該篇文章主要圍繞英國科學出版方式的變革,屬于社會科學類,就題目而言26題為細節題,正確答案 D its content acquisition cost nothing根據題干中關鍵詞a licence to print money because ,定位到第一段第二句,其他科學家也免費進行同行評議的專門工作,因為它是獲得地位和生產科學知識的核心要素。正確選項D,acquisition原詞, for free替換選項中的,cost nothing.
27題同樣細節題正確答案A thrived mainly on universities libraries根據題干關鍵詞Elsevier定位到第三段第一句話,The Dutch giant Elsevier, ....made profits of more than 490m last year. while UK universities alone spent more than 210m in 2016,該公司去年利潤超過4.9億英鎊 然而僅英國大學在2016年就花費了超過2.1億英鎊。
正確選項A 主要依靠大學圖書館 為定位句的同意表達
28題為態度題 正確答案為B concerned根據題干中關鍵詞Sci-Hub的成功定位到第四段第二句, The success of Sci- Hub, .... have themselves legally accessed shows the legal ecosystem has lost legitimacy among its users and must be transformed so that it works for all participants這表明法律生態系統在其用戶中已經失去了合法性,必須進行改造,以便為所有參與者服務. 可見作者對于Sci- Hub的成功采取否定態度,正確選項B concerned擔憂,擔心。A relieved寬慰的,C puzzled困惑的屬錯誤選項, D encouraged鼓勵的,正反混淆
29題為推斷題 答案A allow publishers some room to make money
根據題干關鍵詞open access定位到第四段,最后一句 ...so that the publishers can make a profit before...,合理收取費用是未來出版商能夠獲利,A選項為同義替換。B render publishing much easier for scientists使發表對科學家來說容易得多 .C reduce the cost of publication substantiality 降低出版成本 D. free universities from financial burdens使大學擺脫財政負擔
30題為細節題 正確答案D the few feed on the many根據題干關鍵詞scientific publishing model定位到最后一段第五句,labour is provided places free in exchange for the hope of status, while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.勞動力被免費提供,以換取地位的希望,而一些經營市場的大公司則獲得了巨額利潤。 可知少部分作者免費勞動,大部分公司盈利,A選項為同義替換