阅读理解 "Recently Japan's legislature has approved a bill revising the nation's Copyright Law to add criminal penalties for downloading copyrighted material making DVD backups and maybe watching YouTube illegal. The penalties will come into effect in October. You know, there's a fairly constant pattern in the world of copyright enforcement. The media companies claim that piracy is ' destroying' their industries, although they never offer any independent evidence to back this up. They ' demand' that governments ' do something' —by which they mean introduce harsher penalties for unauthorized downloads. After the laws come in to force, online sharing may dip for a while, but soon returns to previous levels, so the media companies start complaining again, and demand yet tougher penalties. "
Comment 1:
If any of those participants in this never-ending cycle stood back and looked at what was happening, they would see that the very fact the copyright companies keep coming back for more and harsher copyright laws offers clear proof that the current approach just isn't working.
Comment 2:
To make it illegal to sell a device that enables playback of copied data would mean making illegal computers in general, since that's what a computer at the most basic level is—a copy machine. This is why I am against copyright law. The only way to make an effective copyright law would be to severely enforce a law that says computers and all other tools that can be used to copy are illegal, which is too high a price to pay.
Comment 3:
What should happen is the entertainment industries on the whole should be totally banned from the internet, from owning or operating any web site and from having any of their material available for download from anywhere. ISPs seem to be ignorant of the fact that the more these industries demand, the more they get but it is never enough and will never be enough.
Comment 4:
This is just making sure there are only two types of people in Japan. Those that are in prison, and those that will soon be on their way to prison.
Comment 5:
The act of viewing anything online is downloading. Even though it is temporary, the act of loading a webpage would technically be illegal.
Comment 6:
I suggest someone should start a petition against this law immediately just to give those copyright jerks a reminder of what happens when they demand stupid and useless laws.
Comment 7:
Given that media industries are able to make exaggerated claims without proof, can we not turn the tables on them? Get a grass roots movement going, get some momentum and take it to congress. Demand more piracy to encourage creativity and increase sales and profits.
单选题 13.According to the writer of the blog, what might be the result of the enforcement of the new bill?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 细节题。可套用公式：正确答案=原文中含有题干中心词的一句话一题干中心词。根据题干中的关键词the result of the enforcement of the new bill回到原文定位，本题在原文的出处是博客的最后一句话。去掉该句与关键词意思相同的After the laws come in to force后，所剩的online sharing may dip for a while，but soon returns to previous levels，so the media companies start complaining again，and demand yet tougher penalties就是本题的答案。根据前半句，可以排除A选项The online sharing will be greatly reduced(网络共享会大大减少)及B选项It won’t have any impact on unauthorized downloads on line(对未经授权的下载不会有任何影响)都与原文表述不符，应予以排除。根据后半句话可以看出C选项The media companies won’t be satisfied with its temporary effect(媒体公司对法律起到的短暂效果不满意)与原文表述相符，因此是正确答案；同时可以判断D选项Penalties for unauthorized downloads will become less severe(对未经授权的下载的处罚会减轻)与原文语义不符。
单选题 14.According to the writer of Comment 3, ISPs fails to notice that______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 细节题。可套用公式：正确答案=原文中含有题干中心词的一句话一题干中心词。根据题干中的关键词ISPs回原文定位，本题在原文的出处是Comment 3的最后一句，去掉该句中与题干语义相同的ISPs seem to be ignorant of the fact that后，句子所剩的the more these industries demand，the more they get but it is never enough and will never be enough就是答案所在。据此可以判断A选项the entertainment industries will never get what they demand(娱乐业永远无法得到他们所需要的)与原文语义不符，而C选项the entertainment industries should be banned from the net(应该禁止娱乐业进入网络)是本评论作者的观点，是在这个题目之前的信息，不符合题目要求；D选项the entertainment industries shouldn’t get what they demand(娱乐业不应该得到他们所需要的)与原文表述不符，没有选择的依据。因此，只有B选项the entertainment industries’demands seem to be endless(娱乐业的要求好像是没有止境的)是对原文语义的正确概括提炼。
单选题 15.What can be inferred from Comment 4?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 推断题。本题的关键是对原文This is just making sure there are only two types of people in Japan．Those that are in prison，and those that will soon be on their way to prison这句话的准确理解。这句话的意思是：这么做就是在确保日本只有两种人。那些已经关进监狱的人，以及那些即将要入狱的人。据此可以得出的合理推断应该是C选项The offense of Japan’s new bill will be inevitable(违反日本的这项新法律将是不可避免的)。而A选项There are too-many potential criminals in Japan(日本有太多的潜在罪犯)、B选项People in Japan are prone to commit crimes(日本人容易犯罪)以及D选项Japan has to set up enough prisons to hold criminals(日本应该建立更多的监狱来关押罪犯)均是将原文的意思扩大化，并有一定程度的歪曲。
单选题 16.What does the phrase "turn the tables" mean in Comment 7?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 猜词题。可以套用猜词题公式：正确答案=原文中含有该词的上下文对该词的解释——定义、释义、近义词、反义词。根据该词在原文中的出处，可以看出本词组应该表示针对media industries的行为，根据后面具体的做法Get a grass roots movement going，get some momentum and take it to congress．Demand more piracy to encourage creativity and increase sales and profits(发起草根阶级的运动，来点动力，把这个问题提到国会里。要求更多的盗版来鼓励创新、提高销售和扩大收益)可以概括出A选项Take actions to alter the situation(采取行动扭转局面)是正确答案。而B选项Make exaggerated claims as well(同样发表夸张的声明)、C选项Prohibit the media industries from the net(禁止媒体业进入网络)以及D选项Start a petition against the law(发起反对法律的请愿活动)与原文语义均不符，因此应该排除。