（整理版高中英语）风陵渡高三阅读专练（4）

1、风陵渡高三阅读专练4ahowever, this illegal sharing of musica form of music piracyis doing harm to the music industry. industry experts estimate 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 popula

2、r 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 ordere

3、d 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, theres no one company controlling the distribution(发行) of music ove

4、r each network. so its nearly impossible to stop the illegal activities.now people in the music industry have decided that “if you cant beat them, join them. theyve begun to offer legal alternatives to online music piracy. major music producers have given companies like apple computer permission to

5、sell their music online. apples 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 for a song that they can download illegally for free. unfortun

6、ately, many people believer music should be free. the music industry, however, hopes to persuade these music fans to change their tune.56.these 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.prot

7、ect copyrighted music from being downloaded illegally57.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

8、.d.legal sharing of music is available at apples itune music store.58.which of the following statements would the writer 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

9、 willing to pay for online music.d.there is a long way for music industry to go in fighting piracy.btoday, friday, november 12 jazz with the mike thomas jazz band at the derby arms. upper richmond road west, sheen. disco satin sounds disco. free at the lord napier, mort lake high st., from 8a. m. to

10、 8p. m. tel: 6821158. saturday, november 13 jazz lysis at the bulls head, barnes. admission 60p. musical hall at the star and garter, lower richmond road, putney, provided by the aba daba music hall company. good food and entertainment fair price. tel: 7896749. family night out? join the sing-along

11、at the black horse. sheen road, richmond. jazz the john bennett big band at the bulls head, barnes. admission 80p. the derby arms, upper richmond road west, give you joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). tel: 7894536sunday, november 14 disco satin sounds disco, free at the lord napier, mort lake high

12、street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. folk music at the derby arms. the short stuff and residents the norman chop trio. non-remembers 70p. tel: 6884626. heavy music with tony simon at the bull, upper richmond road west, east sheen. the derby arms, upper richmond road west, give you joe on the electric acc

13、ordion. 59. where and when can you hear the norman chop trio? a. at the derby arms on sunday. b. at the bulls head on sunday. c. at the bull on saturday. d. at the black horse on saturday. 60. you want to enjoy the electric accordion on saturday. which telephone number do you have to ring to find ou

14、t what time it starts? a. 7896749. b. 7894536. c. 6821158. d. 6884626. 61.you want to spend the saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. where should you go? a. disco at the lord napier. b. jazz at the bulls head c. the electric accordion at the derby arms. d. the sing-along at the bl

15、ack horse. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。c muzakthe next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. what do you hear? 62 it's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. that's because this music was especially designed to rela

16、x you, or to give you extra energy. sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.quiet background music used to be called "elevator (电梯) music" because we often heard it in elevators. but lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has

17、a new name "muzak". about one-third of the people in america listen to "muzak" everyday. the music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. it is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when peopl

18、e are more tired. 63if you listen to muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. why? 64music is often played in public places because it i

19、s designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. it has been proven that muzak does what it is designed to do. tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of muzak in the background. 65 supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more gr

20、oceries.66. they say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time. but other people enjoy hearing muzak in public places. they say it helps them relax and feel calm. one way or another, muzak affects everyone. some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear muzak! a. some peopl

21、e don't like muzak.b. the music gives them extra energy.c. music is playing in the background.d. factory workers produce 13 percent more. e. muzak tends to help people understand music better.f. they get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.g. muzak is played in most of the big s

22、upermarkets in the world.dfriends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take friendship for granted, we often dont clearly understand how we make friends. while we get on well with a number of people, 67 moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship.

23、 in all cases, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other change greatly.at the beginning, much depends on how people meet, and on good first impressions. as we get to know people, 68 al

24、though these factors are not of the greatest important, it is more difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and background.then, 69 friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than ordinary friends. smiles and soft

25、voices also express friendliness, and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty making friends. a friendly look with a wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare, and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness.some friendly relationships are a result of argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs, the same opinion and interests. the more closely involved people become, the m