Despite a wave of hostile publicity,
the 1,500-phis lawsuits launched by the music industry in America since last
September seem to have had some success. Final figures for 2007 have yet to be
released, but preliminary estimates suggest that the decline that has seen
worldwide music sales fall by more than a fifth in the past four years was
arrested. Inspired by this, the industry’s lawyers launched a second wave of
lawsuits.
This is just one of many defensive measures being
adopted by an industry that is feeling the pressure. There has also been a round
of actual and attempted mergers (合并) and alliances, and a wave of restructuring,
in order to improve efficiency. EMI has tried to merge with Warner Music, and
was also linked with Bertelsmann’s BMG music part. But BMG instead got together
with Sony Music, while Warner Mu
A. legal strategies of music companies can soon kill off illegal online sharers
B. music companies have actually worsened their image in many consumers’ eyes
C. big CD companies will never be able to charge all the illegal file-sharing companies
D. most music lovers will stop downloading illegal online music in the near future
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[单项选择]{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}
Despite a wave of hostile publicity,
the 1,500-phis lawsuits launched by the music industry in America since last
September seem to have had some success. Final figures for 2007 have yet to be
released, but preliminary estimates suggest that the decline that has seen
worldwide music sales fall by more than a fifth in the past four years was
arrested. Inspired by this, the industry’s lawyers launched a second wave of
lawsuits.
This is just one of many defensive measures being
adopted by an industry that is feeling the pressure. There has also been a round
of actual and attempted mergers (合并) and alliances, and a wave of restructuring,
in order to improve efficiency. EMI has tried to merge with Warner Music, and
was also linked with Bertelsmann’s BMG music part. But BMG instead got together
with Sony Music, while Warner Mu
A. initial success of previous cases in America
B. limited number of lawsuits in America
C. sharp decline of sales in the past four years
D. trouble-making disheartened lawyers from abroad
[单项选择] Passage 2
Nearly two thousand years have passed
since a census decreed by Caesar Augustus became part of the greatest story ever
told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry
worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an
unexpected influx, few inns would have a manger to accommodate the weary guests.
Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a
highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling.
Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been
improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to
obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries
of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private
organizations are eagerl
A. mobility
B. wealth
C. population
D. census takers
[单项选择]Passage Two
A. Much competition has to be faced.
B. Many employees have no work experience.
C. The young people only case about how much they can earn.
D. Schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance.
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