[单项选择]The ruling of America's Supreme Court
A. indeed hit the piracy industry hard.
B. has little impact on content sharing.
C. may prevent tech firms from innovating.
D. can lead to a flourish of entertainment industry.

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Text 4 As usual, America’ s supreme court ended its annual term this week by delivering a clutch of controversial decisions. The one that caught the attention of businessmen, and plenty of music lovers, was a ruling concerning the rampant downloading of free music from the internet. Nine elderly judges might have been forgiven for finding the entire subject somewhat baffling. In fact, their lengthy written decisions on the case betray an intense interest, as well as a great deal of knowledge. Moreover, they struck what looks like the best available balance under current laws between the claims of media firms, which are battling massive infringements of their copyrights, and tech firms, which are keen to keep the doors to innovation wide open. This case is only the latest episode in a long-running battle between media and technology companies. In 1984, in a case involving Sony’ s Betamax video recorder, the Supreme Court ruled that technology firms are not liabl
A. indifferent.
B. affirmative.
C. biased.
D. negative.

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Text 4 The Supreme Court’s decisions on physician - assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician - assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of "double effect," a centuries - old moral principle holding that an action having two effects - a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen - is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect. Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients’ pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient. Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who "until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation lo control their pain if th
A. doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients' pain
B. it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives
C. the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician- assisted suicide
D. patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide

[单项选择]The Supreme Court rejected the Agricultural Adjustment Act because it believed that the Act ______.

[单项选择]Appointments to the United States Supreme Court and all lower federal courts __________ be the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
A. ( making
B. ( to make
C. ( are made
D. ( have made

[单项选择]Connerly insists that the Court's ruling should ______.
A. win approval from Californian voters before it is put in effect
B. be contested by the Michigan voters with an opinion poll
C. be applied in some states before it is extended to other states
D. produce the intended practical effect before it is widely accepted

[单项选择]The author seems to believe that the Supreme Court's decision______.
A. puts Web site operators at a legal disadvantage
B. renders correct legal decisions in other cases impossible
C. brings about a series of incorrect legal rulings
D. causes operators to issue balanced health plans

[单项选择]The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court（）
A. has much greater power than other justices of the Supreme Court
B. has no greater voting power than other justices of the Supreme Court
C. has greater say in deciding a case
D. has greater voting power than other justices of the Supreme Court

[单项选择]The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in（）
A. all kinds of cases
B. two kinds of cases
C. cases involving foreign citizens
D. cases involving a state

[单项选择]The Supreme Court ______ the judgement of the lower court in that case last week.
A. amplified
B. affirmed
C. ascended
D. applauded