雅思阅读全真练习系列（六）

　　Mr. Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple, explains the reason why he used to defend DRM, saying that the company was forced to do so: the record companies would make their music accessible to …11...only if they agreed to protect it using DRM; they can still…12…if the DRM system is compromised. He also provides the reason why Apple did not license FairPlay to others: the company relies on them to …13….But now he changes his mind with a possible expectation that Europe’s regulators would not trouble him any more in the future. He proposes that those who are unsatisfactory with the current situation in digital music market should …14… towards persuade the music companies to sell their music DRM-free.

　　副标题#e#

　　Notes to Reading Passage 1

　　1. low-key: 抑制的，受约束的，屈服的

　　2. showman: 开展览会的人, 出风头的人物

　　3. unassuming: 谦逊的, 不夸耀的, 不装腔作势的

　　4. iPod： (苹果公司出产的)音乐播放器

　　5. iTunes store： (苹果公司出产的)在线音乐商店

　　6. get off person's back: 不再找某人的麻烦，摆脱某人的纠缠

　　7. gravitate: 受吸引，倾向于

　　8. unfazed: 不再担忧，不被打扰

　　Keys and explanations to the Questions 1-13

　　1. TRUE

　　See the second sentence in Paragraph A “… the future of digital music, which Apple dominates with its iPod musicplayer

　　and iTunes music-store.”

　　2. FALSE

　　See the third sentence in Paragraph A “…At issue is “digital rights management” (DRM)—the technology guarding

　　downloaded music against theft.”

　　3. TRUE

　　See the fourth sentence in Paragraph A “Since there is no common standard for DRM, it also has the side-effect that

　　songs purchased for one type of music-player may not work on another.”

　　4. TRUE

　　See the second sentence in Paragraph B “It has come under fire from European regulators who claim that its refusal

　　to license FairPlay to other firms has “locked in” customers.”

　　5. NOT GIVEN

　　The third sentence in Paragaph B only mentions music from the iTunes store, nothing about that of Sony or

　　Microsoft. “Since music from the iTunes store cannot be played on non-iPod music-players (at least not without a lot of

　　6. FALSE

　　See the last sentence in Paragraph E “So Apple’s dominance evidently depends far more on branding and ease of

　　use than DRM-related “lock in”.