August 15-21, 2005

Blame the barcode
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1. The music business...
A. makes no money.
B. earns too little money.
C. earns a lot of money.
D. makes everybody very rich.

2. The bar code on front of the CD compilation shows...
A. no price at all.
B. less than the list price.
C. the same as the list price.
D. more than the list price.

3. What did some stores do about the mistake?
A. sell out the CDs
B. destroy the CDs
C. replace the CDs
D. buy back the CDs

4. Which of the following bands has a song on a CD?
A. Tata Young
B. The Beatles
C. Harold Faltermeyer
D. Creedence Clearwater Revival

5. What shows the real price of a CD?
A. the total play time
B. the nationality of the performer
C. the number of songs in the index
D. the barcode on the back of the CD


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. fat
A. big
B. false
C. small
D. temporary

7. pull
  A. destroy
B. remove
C. exchange
D. give away

8. quirky
A. new
B. large
C. double
D. unusual

9. reverse
A. top
B. side
C. back
D. inside

10. issue
A. return
B. problem
C. customer
D. complaint

 

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