You wouldn’t steal a car. You would never rob (抢劫) a bank or pick someone’s pocket. But you may be another kind of thief.
If you have ever bought a disc for 15 yuan or less, then you have helped to rob artists or musicians of their intellectual properly rights (知识产权).
Last Thursday was World Intellectual Property Day. Activities to tell people about intellectual property rights were held around the country.
Intellectual property includes inventions, literary (文学的) and artistic works, names, and pictures. They are of little value (价值) if they are not read, seen and used.
While the cost of copying discs is very small, authors, singers and actors have to spend a lot of money and time making a new product. That’s why they have the right to make money from their work.
So buying pirated (盗版的) music of Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai is like stealing from them, paying them no respect for their hard work.
If Jay Chou cannot make money from his work, he may not make anything else. But those who make pirated goods are becoming rich without doing any hard work.
The authors should ask for a fair price for their work. Earlier this year there was much talk about how much KTV clubs should pay the music companies for using their songs.
The copyright fee (版权费) also should be fair to the users. That’s good for the music’s popularity and society as well.
【小题1】What is the author’s attitude towards protecting (保护) intellectual property rights7

Every scientist has a childhood dream．A scientist in China once had a dream．He wished to grow a new type of rice．This new type of rice would be as big as peanuts．This person is Yuan Longping--“Father” of Hybrid rice（杂交水稻）．

Yuan Longping was born in 1930．He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural（农业）University in 1953．He came up with an idea for a Hybrid rice in the 1960s．Since then，he has devoted himself to research and to the development of new varieties．

In 1973，together with other people，he succeeded in the development of Hybrid rice．This made China a worldwide leader in rice production（生产）．In 1980，the technology（技术）for hybrid rice was introduced to the United States．Now his “super rice” has been introduced to more than 20 other countries．

Because of Professor Yuan's hard work，China now produces enough rice to feed her people every year．Last November an online survey showed that most Chinese believed that Yuan deserved（应得）a Nobel Peace Prize．

In his spare time．Yuan Longping loves playing the violin and listening to music．Every night，he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep．He likes swimming，too．It is said that Professor Yuan is one of tile richest people in China．But he cares about nothing but his research．

1．What was Yuan Longping's childhood dream?

2．What are Yuan Longping's hobbies?

3．The underlined word “her” in 4th paragraph means                     ．

4．Seven years, after tile successful development of Hybrid rice，it was introduced to       ．On the map No．                  is where tile country is．

5．According to the following explanations of the word “variety” in a dictionary，the word “varieties” in 2nd paragraph probably means                      ．