59．What happened after Alex Tew’s success?

A．He didn’t know how to spend the money he had made．

B．He kept a C00l head about the money he had made．

C．He set up more similar sites on the Internet．

D．More similar sites were combined with his．

58．Which of the following words can best describe Alex Tew?

A．Clever and lucky．　　　 B．Realistic and learned．

C．Imaginative and attractive．D．Intelligent and creative．

57．When Alex Tew first made his Million Dollar Homepage，he______ ．

A．Was sure that he would become rich soon

B．Didn’t expect to make money

C．Just wanted to make ends meet

D．Wanted to take the Internet by storm

56．Which of the following statements agrees with the passage?

A．BuyMusic．com is the first service to offer songs for individual sale．

B．Napster 2．0 has not yet been released(公布)．

C．MusicMatch continues to be the best selection of independent music．

D．EMusic provides better conditions for song downloads．

E

A British freshman，who 1aunched a business selling tiny advertising space on a

website，is going to be a millionaire from the project．

Alex Tew，21，sold the first spot on his Million Dollar Homepage at the end of last August．A few months．on，the project has taken the Internet by storm，attracted the attention of big businesses，and made Alex richer than he hoped for in his wildest dreams．

Alex studies business management at Nottingham University．Although he worked part-time in a fast-food restaurant，he found it difficult to make ends meet．Soon an idea came to him．

Like all great concepts the idea is simple in itself．The homepage is divided into 10,000 boxes，each made up of l00 pixels(像素)．Companies or individuals are invited to buy one or more boxes for$100 each-$1 a pixel-and put on a lo90．When a web-surfer clicks on the logo he is transported to the company or person’s website．

In the first few days he sold a few hundred pixels here and there，mainly to friends and relatives，but within weeks the site was a huge talking-point on the Internet．Arrange of businesses from a big international phone company and media companies to small businesses offering computer games have signed up!

Companies，many of which only signed up for a bit of fun，have been amazed at how many people have been directed to their businesses from the site．Hundreds of imitation sites have now sprung up．

Alex planned to try to sell all one million pixels，earning himself a coo1 ￡568，000($1 million)．On average 7，500 pixels a day are sold-so Alex could have been a mil1ionaire in this January．

Does he have any plans to spend his cash?

“I'm not going to do anything silly，”Alex said．“I know how quickly the money could disappear．It’s hard to believe what happened．The site’s success is a real testament(证明)to the massive power of the Internet．’’

55．What can we learn about RealOne Rhapsody 2．17

A．It doesn’t offer a constant service．

B．It doesn’t support permanent downloads．

C．It is not free of charge．

D．h is difficult to produce．

54．Why can Creative Labs Nomead MuVo Vl00 hold so much music?

A．Because it is tiny．　　　　　　 B．Because it has a hard drive in it．

C．Because it uses the flash memory．D．Because of the music-playing software．

53．The good news of the digital music is that____ ．

A．Digital music is available on the Internet

B．Digital music will be protected in the future

C．Record companies are permitted to download music

D．Better music players and software are available

52．The number of attendants on a flight depends on 　　．

A．the length of the trip and the type of the airplane

B．how much money attendants can earn from their jobs

C．whether attendants have been trained

D．how many passengers are on the flight

D

Have you heard the recent good news about digital music? Sure，music sales are declinin9．Record companies are accusing kids and grandparents of downloading music．But impressive reform is also under way，from more portable(轻便的)digital music players and software for collecting and listening to music to improve music quality to easy-to-use new online services．You’11 find more choices than ever in players．The Creative Labs Normad MuVoVl00 is small，but thanks to the flash memory，it can hold

many hours of music．

The larger Apple iPod，still only about the size of a deck of cards(一副纸牌)，can store l60GB of music-about l0，000 songs．And thanks to hard drives that are more compact(紧凑的)，the midsize models can store l6GB of music-a couple hundred songs．

The new online services are even more impressive，and the best is yet to come．Real One Rhapsody 2. 1 cleverly combines a monthly streaming service with permanent downloads-splendid，if you’re willing to pay a monthly fee．If not，Apple has led the way with its Apple iTunes Music Store，the first service to offer songs for individual sale，with no monthly fee．0ther services，such as BuyMusic．corn，have followed in its footsteps．I’m also impressed by the song downloads and the music-playing software offered by MusicMatch．And I recently saw a preview(预告)of the upcoming Napster 2. 0，which will offer a monthly streaming service as well as song downloads．Meanwhile，EMusic continues to offer the best selection of independent music．

These services are very effective choices for people who want to download music legally．And that’s a very good thing indeed．

51．Of the followin9，which is NOT flight attendants’ duty while they are on flights?

A．Giving safety instructions．　　　　 B．Checking up the tickets．

C．Satisfying passengers’ personal needs．D．Checking on food．

50．Who served as flight attendants on U．S．air lines?

A．First men，then women only，and now mainly men．

B．First men and women，then men，and now men and women．

C．First men，then only women，and now more women than men．

D．First men，then men and women，and now mainly women．