北京大學2011年考博英語真題2

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Part Three Cloze Test (10%)

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose ONE best word for each numbered blank. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

2009 was the worst year for the record labels in a decade. 31 was 2008, and before that 2007 and 2006. In fact, industry revenues have been 32 for the past 10 years. Digital sales are growing, but not as fast as traditional sales are falling. Maybe that’s because illegal downloads are so easy. People have been 33 intellectual property for centuries, but it used to be a time-consuming way to generate markedly 34 copies. These days, high-quality copies are 35 . According to the Pew Internet project, people use file-sharing software more often than they do iTunes and other legal shops.

I’d like to believe, as many of my friends seem to, that this practice won’t do much harm. But even as I’ve heard over the past decade that things weren’t 36 bad，that the music industry was moving to a new, better business model, each year’s numbers have been worse. Maybe it’s time to admit that we may never find a way to 37 consumers who want free entertainment with creators who want to get paid. 38 on this problem, the computational neuroscientist Anders Sandberg recently noted that although we have strong instinctive feelings about ownership, intellectual property doesn’t always 39 that framework. The harm done by individual acts of piracy is too small and too abstract. “The nature

of intellectual property，” he wrote，“ makes it hard to maintain the social and empathic 40 that keep(s) us from taking each other’s things. ”

31. A. As B. Same C. Thus D. So

32. A. stagnating B. declining C. increasing D. stultifying

33. A. taking B. robbing C. stealing D. pirating

34. A. upgraded B. inferior C. ineffective D. preferable

35. A. numerous B. ubiquitous C. accessible D. effortless

36. A. so B. this C. that D. much

37. A. satisfy B. help C. reconcile D. equate

38. A. Based B. Capitalizing C. Reflecting D. Drawing

39. A. match up with B. fill in C. fit into D. set up

40. A. constraints B. consciousness C. norm D. etiquette

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