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Throughout history, music spread among people of different cultures. In today's technologic advanced society, however, people spread music online, sometimes without an artist's permission. This can lead to many problems, and music companies are now dealing with this practice. Sharing music online without permission is theft (盗窃).

Sharing music online prevents recording companies from making money from their efforts. They say that sharing music online has led to a huge drop in profits and sales over the past 10 years. People who find music for free online are not paying for CDs or every MP3 downloaded. To truly understand the influence of music piracy (盗版) on creators, we must understand how many people are involved in the recording process. For the sale of each album, profits must be shared between musicians, sound engineers, music producers, managers, advertisers, and the company selling the product. Many people believe sharing music only affects the recording artist, but the reality is that sharing hurts business for all companies involved.

There are many people who don't see the harm in sharing music online and even think they have the right to do it. One online blogger states that he originally paid for an entire CD and that he should be able to do with the material whatever he wants. While he may have legally paid for the music, he does not have the right to provide permission, which means people like the blogger are thieves.

Although we don't spread today's music the same way we did before, there's no doubt that people around the word love to share music. However, Internet piracy would prevent musicians from continuing producing albums for fear of theft. Therefore, if people want to continue listening to their favorite artists, they need to buy their music so that artists will make enough profits to continue their music careers.

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A robot used for housework was tested out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth hair, 1. (speak) in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired such a robot 2. (accompany) his wife Claire. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, 3. she agreed to it at last. 4. her first sight of Tony, Claire was alarmed. When Tony offered to help her get dressed, Claire 5.(embarrass). 6.(gradual), Tony began to win Claire’s trust. He helped Claire realize her dreams by making her home elegant, giving her a new haircut, changing the makeup she 7.(wear) and giving her advice on her dresses. Therefore, at the party the guests 8. were invited were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed. After the test, the company 9.(satisfy) with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman regain her 10.(confident).

Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It’s a way of making 11.exact copy of another animal or plant. Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it’s 12.(value) for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning animals is a difficult task 13.(undertake). At last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough — the cloning of Dolly the sheep. The fact 14. she seemed to develop normally was very 15.(encourage). Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill and she only lived six and a half years.

Dolly’s appearance raised a storm of 16.(object) and had a great impact 17. the media and public imagination. Newspapers told stories of evil leaders hoping to clone 18.(they) to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders raised moral questions. Now some governments have 19.(forbid) research into human cloning, 20. others think cloning is useful for humans.

    I walked into a bank in town a couple of days ago and waited in the queue. I was the second______and I couldn’t help overhearing the_______in front of me. The bank clerk must have been having a(an) _______ day and after asking how the_______was and so on, he began to complain about our government, _______them for not doing enough to_______the coast from storms and floods as this had been much on the news at the time.

He was in_____spirits and you could tell that he was really_______about a lot of things going on in the world.

My heart went out to him. I was _______ next and all I could do was_______. 1didn’t have any words. Afterwards, it _______to me something that had been running under my own thoughts.

So I left the bank, found a_______and on it I wrote: Sometimes the bad parts of the world seem so_______. There are so many sad things going on in the news. They make it hard to see _______going on around us. But that doesn’t_______life right now can’t be beautiful. All you have to do is open your eyes. It’s in the gaps(缝隙) that beauty is_______.

I_______the postcard back into the bank, wandered around and_______ it on a table, ______that the bank clerk would find it. Whether he did or not, I never found out, but it_______would do someone some good, which I’m certain of.

1.A.in sight B.in the way C.in line D.in time

2.A.story B.noise C.quarrel D.conversation

3.A.perfect B.bad C.nervous D.unfortunate

4.A.customer B.farmer C.thinker D.officer

5.A.praising B.blaming C.doubting D.punishing

6.A.prevent B.remove C.separate D.protect

7.A.low B.high C.good D.strange

8.A.excited B.trouble C.cautious D.curious

9.A.served B.paid C.refused D.invited

10.A.comfort B.smile C.scream D.criticize

11.A.seemed B.happened C.came D.looked

12.A.pen B.desk C.postcard D.book

13.A.disappointing B.encouraging C.delightful D.interesting

14.A.fight B.pollution C.luckiness D.beauty

15.A.tell B.feel C.mean D.teach

16.A.found B.built C.missed D.neglected

17.A.passed B.mailed C.took D.lost

18.A.wrote B.hid C.announced D.left

19.A.advising B.hoping C.watching D.guessing

20.A.surely B.suddenly C.hardly D.lately

    What roles do your parents play in your family? 1. But in modern families, mothers have their own careers, and fathers also help out when it comes to doing household chores and taking care of the kids.

This is probably why recently, the slogan “Loved by kids, approved by mums” on a brand of cereal (麦片粥) from US company Kellogg’s led to a heated discussion online. Some US campaign groups complained that the slogan was biased (歧视) against stay-at-home men. 2.

Indeed, the roles of men and women have changed over time. As the number of dual-income households increases, more and more men have changed their views on their roles in families, accounting for a more equal distribution of labor between mothers and fathers. And many choose to be stay-at-home dads. 3.They have to struggle with career and childcare, but also face doubts over whether they’re doing enough. “4.You’re also measured by how much time you’re able to spend with your kids and how much you’re able to do with your family.” Matt Schneider, co-founder of a US-based network serving for stay-at-home dads, told CBS News.

However, there is no need for stay-at-home fathers to feel cast down. 5.There are always special moments that make it worthwhile for them. “When my son crawls towards me, hugs me and says ‘I love you’, I wonder if he knows what that means.” a stay-at-home dad called Scott Durkin told ABC News. “But you get all … warm inside.”

A.Their hard work is bound to pay off.

B.However, the biggest problem has come.

C.It’s not just about being a paycheck (薪水) father anymore.

D.Before being a father, you are mainly measured by your work.

E.In the past, women were more likely than men to look after family members.

F.Staying at home can hardly help them form a close relationship with their kids.

G.They even charged the company with what they described as “cereal discrimination（歧视）”.