After months of fear, hate and prosecution(迫害), the music and consumer-electronics industry decided to try to make beautiful music together. Last week the Secure Digital Music Initiative, a combination of 100 music, electronics and high-tech companies announced that it agreed on a music format(格式) known as MP3 which caused disagreement. Nowadays, more and more young people are fond of music that is played on their portable MP3 players. So this announcement attracted a lot of attention in both the producer and consumer sides.
MP3 allows the digital music in CDs to be made smaller to a tenth its size and still sounds great. MP3 songs are small enough to be traded online; they are made by the millions to the consternation of record companies, which fear that everything ever released on disc will end up online for free. Traditional records and their sale may be greatly damaged by this new format of music, and for the music’s sake, it is better conveyed in this new medium.
That’s why the recording industry appealed to the court against little Diamond Multimedia when it started selling a portable MP3 player two years ago. Not only did Diamond win in court, but it also sold 100,000 Rios along the way. With half a dozen other companies racing to produce their own versions of the Rio for Christmas, what could the music industry do? They have no choice in their future, their success just depends on how they can deal with the new trend and cooperate with the electronics companies.
It couldn’t ignore MP3, which has become the format of choice among new bands trying to advertise their pre-released songs. So the industry agreed on it on one condition: within 18 months, when a standard is adopted that allows piracy-protected music (free from being illegally copied) to be sold online, the electronics companies agree to make their players in line with it. This clears the way for the new magic MP3 players, which is both convenient and capable of carrying on much more music than traditional walkmans. What’s next? Digitally pirated movies. Get ready,
72. The most appropriate title for the passage may be .
A. “MP3 Clears Its Way” B. “Music And Electronics”
C. “Piracy Along The Way” D. “Movie Is The Next”
73. According to the passage, what is NOT an advantage of the MP3 format?
A. The size of music can be shortened to one tenth of its original size.
B. The fans can enjoy the music before the formal release of the music.
C. The new musicians can enter the industry more easily.
D. The struggle against piracy will be proved difficult.
74. According to the last paragraph, what will happen to
A. The movies will not worry about the situation in the music field.
B. The movies can be easily pirated with this new format.
C. The songs in movies will be recorded in the MP3 format.
D. The new technology has little to do with the movie industry.
75. In the second paragraph, the meaning of the word “consternation” is closest to .
A. calmness B. peacefulness C. shock D. intention
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Peter Fern was mad on mountain. Climbing was the love of his life. Church towers, seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains, anything棥—If it's there” be used to say, “then I want to climb it.” So the news of his marriage gave me a surprise. I'd never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern a married man! I couldn't get over it. I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky adventures.
She was French perhaps—from that place where he usually spent his holidays. Chamonix, wasn't it?
From Chamonix he's climbed Mont Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of the Aifulles the day after! That was it, then; she was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No other explanation.
A month later I met them both in town. Anna surprised me because she was English. She was a dancer in the theatre. “Never climbed more than sixty steps in my life.” She told me. “Peter has his interests, and I've got mine. No problems.” “None at all,” Peter said, smiling. “Where did you spend your honeymoon (蜜月)?”“I flew to New York to see the Drake Dancers on Broadway. A wonderful show!” Peter said, “I didn't want to miss the good weather. So I went to Switherland and climbed the north face of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Great fun, the Eiger. Grand place for a honeymoon! I'll show you the photographs we took one day.”
1．“Peter was mad on mountains” means
[ ]
A．he enjoyed to climb mountains
B．he was angry on mountains
C．he losed his senses on mountains
D．he enjoyed climbing mountains very much
2．“The risky adventures” means ________.
[ ]
A．expensive adventures
B．dangerous adventures
C．terrible adventures
D．unkind adventures
3．According to the passage, after Peter's marriage ________.
[ ]
A．He would stop mountain climbing because his wife didn't like it
B．His wife would stop him from mountain climbing
C．He himself would give up his love
D．Peter would continue to keep his love and so he did
4．The writer had thought the only reason why Fern married was that the girl ________.
[ ]
A．might the French living near the mountain, and from a mountaineer family
B．would not stop his climbing
C．perhaps came from French
D．might live near the mountain
5．Peter and Anna's marriage is probably ________.
[ ]
A．a failure because neither of them likes the other's love
B．happy because each of them respects the other's love
C．painful because either of them would do one's own thing
D．a mistake because either of them wouldn't care the other's love
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I had looked forward to this day for a long time．Finally I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe．Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps．My companions—Jean Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent—and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning．
As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow．We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop．After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day．We started down the mountain in the thick snow．Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them．As he was returning to us, he started to fall．
His fall started an avalanche（雪崩） and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean-Pierre hurried down to me．“Are you OK?” he asked．
“I think I broke my leg,” I answered．
“I’d better radio for help!” he said．“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere．
Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away．It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter． The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher（担架）．One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others．The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow．
Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her．Maurice was nearby．The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter．Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes．I went first on the stretcher．
Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix．Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain．Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives．
1.What prevented the climbers from reaching the top?
A．The terrible weather．
B．The loss of the sunglasses．
C．The injury of the team members．
D．The unexpected height of the mountain．
2.How did the writer break his leg?
A．The road was covered with snow．
B．His companion knocked into him．
C．The heavy clouds blocked his view．
D．The avalanche caused a fall for him．
3.How did the writer feel while waiting for help?
A．Anxious． B．Crazy． C．Sorry． D．Annoyed．
4.What do we learn from the passage?
A．Mary was the leader of the team．
B．The team was upset about their failure．
C．It was several hours before the rescue team arrived ．
D．The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc．
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I had looked forward to this day for a long time．Finally, I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe．Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps．My companions—Jean Pierre, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent—and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning．
As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow．We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop．After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day．We started down the mountain in the thick snow．Jean Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them．As he was returning to us, he started to fall．
His fall started an avalanche(雪崩) and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean Pierre hurried down to me．“Are you OK?” he asked．
“I think I broke my leg,” I answered．
“I’d better radio for help!” he said．“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere．
Jean Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away．It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter. The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher（担架）．One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others．The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow．
Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her．Maurice was nearby．The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter．Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes．I went first on the stretcher．
Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix．Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain．Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives．
56．What prevented the climbers from reaching the top?
A．The terrible weather． B．The loss of the sunglasses．
C．The injury of the team members． D．The unexpected height of the mountain．
57．How did the writer break his leg?
A．The road was covered with snow． B．His companion knocked into him．
C．The heavy clouds blocked his view． D．The avalanche caused a fall for him．
58．How did the writer feel while waiting for help?
A．Anxious． B．Crazy． C．Sorry． D．Annoyed．
59．What do we learn from the passage?
A．Mary was the leader of the team．
B．The team was upset about their failure．
C．It was several hours before the rescue team arrived ．
D．The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc．
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