Exchanging music over the Internet is fu

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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 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(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 companies like Apple Computer permission(许可) 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.

小题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 law

B.popular

C.being against the law

D.surprising

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(1)①②③合称为______,④和⑤合称为______.

(2)将来能发育成果实的结构是______.

(3)有些植物的花,如黄瓜、南瓜、丝瓜的花多半都不会结果,原因是这样的花中

只有______.(填雄蕊或雌蕊)

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A.1

B.2

C.4

D.16

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The Consol navigation system,used in Russian and Northern European waters,can be used().

A.for precise navigation in coastal waters

B.by measuring the phase difference of the dots and dashes

C.as an aid to ocean navigation

D.if the vessel is fitted with a special Consol receiver

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A、罗盘安装到航空器上后没有校准好

B、磁北极同地理北极不在一处

C、航空器磁场对罗盘磁条的影响

D、航空器纵轴对正的方向变化

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