考试辅导：2012年职称英语考试理工类概括大意试题（四）

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DVD for Rent
+ U7 S, @, k- w　　1 A pay-for-play system for video DVD will emerge by summer as an alternative， and possibly a competitor， to the DVD format currently available.
1 `4 t2 ~2 Q) n! H" ~　　2 The new system， called Digital Video Express （Divx）， operates like a DVD player， except for the specially coded discs. These will cost $5 for initial viewing over a 48-hour period and can be viewed again for additional fees and even purchased for unlimited viewing.
　　3 Divx combines the service of a video rental （出租的） store with the operation of a pay-per-view “IV channel. Unlike a rented videotape， though， the Divx disc needn't be returned. Customers can retain the disc for replay in the future at an additional fee， or simply throw it away.
　　4 Subsequent plays， or the purchase of unlimited-viewing rights， are billed to the customer's Divx account and charged to a credit card. The player's built-in memory keeps track of all Divx plays， and sends this information by toll-free phone modem （调制解调器） to the Divx record-keeping centre. Each Divx disc and player has a unique identification code， so the system knows which discs have been played and where.
　　5 Some Divx discs could be converted for unlimited play at a price likely to be lower than buying a conventional DVD. Others， called Divx Gold， would be sold from the beginning for unlimited play without further charge. Although conventional DVDs will run in a Divx player， conventional DVD players will lack the decoding （解码） and communications ability to play Divx discs. Divx players will be offered by Panasonic， RCA， and Zenith.
　　6 About 100 discs will be available initially from Disney， Dreamworks， Paramount， and Universal， growing to 500 titles within a year. Other film makers have yet to adopt the Divx system， which is owned by retailer Circuit City， the 350-store electronics chain that bankrolled （提供资金）its development.
2 X7 s# f3 J7 K* j& P9 I3 B; y　　1 Paragraph _____1______.
8 x& T! w% {/ v; Q* K　　2 Paragraph _____2______.
　　3 Paragraph ____  3_____.
　　4 Paragraph _____4______.
  p+ x; a( Z" ?　　A Booming Business of Circuit City
+ A) p! u0 X- ~, @　　B Superior Quality of Conventional DVD Discs
. t4 H' ~3 C& K0 h　　C The New System Called Divx
　　D Unlimited Play of Divx Discs
　　E Disc-play Tracking and Billing Systems
! `+ P3 x# g' p  g9 E8 l　　F Two Functions Combined
) y# a: z/ c6 e: k$ C0 u" @+ p8 l　　5 The Divx disc is different from the rented videotape in that once offered， the Divx disc___________.
　　6 Every Divx disc has a special code so that the rental shop can identify which disc___________.  
　　7 If converted for unlimited use， the Divx disc___________.
　　8 The conventional DVD player cannot play any Divx disc because the disc___________.
　　A will not be taken back by the shop
　　B is specially coded
4 E/ }" \. b# {# o　　C is bankrolled by Panasonic， etc
+ ^  V8 M% h% r9 p# H- @4 t　　D is likely to be cheaper than the conventional DVD disc
　　E has been played and where
　　F is owned by retailer Circuit City
　　【参考答案】
) @9 o" j5 P, r5 N: P0 y  W+ I( f　　1. C 2. F 3. E 4. D 5. A 6. E 7. D 8. B