2011初三英语期末考试(5)

2011初三英语期末考试

Piracy is in your daily life .Don’t believe it ?A study by 21st Century Teens found that more than 75 percent of juniors had listened to pirated music .They say this is because pirated products are usually much cheaper than the real ones.

Why are real CDs so expensive? When a music company makes music ,it needs to pay the song writers and singers. It costs a lot of money! This makes the price of the CDs go up. Piracy like stealing .People who make pirated copies of CDs take away the writers’ and singers’ work without paying them .They even don’t ask them if they can .

So next time you’d better keep your eyes brightened when you see cheap CDs. Remember you’re helping someone to do something wrong if you buy them .

How do know what’s real

Already made up your mind to buy real ones ? Well, you should get to know what real CDs look like.

A real CD has the name and trademark(商标) of the music company on the cover(封面). The company’s address, telephone number and fax number are on it.

If you open the CD box you ’ll see the singer’s name and the album title .Most important of all, a real CD has a number of from the IFPI on it.

But people who make pirated CDs only need the real CD and disks to copy them .That’s why some CDs are only five yuan, but some many sell for 150 yuan.

59. Real CDs are more expensive because _________________.

A. it takes longer to make them

B. more people are needed to make them

C. a lot of money is paid to singers and writers

D. better ways are used to make them

60. Buying pirated CDs is just like _______________________.

A. stealing B. robbing