阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

Electronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing. By delivering text direct to the user’s computer screen, the e-book could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, bypassing (绕过) traditional publishers and readers. But it also raises the possibility of mass piracy (盗版). Phil Rance, founder and managing director of Online Originals, a London-based e-book publisher, sums it up. “No one wants Napster (在线音乐服务) to happen to books.”

Indeed, the most popular MP3 have put the frighteners on (威胁) an industry that generally operates some way behind the “bleeding edge”. The Mata Group, a leading US-based market researcher, says publishers are far too concerned about protecting their rights, “We believe all the recent legal control over Napster is like putting a finger in a river that is already overflowing. Publishers need to deal with reality and come up with new ways to develop wide electronic distribution (分布), asking the question: ‘How can we use the certainty of wide distribution to our advantage?’”

At the moment, most publishers would like to limit the use of e-books to the person who bought them, or to the computer used to download them. If that can be done, e-books become just an extra income stream in a publishing industry that would continue to operate the way it does today, according to Terry Robinson, business manager for Adobe’s e-paper group. “If you’ve cracked digital rights aspect, you’ve cracked the market,” he says.

Robert Nichols, Books Director at BOL agrees, “Rights management is absolutely important. Publishers just say that ‘until copyright is secure, we’re not going to talk’.”

1.Which of the following can be the best title for this text?

A. Changes Brought by E-books

B. The E-book— an Extra Income Stream

C. An Economic Rise from E-books

D. The E-book— a New and Big Challenge

2.According to the text, what do e-books and electronic music have in common?

A. They result in piracy.

B. They lead to price reduction.

C. They avoid industry management.

D. They bring in more money to creators.

3.What do publishers care most about e-books?

A. Copyright. B. Price.

C. Quality. D. Popularity.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The dolphin (海豚) swam in her tiny tank. It was early evening and the park was _ __. She was alone again.

Earlier that day, she had performed her _ ___ for the visitors; and though their cheers pleased her, they did not _ __ the anxiety of forced separation she experienced daily, __ ___ her family.

Later that afternoon, her keepers had conducted their usual set of __ __ on her to make sure she’d be ready for the next day’s show. This time, she had given in quietly to their attentions. This _ ____ them, as it always did they were so happy when she __ ____ them. But, when she didn’t, they assumed there was a ___ ____ and she would be punished.

She dived down and stared through the glass window into the observatory room. During the day, ___ ___ crowded into this lower-level viewing room to watch her from an underwater _ ____. The glass was ___ ___ with the hand prints of the many children who had pressed __ ___ to get a good view.

Her daily routine rarely __ ____. Trainers would teach her ___ __ tricks, to be added to her show. Occasionally, humans would bring their ill or ___ ___ children to swim with her. And, over time, she would heal (治愈) them. But she’d always ___ ____ the process so as not to expose her amazing ability to the humans.

She swam up to the _ __ then stared _ __ at the stars above.

She was far from her family and she wa_ __.

In the dark she sang...

But none of her kind_ ___ her.

1.A. repaired B. gone C. closed D. built

2.A. tricks B. stories C. songs D. duties

3.A. cause B. stop C. ignore D. tell

4.A. along with B. out of C. except for D. away from

5.A. thoughts B. performances C. tests D. plans

6.A. pleased B. shocked C. discouraged D. puzzled

7.A. helped B. obeyed C. refused D. guided

8.A. task B. chance C. reward D. problem

9.A. keepers B. visitors C. reporters D. testers

10.A. angle B. tank C. show D. sense

11.A. damaged B. blocked C. decorated D. covered

12.A. seriously B. lightly C. close D. far

13.A. occurred B. varied C. remained D. survived

14.A. new B. true C. strange D. regular

15.A. skilful B. clever C. disabled D. shy

16.A. take down B. slow down C. turn down D. put down

17.A. park B. pool C. surface D. shore

18.A. sadly B. lazily C. attentively D. happily

19.A. free B. present C. independent D. lonely

20.A. knew B. heard C. accepted D. found

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