50.　 What is RIAA’s attitude towards students’ illegal downloading behavior?

(A) They believe that education will help greatly in protecting copyrights.

(B) They profit from the fines illegal downloaders pay for copyright violations.

(C) They like to sue students for downloading music illegally from the Internet.

(D) They think that illegal downloading behavior needs tough measures to correct.

49.　 What does Mike mean by saying that “the threat was just a scare tactic”?

(A) One should not be afraid of threats.

(B) A lawsuit will result from the threat.

(C) It is unfair to scare people with a threat.

(D) No serious consequence will follow the threat.

48.　 Why is it common for students to download copyrighted music?

(A) They don’t think that they will be caught.

(B) They want their friends to know that they are smart.

(C) They think it is a good way to make some extra money.

(D) They are against copyright protection over Internet music.

47.　 What can be inferred from the passage?

(A) Community service can help prevent juvenile delinquency.

(B) Children will probably leave school and work as volunteers.

(C) Organizing sports events for the school is a kind of community service.

(D) Children who do volunteer work are more likely to grow up to be caring adults.

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Downloading music over the Internet is pretty common among high school and college students. However, when students download and share copyrighted music without permission, they are violating the law.

A survey of young people’s music ownership has found that teenagers and college students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players. Half of those surveyed share all the music on their hard drive, enabling others to copy hundreds of songs at any one time. Some students were found to have randomly linked their personal blogs to music sites, so as to allow free trial listening of copyrighted songs for blog visitors, or adopted some of the songs as the background music for their blogs. Such practices may be easy and free, but there are consequences.

Sandra Dowd, a student of Central Michigan University, was fined US$7,500 for downloading 501 files from LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Sandra claimed that she was unaware that her downloads were illegal until she was contacted by authorities. Similarly, Mike Lewinski paid US$4,000 to settle a lawsuit against him for copyright violation. Mike expressed shock and couldn’t believe that this was happening to him. “I just wanted to save some money and I always thought the threat was just a scare tactic.” “You know, everyone does it,” added Mike.

The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the organization that files lawsuits against illegal downloaders, states that suing students was by no means their first choice. Unfortunately, without the threat of consequences, students are just not changing their behavior. Education alone is not enough to stop the extraordinary growth of the illegal downloading practice.

46.　 Why is community service important in a time of recession?

(A) It raises money for school activities.

(B) It teaches children to take care of the sick.

(C) It gives charity organizations some needed help.

(D) It encourages parents and teachers to work together.

45.　 What is the main idea of the 3^rd paragraph?

(A) Community service is gaining popularity among children.

(B) Families and schools help to make community service popular.

(C) Children now depend more on their teachers than on their parents.

(D) Nathan White had a special reason to raise money for medical research.

44.　 What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?

(A) To recommend youth service programs to schools.

(B) To ask charity organizations to serve the community.

(C) To urge children to take part in volunteering activities.

(D) To propose alternatives for doing community services.

43.　 What can be inferred from the passage?

(A) Long curly hair has always been popular since ancient times.

(B) Ancient Egyptians did not pay much attention to their hairstyles.

(C) The punk movement is one of the most successful movements in history.

(D) Samson might never have been defeated if he had kept the secret to himself.

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Camille Mahlknecht, 9, has some big fun planned for this weekend. She and other residents of Agoura Hills, California, plan to pick up trash during their city’s annual cleanup. At the same time, Wissam Raed, 12, will be busy volunteering too. Thousands of miles away in Lebanon, Wissam plans to put on a play at an orphanage and bring potted plants to elderly people at a senior citizen center.

Some other children like Nathan White, 10, have personal reasons for volunteering. Nathan’s grandmother died of a heart attack. To help raise money for medical research, Nathan participated in Jump Rope for Heart. He and five other boys took turns jumping rope for two and half hours and collected more than US$1,200 in donations for the American Heart Association.

Millions of children around the globe lend a hand to their communities every year. Schools and parents also contribute to the rise in youth service. For example, many schools offer community service activities for students to join. Teachers either combine volunteer work with classroom lessons or make service work a requirement. Parents, on the other hand, encourage their kids to volunteer and do it with them.

Community service is particularly important in this recession time. As the need for monetary support and other aid has increased, many charitable organizations have experienced a significant drop in donations. Camille and other children who volunteer thousands of hours annually can fill in some of the gaps.

According to research, kids who start volunteering are twice as likely to continue doing good deeds when they are adults. So, grab a paintbrush, a trash bag, or whatever you need to help your community. You’ll love how you feel after helping others. Even dirty work can be lots of fun, if it’s for a good cause.

42.　 How did women in the 1960s use hair to show objection?

(A) They grew long hair.

(B) They dyed their hair.

(C) They cut their hair short.

(D) They shaved their heads.

41.　 Why did ancient Greeks like to wear curls and locks?

(A) To attract others.

(B) To show off their artistry.

(C) To hide their real identity.

(D) To represent power and status.