Exchanging music over the Internet is fun and easy. Better yet, it's free, which means you

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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(盗版)— is doing harm to the music industry. Industry experts estimate (估计) that US$4.3 billion in worldwide sales was lost to music piracy last year. These lost profits could force record panies 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 pany controlling the distribution(发行)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 panies like Apple Computer permission(许可) to sell their music online. Apple's iTune Music Store allows puter 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.
【小题1】This text is written to     .A.discuss music piracy on the InternetB.introduce the popularity of online musicC.persuade music fans to give up downloading musicD.protect copyrighted music from being downloaded illegally【小题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.【小题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.【小题4】The underlined word illegal in Paragraph 2 probably means     .A.being protected by the lawB.popularC.being against the lawD.surprisingA 

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(答案→)A 
解析:本文介绍网络上盗版音乐的现状,它对音乐行业的影响。
【小题1】主旨题:从第二段的句子:However, this illegal sharing of music — a form of music piracy(盗版)— is doing harm to the music industry. 可知这篇文章讲的是讨论网络上的音乐盗版问题。选A
【小题2】细节题:从第三段的句子: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停止在网站传播有版权的音乐,但不是破产了。选B
【小题3】推理题:从最后一段的句子: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.可知要想对抗盗版还有很长的路要走。选D
【小题4】猜词题:从破折号后面的a form of music piracy(盗版),可知这是一种违法的行为。选C
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