The story illustrates the creative thinking going on in the music business in response to dramatic changes over the last few years in the way that people buy music. Sales of music digitally—to computer, phones and MP3 players rose to $2 billion in 2006—an increase of almost 100 percent on the previous year—yet overall record company sales are down. People are simply not buying CDs in record shops in anything like the numbers they used to.
This trend looks set to continue, so the big question for the music industry is whether they can successfully manage the move to being primarily a digital industry without profits falling to unacceptable levels.
There are both positive and negative signs. On the plus side, more and more people are buying music on mobile phones, which allows people to make impulse purchases—they can buy a song as soon as they hear it. Research by the UK mobile operator 3 suggested that 75 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds wanted to buy a track they liked as soon as they heard it. With so much competition for people"s disposable income, a product that you can sell immediately is a big advantage.
The bad news for record companies, however, is the amount of music that is downloaded illegally. Piracy—usually in the form of cheaply copied CD—has long been an issue for the music business but the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing sites on a large scale than ever before.
It is this situation that leads bands to start giving away their music for free and promises to make the next few years a very interesting time in the music business.What is true about sales of music over the last year
A.Overall, sales are up last year.
B.Overall, sales are down last year.
C.There is no change compared to previous sales.
D.It is not mentioned in the passage.
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The dementia dogs will be trained to respond to sound triggers in the home that prompt them to perform tasks. These could include delivering a bite-proof bag of medicine with a note inside reminding the patient to take it, or waking them up in the morning.
The idea was developed by design students at the Glasgow School of Art and will now be put into practice by Alzheimer"s Scotland and Dogs for the disabled.
Joyce Gray of Alzheimer"s Scotland said, "People in the early stages of dementia are still able to live a relatively normal life, and dogs help to maintain routine."
The other advantage of using the pets as companions is that conversation can be increasingly confusing for people with Alzheimer"s, but dogs can give them a sense of silent support and companionship. People light up when they see animals. They don"t need to communicate verbally but they can still interact. You can have a speechless bond.
The dog would also encourage the owner to take them out for walks, ensuring they keep exercising and interacting with other people.What is true about the people suffering from dementia
A.They would like to stay with other people.
B.They can maintain routine.
C.They will gradually lose the ability to live a normal life.
D.They would like to talk in a different way.
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Man was, is and always will be trying to improve his living conditions.
There is nothing so admirable as a man whose sacrifices his life and happiness for others.
The only way to conquer a fear is to face it, and doing so as frequently as possible.
我想知道他把表送給誰了。
Having a conversation with people with dementia will be ().
Have run out of fuel, the plane crashed to the ground.
It"s no good learning English without practice.
事實勝于雄辯。
所有的公共場所都應(yīng)完全禁止吸煙。
Directions:For this part, you"re required to write a composition with at least 120 words based on the following picture. Please entitle and write it on the Answer Sheet.