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
0 a: N  i7 J' W6 K# T  M. U. V; _　　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.
　　2 The new system， called Digital Video Express （Divx）， operates like a DVD player， except for the specially coded discs. These will cost $5 for initial viewing over a 48-hour period and can be viewed again for additional fees and even purchased for unlimited viewing.
　　3 Divx combines the service of a video rental （出租的） store with the operation of a pay-per-view “IV channel. Unlike a rented videotape， though， the Divx disc needn't be returned. Customers can retain the disc for replay in the future at an additional fee， or simply throw it away.
　　4 Subsequent plays， or the purchase of unlimited-viewing rights， are billed to the customer's Divx account and charged to a credit card. The player's built-in memory keeps track of all Divx plays， and sends this information by toll-free phone modem （调制解调器） to the Divx record-keeping centre. Each Divx disc and player has a unique identification code， so the system knows which discs have been played and where.
　　5 Some Divx discs could be converted for unlimited play at a price likely to be lower than buying a conventional DVD. Others， called Divx Gold， would be sold from the beginning for unlimited play without further charge. Although conventional DVDs will run in a Divx player， conventional DVD players will lack the decoding （解码） and communications ability to play Divx discs. Divx players will be offered by Panasonic， RCA， and Zenith.
　　6 About 100 discs will be available initially from Disney， Dreamworks， Paramount， and Universal， growing to 500 titles within a year. Other film makers have yet to adopt the Divx system， which is owned by retailer Circuit City， the 350-store electronics chain that bankrolled （提供资金）its development.
; T$ k, I/ W5 h4 Z9 D( |6 }2 q- Y　　1 Paragraph _____1______.
8 d7 B2 t1 t- ~1 K　　2 Paragraph _____2______.
& f" |+ E1 G, H& g1 w　　3 Paragraph ____  3_____.
7 u' M( q3 G( ^" Z& Q5 L4 V% I7 X; m　　4 Paragraph _____4______.
　　A Booming Business of Circuit City
* {5 d, n6 m) y" e　　B Superior Quality of Conventional DVD Discs
1 Z7 `& z- k% I4 E) W　　C The New System Called Divx
: k' G; f5 k- _- I4 Z4 k9 O　　D Unlimited Play of Divx Discs
9 q6 S" ^; A2 G, p3 F* j　　E Disc-play Tracking and Billing Systems
! L! K6 ]" j* _* v　　F Two Functions Combined
9 U2 ?, H5 ]+ ]　　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___________.  
2 b" D# R" Q7 c! B2 c7 l5 r　　7 If converted for unlimited use， the Divx disc___________.
+ H# S& Y  c9 |. ?0 v1 T+ B　　8 The conventional DVD player cannot play any Divx disc because the disc___________.
6 }8 @# u1 _6 Q  h  ]1 O. j+ u　　A will not be taken back by the shop
　　B is specially coded
　　C is bankrolled by Panasonic， etc
2 j9 a! Y; D2 W6 \( E2 y9 o　　D is likely to be cheaper than the conventional DVD disc
0 s0 A( M" U$ @; i  R+ X　　E has been played and where
1 K' m$ Q3 b# G1 ^4 o0 I　　F is owned by retailer Circuit City
5 I+ \, R/ b: P% f# M( e　　【参考答案】
　　1. C 2. F 3. E 4. D 5. A 6. E 7. D 8. B