夏倚荣英语学习系列·全国研究生入学英语考试·考前冲刺试卷CD 36. [A] through C]out 37. A]assume B consume [C] presume D]resume 38. [A] attention B moral [C]message D] lesson 39.A] characterized B]unsolved mulate 40. [A]illustrates [C] manifests D] exhibits Part l Reading Comprehension Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, D. Mark your choice on ANSWER SHEET 1 (40 points) Text 1 The sweep, when it came, was swift and thorough. Dozens of Italian customs officers searched across the country and began pounding on doors in Milan, Bologna, Pisa and Pesaro. Their target: a loose alliance of computer bulletin board operators suspected of trafficking in stolen software. It was the most dramatic move yet in a determined - and some say increasingly desperate by govemments around the world to curb the spread of software piracy. The unauthorized copying of computer programs by american businesses alone deprived software publishers of $1.6 billion in 1998, a figure that swell to nearly $7.5 billion when overseas markets are included. "Industrys loss on a global basis is staggering, " says Ken Wasch, head of the U.S. Software Publishers Association. But government actions to stop the losses may be causing more problems than they solve. The campaign, which began just as the newly elec ted right-wing government of media ty coon Silvio Berluscon office, hit largely left-leaning bulletin boards. And it is seen by some Italians as an ill-disguised at tempt to suppress free speech on a troublesome new med ium. In the U. s. a widely public ized federal case against a college student accused of operating a pirate bul letin board may backfire if, as expected, a judge rules that the charges filed against the student do not fit the crime. The underly ing difficulty, say copyright experts, comes from trying to guard intangible electronic"property "using laws that were crafted with printing press technology in mind At first glance, software piracy seems no different from that of any other copyrighted mater ial. Pirated American movies regularly appear in Asia and Africa long before their official release on video But software is not really like other intellectual property. Books and videotapes can be copied only by processes that are relatively time-consuming and expensive, and the product is never quite as good as the orig inal Software, on the other hand, is easily duplicated, and the result is not a scratchy second-generation copy but a The rap id growth of electronic networks only compounds the problem, for it allows anyone with a computer and a modem to distribute software silently and instan taneously. More than countries around the world are already connected to the Internet, a global network that reaches an estimated 25 million computer users In many developing countries, software piracy has become widespread. Accord ing to Software Publ ishers Association, 95% of the software in Pakistan is pirated, 89% in Brazil, 88% in Malaysia and 82% in Mexico Hundreds of tiny gizmo shops in the mazel ike streets of Seoul,s Yongsan electronics market offer brandname U.S made programs for a program's for a fraction of the list price, including Lotus 1-2-3 for $7. 50(suggested retail S368) New Delhi's largest pirate outlet is a backroom operation that offers customers a catalog of nearly 400 titles and facilities for making copies for as little as $4 a disk 41. We can learn from the passage that governments effort bring under control the spread of software pira I has produced desirable results [D] must authorize copying of computer programs [B] might have caused more problems [ C] has totally come to nothing SUMMER. NETEM: CD6 42. The case of a US a college student demonstrated that 启迪广袤思维 COPE英语3HOW夏徛荣英语学习系列·全国研究生入学英语考试·考前冲刺试卷 CD 启迪广袤思维 5 COPE 英语 3HOW 36. [A] through [B] on [C] out [D] on 37. [A] assume [B] consume [C] presume [D] resume 38. [A] attention [B] moral [C] message [D] lesson 39. [A] characterized [B] unsolved [C] stimulate [D] unrivalled 40. [A] illustrates [B] impresses [C] manifests [D] exhibits Part III Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, D. Mark your choice on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 The sweep, when it came, was swift and thorough. Dozens of Italian customs officers searched across the country and began pounding on doors in Milan, Bologna, Pisa and Pesaro. Their target: a loose alliance of computer bulletin board operators suspected of trafficking in stolen software. It was the most dramatic move yet in a determined —— and some say increasingly desperate —— effort by governments around the world to curb the spread of software piracy. The unauthorized copying of computer programs by American businesses alone deprived softwar e publishers of $1.6 billion in 1998, a figure that swells to nearly $7.5 billion when overseas markets are included. “Industry’s loss on a global basis is staggering,” says Ken Wasch, head of the U.S. Software Publishers Association. But government actions to stop the losses may be causing more problems than they solve. The Italian campaign, which began just as the newly elected right-wing government of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi took office, hit largely left-leaning bulletin boards. And it is seen by some Italians as an ill-disguised attempt to suppress free speech on a troublesome new medium. In the U.S. a widely publicized federal case against a college student accused of operating a pirate bulletin board may backfire if, as expected, a judge rules that the charges filed against the student do not fit the crime. The underlying difficulty, say copyright experts, comes from trying to guard intangible electronic “property” using laws that were crafted with printing press technology in mind. At first glance, software piracy seems no different from that of any other copyrighted material. Pirated American movies regularly appear in Asia and Africa long before their official release on video. But software is not really like other intellectual property. Books and videotapes can be copied only by processes that are relatively time-consuming and expensive, and the product is never quite as good as the original. Software, on the other hand, is easily duplicated, and the result is not a scratchy second-generation copy but a perfect working program. The rapid growth of electronic networks only compounds the problem, for it allows anyone with a computer and a modem to distribute software silently and instantaneously. More than countries around the world are already connected to the Internet, a global network that reaches an estimated 25 million computer users. In many developing countries, software piracy has become widespread. According to Software Publishers Association, 95% of the software in Pakistan is pirated, 89% in Brazil, 88% in Malaysia and 82% in Mexico. Hundreds of tiny gizmo shops in the mazelike streets of Seoul’s Yongsan electronics market offer brandname U.S. made programs for a program’s for a fraction of the list price, including Lotus 1-2-3 for $7.50 (suggested retail: $368). New Delhi’s largest pirate outlet is a backroom operation that offers customers a catalog of nearly 400 titles and facilities for making copies for as little as $4 a disk. 41. We can learn from the passage that governments’ effort bring under control the spread of software piracy [A] has produced desirable results. [B] might have caused more problems. [C] has totally come to nothing. [D] must authorize copying of computer programs. 42. The case of a US a college student demonstrated that SUMMER : NETEM: CD6