Protecting Copyright
Having finished her homework, Ma Li wants some music. As usual, she starts her computer and goes to Baidu.com to download music files. But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs’ copyright bursts onto the screen. The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright. Lawsuits have been filed against four websites offering free downloads. In September 2005, a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation for their losses. Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website. This caused a heated discussion on Interact file sharing.
“Baidu’s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying. Down loaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official.
Like many teens, Huang Ruoru, an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province, doesn’t think that getting music from websites is wrong. She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends. When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others’ work without paying.
However, other teenagers have different ideas. Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,” she said. “So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuingfile-sharers.”
小題1:Which of the following best describes the passage?
A．Downloading material can be illegal.
B．Music on the Internet is of better quality.
C．It’s good to get free music on the Internet.
D．Baidu is a popular web company.
小題2:The four web companies were put to court because ________.
A．they got copyrighted songs without paying
B．they make copyrighted files for free downloads
C．they downloaded copyrighted music for people
D．they offer free music on line
小題3:How do some of the teenagers feel while downloading free music after the lawsuit?
A．A bit guilty. 　B．A little sad.　
C．Extremely angry. 　D．Awfully sorry.
小題4:What’s the advantage of file sharing for recording companies?
A．Getting more money from web companies.
B．Making pop singers more popular.
C．Helping to improve the music.
D．Enabling people to download favorite songs.
小題5:It can be inferred from the text that _________.
A．Web companies are still ignoring the copyright laws.
B．Teenagers haven’t got money to buy CDs.
C．Teenagers are probably still downloading free music.
D．Teenagers prefer CDs with copyright to pirated music.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：本文主要講就百度公司敗訴引發(fā)了不付費(fèi)下載受版權(quán)保護(hù)的歌曲是正確與否的討論。
小題1:根據(jù)Down loaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official，故選A。
小題2:根據(jù)The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright.故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others’ work without paying，故選A。
小題4:根據(jù)Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers，故選B。
小題5:根據(jù)she said. “So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuingfile-sharers.”，故選C。
點(diǎn)評：首先要掌握問題的類型，客觀信息題可以從文章中直接找到答案；而主觀判斷題考查的是對文章的感情基調(diào)的把握能力，這類題必須經(jīng)過對作者的態(tài)度、意圖以及對整篇文章進(jìn)行深一層的推理的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行總結(jié)。其次，了解試題題干以及各個(gè)選項(xiàng)所包含的信息，然后有針對性地對文章進(jìn)行掃讀，對有關(guān)信息進(jìn)行快速定位。
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