上海市中级口译笔试试题与详细答案解析(2007年(12)

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fame, given the teenage appetite for anything novel, it could lower the prices it

charges—especially since technology is making CDs even cheaper to produce.

This is what Mayes hopes will happen. If the music industry stops exploiting the music-buying public, it can survive. Everyone would rather buy a CD, with an attractive jacket and booklet, than mess around downloading files, but the price has to be reasonable. The problem isn't going to vanish if the industry carries on trying to make a quick profit. Technology has caught up with the music companies, and trying to fight it by taking people to court will only earn money for the lawyers.

16. Mayes thinks that the recording industry's recent announcement ______.

(A) fails to take into account the difficulties of prosecuting offenders

(B) makes the industry appear ridiculous

(C) will deter consumers from buying CDs

(D) will encourage resentment of CD piracy

17. Why does the writer feel that MP3 files are unlike copies of audio cassettes?

(A) Downloaded MP3 files are generally not for private use.

(B) The financial losses to the music industry are greater.

(C) The price of MP3s is higher than that of audio cassettes.

(D) There is a significant difference in quality.

18. According to the passage, Mayes implies that music companies ______.

(A) could cut costs by making cheaper CDs

(B) should not promote artists who are unknown

(C) are speculating when they promote new artists

(D) should use different manufacturing processes

19. The author points out that the music industry cannot be blamed for ______.

(A) the fact that fewer teenagers are buying classical music CDs

(B) the fact that fashions change quickly

(C) the poor quality of modern music

(D) the prices that are charged for CDs in shops

20. What does Mayes think is at the root of the survival problem facing the music industry?

(A) The unprecedented speed of technological development.

(B) Unrealistic legal advice and practice.

(C) Its failure to adopt an appropriate pricing strategy.

(D) The rapidly changing nature of contemporary music.

Questions 21-25

The basic story is very old indeed and familiar to most of us. The heroine, Cinderella, is treated cruelly by her stepmother and mocked by her two ugly stepsisters. And even though her father