Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
Children all around the world love to read comic books. Maybe they like to read the kind of comic books that come out once a month, like Spiderman or Batman, or maybe they like mangastyle comic books. That means that publishers who make comic books need to keep in touch with the things young people like to do. One thing that many young people today are interested in is technology, so of course kids want to read digital comic books on electronic devices.
Let's take Japanese rnanga as an example. There are lots of people around the world who enjoy reading manga. However, in the past, it was difficult to find translated versions of manga in comic bookstores. But that did not stop manga fans. Some fans who could translate Japanese into their own language started translating manga themselves. Then they scanned the pages of manga books and uploaded the scanned pages to the Internet with their translation. This practice has become so popular. People in the comic book industry made up a name for it. By combining the
words scan and translation, they call it "scanlation", and it is a big problem today. The people who do scanlation usually share their manga for free, so readers do not buy manga books. Writers, artists, and publishers all end up losing money because of scanlation. Another problem is piracy in the comic book industry. illegal copies of old and brand new comics alike have been hurting comic book sales.
Despite the progress made in converting comics to digital formats, hardcopy comic books are still by far the most popular format among fans. In the meantime, comic book publishers and stores will just have to keep an eye on their buyers' habits. As the popularity of digital books for e-readers and tablets grows, the popularity of digital comic books will grow as well.
Question 36. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The need for digital comic books
B. Children's most favourite type of books
C. Problems in the book industry
D. The manga industry in Japan
Đáp án A
Chủ đề về BOOKS (Trích đề thi THPTQG 2017)
Đoạn văn nói về cái gì?
A. The need for digital comic books: nhu cầu về truyện tranh kỹ thuật số
B. Children’s most favourite type of books: thể loại sách yêu thích nhất của trẻ em
C. Problems in the book industry: những vấn đề trong ngành công nghiệp sách
D. The manga industry in japan: Công nghiệp manga ở Nhật Bản
Căn cứ vào thông tin: "Children all around the world love to read comic books. Maybe they like to read the kind of comic books that come oat once a month, like Spiderman or Batman, or maybe they like manga-style comic books. That means that publishers who make comic books need to keep in touch with the things young people like to do. One thing that many young people today are interested in is technology. so of course kids want to read digital comic books on electronic devices.” (Trẻ con trên toàn thế giới đều thích truyện tranh. Có lẽ, chúng thích đọc
những loại truyện tranh mà nó xuất bản một tháng một lần, giống như là Spiderman hoặc là Batman hoặc là chúng có thể thích đọc các loại chuyện tranh Nhật Bản. Điều đó có nghĩa là những nhà xuất bản người mà sản xuất ra truyện tranh cần phải bắt kịp với những thứ mà giới trẻ thích. Một thứ mà nhiều bạn trẻ bây giờ quan tâm đó là công nghệ, vì vậy tất nhiên trẻ con cũng muốn đọc truyện tranh kĩ thuật số trên các thiết bị điện tử.)
=> nhu cầu về truyện tranh kỹ thuật số