Question

【题目】In 2011, when British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys. The result was hundreds of monkey selfies (自拍照). The best ones show a female monkey smiling toothily for the camera. Slater then sold the photos and they became popular on the Internet.

Nobody knew they would create a copyright battle three years later.

Last month, Wikimedia Commons put the monkey selfies online under a collection of free photos without Slater’s permission. Slater asked the website to take them down since he owns the copyright.

However, Wikimedia Foundation—the organization behind Wikimedia Commons—refused Slater’s request. They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright to the photo. It was the monkeys but not Slater that pushed the button.

What’s more, monkeys don’t own copyright. “US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source can’t ask for copyright,” said Katherine Maher, Chief Communications Officer of Wikimedia.

Slater argues that the pictures belong to him as they were taken from his camera. He said he bought the cameras; he spent a lot of money to travel to Indonesia; and it was his carelessness that allowed the monkeys to take his cameras away. All these have made him the author of the picture, no matter who pushed the button. In a sense, the monkeys could be regarded as his assistant, Slater said.

As of now, there has been no result in the Monkey Selfie case. Who do you think will win this interesting battle?

【1】 What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Some monkeys grabbed Slater’s camera.

B. Slater took photos of the monkeys and sold them.

C. The photos taken by Slater became popular on the Internet.

【2】The underlined word “copyright” in the second paragraph probably means “______” in Chinese.

A. 网络 B. 版权 C. 材料

【3】The copyright battle of the photos began in ______.

A. 2011 B. 2012 C. 2014

【4】Who owns the copyright of the photos according to Wikimedia?

A. The monkeys. B. David J. Slater. C. Nobody.

【5】What is the story main about?

A. A copyright battle over photos taken by monkeys.

B. Why Wikipedia refused to take down some photos.

C. How the photos taken by monkeys became popular online.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：这片短文讲的是因为一张猴子的自拍照而引发的版权纠纷问题。

【1】A细节理解题。根据文中信息In 2011, when British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys.可知一些猴子拿走了Slater的相机，故选A。

【2】B此意猜测题。根据文中描述这个单词的是版权的意思，所以选B。

【3】C推理判断题。根据文中信息 Nobody knew they would create a copyright battle three years later.可知三年之后发生版权之争，相片是在2011年拍摄的，所以应是2014年，故选C。

【4】C推理判断题。根据文中描述As of now, there has been no result in the Monkey Selfie case.这场纠纷没有结果，所以版权不属于任何人，故选C。

【5】A主旨大意题。这篇文章主要是讲因猴子拍的照片而引发的版权纠纷问题，故选A。