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(盜版)— is doing harm to the music industry. Industry experts estimate (估計(jì)) 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(發(fā)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(許可) 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.
小題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
小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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.
小題3:Which of the following statements would the author agree with?
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.
小題4:The underlined word "illegal" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.
A．being protected by the lawB．popularC．being against the lawD．surprising

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：本文介紹網(wǎng)絡(luò)上盜版音樂(lè)的現(xiàn)狀，它對(duì)音樂(lè)行業(yè)的影響。
小題1:主旨題：從第二段的句子：However, this illegal sharing of music — a form of music piracy(盜版)— is doing harm to the music industry. 可知這篇文章講的是討論網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的音樂(lè)盜版問(wèn)題。選A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：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.可知法庭命令Napster停止在網(wǎng)站傳播有版權(quán)的音樂(lè)，但不是破產(chǎn)了。選B
小題3:推理題：從最后一段的句子：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.可知要想對(duì)抗盜版還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走。選D
小題4:猜詞題：從破折號(hào)后面的a form of music piracy(盜版)，可知這是一種違法的行為。選C
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文所設(shè)試題考查很全面，對(duì)于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯(cuò)誤有：絕對(duì)化語(yǔ)言，范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。
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