display意为"陈列,展览";determine意为"决定,确定";discover意为"发现,发觉";均不符题意。
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