单选题
Television piracy gets less attention than film or music piracy, but it is no less widespread. One of the big (1) that had stood in its way--the large file sizes required to transmit video--is shrinking (2) computers get faster and bandwidth costs (3) . More and more people are buying televisions that can connect (4) the internet. TV piracy (5) for two reasons. It can bring shows to foreign (6) faster, and it is free. The first (7) matters for only a very few shows, most of them American dramas. And media firms have reduced this advantage further by releasing TV shows almost (8) in different countries. The second advantage is not as big as it appears either (9) music and film, nearly all television is free at the margin: (10) a household has paid its subscription, it costs (11) to watch another show. The real threat (12) by piracy is not that it threatens television's current business model but that it makes building a new one more difficult. (13) of the limitations of advertising-supported online video, Euro- pean media firms are currently testing micropayments for shows. The wide (14) of free illegal alternatives may well damage these efforts. (15) the parallel is not with music or films but with newspapers and maga- zines. These days print piracy is a(n) (16) issue, since most general news articles are (17) free. If news- papers and magazines begin 18 people to read their output, the pirates are likely to turn (19) , and at a rapid rate. (20) it may be with television.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。解题的关键在于that had stood in its way这个修饰语,“拦路”的通常都视为“障碍”,可以判断,B符合句意。A意为“扰乱,打扰”,如the disturbance of business routine(对日常营业的干扰);C意为“好处,利益”;D意为“害处,祸害”。
【答案解析】关联词题。free at the margin指“边际费用都是零”,即使不明白该短语的意思,根据冒号后的内容也可知,电视与音乐和电影在付费方面是不同的,故选C。A、B、D三项均犯逻辑错误。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】关联词题。考查句子间的逻辑关系。冒号后的内容是一个句子,故可判断it…another show为主句部分,空格处缺少一个引导从句的连词。从意思上判断,该句前后是一种条件关系,故选用A“一旦”。B意为“唯恐,免得”,如Lest the wall(should)collapse,they evacuated the building.(他们生怕墙塌,便撤离了大楼。)C表示让步关系,D表示对比或时间,均不符合题意。
【答案解析】关联词题。考查句子间的逻辑关系。从空格前后句的意思可判断出,空格处应填入一个表顺接关系的短语,in this case指“这样说来,从这个意义上说”符合句意,选A。B“例如”、C“迄今为止”和D“偶然”均不符合句子逻辑。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。要确定空格处要填入表示什么意义的形容词,关键是看since后的部分,这是对空格所缺形容词的解释。since后表明,大多数普通新闻报道都是免费的。因此,可以判断B“微不足道的,不重要的”为答案。A意为“内部的”,C意为“真实的”,D意为“战略性的,关键的”,如the strategic moment (关键时刻),均不符合句意。