November 14-20, 2005

German publishers to build online book network
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1. What appears to be the problem with putting literature online?
A. scanner size
B. language problems
C. copyright infringement
D. insufficient technology

2. How do publishers feel about GoogleÕs idea of copying books electronically?
A. angry
B. bored
C. excited
D. interested

3. What is special about the German project?
A. Browser companies will pay for copyright.
B. All literature is handed over to browser companies.
C. Books can be searched but cannot be downloaded.
D. Everybody will be able to download all books for free.

4. What happened to publishers of music when people could download music from the Internet?

A. Nobody cared.
B. They lost income.
C. They became famous.
D. The Internet paid them.

5. What is Ulmer worried about?
A. Nobody will want to write books anymore.
B. Everybody will own all books in the whole world.
C. Students will need to read all the books available online.
D. Some people might download whole books from the Internet.


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. keen
A. eager
B. hesitant
C. unwilling
D. reluctant

7. repository
  A. flexibility
B. expertise
C. restoration
D. storehouse

8. hand over
A. sell
B. rewrite
C. publish
D. give away

9. revenue
A. fan
B. income
C. records
D. approval

10. breach
A. support
B. violation
C. loopholes
D. misunderstanding

 

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