Protecting Copyright
Having finished her homework, Ma Li wants some music. As usual, she starts her puter and goes to Baidu. 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 e to an end as Web panies 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 pany Shanghai Push pensation 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 panies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuingfile-sharers.”
【小题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 pany.【小题2】The four web panies were put to court because .A．they got copyrighted songs without payingB．they make copyrighted files for free downloads C．they downloaded copyrighted music for peopleD．they offer free music on line【小题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.【小题4】What’s the advantage of file sharing for recording panies?A．Getting more money from web panies.B．Making pop singers more popular.C．Helping to improve the music.D．Enabling people to download favorite songs.【小题5】It can be inferred from the text that .A．Web panies 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.A
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(答案→)A
解析：
试题分析：本文主要讲就百度公司败诉引发了不付费下载受版权保护的歌曲是正确与否的讨论。
【小题1】根据Down loaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official，故选A。
【小题2】根据The age of free music and movie downloads may have e to an end as Web panies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright.故选B。
【小题3】根据When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others’ work without paying，故选A。
【小题4】根据Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers，故选B。
【小题5】根据she said. “So what the recording panies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuingfile-sharers.”，故选C。
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