题目内容
Online music providers in China hope to set up a plan that will charge individual users for music
A.prints | B.projects | C.records | D.downloads |
D
解析试题分析:考查动词辨析,A. prints印刷B. projects计划C. records记录D. downloads下载,句子意思“在中国在线音乐提供商希望建立装载个人用户音乐下载的计划”
考点:考查动词辨析
点评:动词辨析是高考常考内容,动词辨析常用的考法是以相同字母开头的动词,考生容易混淆,要求考生平时记忆可以根据字母表背诵,还要注意动词的搭配。
即学即练:That Japan made an attempt to ______ the Diaoyu Islands has aroused the anger of all Chinese people because they have been China’s since ancient times.
A. occupy B. impress C. expand D. contact
选A
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.
【小题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 |
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. |
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. |
A.being protected by the law | B.popular | C.being against the law | D.surprising |
The internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card(信用卡) fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal Website(非法网站). Websites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care Online shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought.
The thieves then go shopping with your card number—or sell the information over the Internet. Computer hackers(黑客)have broken down security(安全) system, raising questions about the safety of card holder information.
Several months ago, 25,000 customers of a CD universe, an online music retailer(批发商), were not lucky. Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Website after the retailer refused to pay US $ 157,828 to get back the information.
Credit-card firms are now fighting against online fraud. Master-card is working on plans for Web only credit-card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping online. However , there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated.
Ask about your credit-card firm’s online rules: under British law, cardholders are responsible for the first US $ 78 of any fraudulent spending. And shop only at secure sites: send your credit-card information only if the Website offers advanced secure system.
If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Website address may also start http://--the extra “s” stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.
Keep your password safe: most online sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your password with care.
【小题1】The underlined word “fraud” in the first paragraph probably means ______.
A.cheating | B.sale | C.payment | D.use |
A.a great number of stolen credit-cards are sold on the Internet every day |
B.fraud on the Internet happens very often |
C.many Websites break down every day |
D.there are too many illegal Websites on the Internet |
A.because many customers lost their cards |
B.by paying money for people working in the information companies |
C.because of the carelessness of the customers |
D.by stealing the information from Websites |
A.the bank and the shop will suffer great losses |
B.you will not be able to get back your information |
C.you might suffer great losses |
D.the bank will answer for your loss |
A.How to Beat Online Credit-card Thieves |
B.How to Shop on the Internet |
C.Never Use Credit-card Without an Advanced Computer |
D.Why Thieves Steal Credit-card Information |