Exchanging music over the Internet is fun and easy. Better yet, it's free, which means you don't have to pay for any more expensive music CDs. Several online file-sharing services make it easy for music lovers to exchange their favorite tunes with one another.
However, this illegal sharing of music — a form of music piracy(盗版)— is doing harm to the music industry. Industry experts estimate (估计) that US$4.3 billion in worldwide sales was lost to music piracy last year. These lost profits could force record companies to stop producing the music of many popular artists. That would hurt both musicians and music fans alike.
Music producers are puzzled about how to fight music piracy. Their efforts to fight piracy using the law have had only limited success. The music industry did win a legal victory against Napster, a famous music website. The courts ordered Napster to stop giving away copyrighted music from their site. But a number of other music-sharing networks have sprung up in its place.
These new networks are made up of thousands, or even millions, of individuals. Unlike Napster, there's no one company controlling the distribution(发行)of music over each network. So it's nearly impossible to stop the illegal activities.
Now people in the music industry have decided that " if you can't beat them, join them." They've begun to offer legal alternatives to online music piracy. Major music producers have given companies like Apple Computer permission(许可) to sell their music online. Apple's iTune Music Store allows computer users to legally download any song for 99 cents.
Will these new measures save the music industry from piracy? That depends on whether music fans are willing to pay 99 cents fro a song that they can download illegally for free. Unfortunately, many people believe music should be free. The music industry, however, hopes to persuade these music fans to change their tune.
1.This text is written to _____.
A．discuss music piracy on the Internet
B．introduce the popularity of online music
C．persuade music fans to give up downloading music
D．protect copyrighted music from being downloaded illegally
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Some online file-sharing services are responsible for music piracy.
B．Napster, a famous music website, broke down because of its piracy.
C．There have been no perfect measures to put an end to piracy.
D．Legal sharing of music is available at Apple's iTune Music Store.
3.Which of the following statements would the author agree with?
A．The only effective way to fight music piracy is to stop it by law.
B．Music lovers will be persuaded to pay for online music in time.
C．It is certain that no one will be willing to pay for online music.
D．There is a long way for music industry to go in fighting piracy.
4.The underlined word "illegal" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.
A．being protected by the law B．popular C．being against the law D．surprising
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't 16 what it was about, but I have never forgotten the 17 I learned that day.
I was 18 that I was right and he was wrong — and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The 19 decided to teach us a very important lesson. She 20 both of us up to the 21 of the class and 22 him on one side of her desk and me on 23 . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could 24 see that it was black. She asked the boy what 25 the object was. "White," he answered.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white, 26 it was obviously black! Another 27 started between my classmate and me, this 28 about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed 29 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 30 answer, "White." It was an object with two 31 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 32 from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 33 in the other person's shoes and look at the 34 through their eyes in order to 35 understand their view.
1. A．think B．suppose C．remind D．remember
2. A．lesson B．lecture C．class D．text
3. A．told B．wished C．convinced D．allowed
4. A．officer B．teacher C．doctor D．parent
5. A．told B．came C．brought D．woke
6. A．back B．front C．middle D．side
7. A．planted B．placed C．had D．fixed
8. A．the other B．another C．other D．others
9. A．happily B．fortunately C．clearly D．nearly
10. A．width B．shape C．color D．size
11. A．when B．unless C．until D．if
12. A．fight B．argument C．conversation D．game
13. A．time B．year C．month D．day
14. A．places B．seats C．attitudes D．glasses
15. A．needed to B．was able to C．hoped to D．had to
16. A．similarly B．differently C．beautifully D．surprisingly
17. A．Still B．Since C．Only D．Also
18. A．seat B．stand C．lie D．put
19. A．situation B．movement C．condition D．behaviour
20. A．unexpectedly B．suddenly C．quietly D．truly
_______ the injures in the face and hands, he broke both legs while playing the final game.
A．Except B．Beside C．Apart from D．In addition
It is well known that good relationship between two countries_____ the development of mutual culture and economy.
A．result from B．arise from C．contributes to D．leads to
Jack is late again. It is _____ of him to keep others waiting.
A．normal B．typical C．common D．ordinary
_____ the flight to New York will be delayed is ____ I'm especially worried about.
A．If; what B．Whether; that C．When; that D．Whether; what
