綜合類考試輔導：概括大意專DVD for Rent

　　1 A pay-for-play system for video DVD will emerge by summer as an alternative， and possibly a competitor， to the DVD format currently available.

　　2 The new system， called Digital Video Express (Divx)， operates like a DVD player， except for the specially coded discs. These will cost $5 for initial viewing over a 48-hour period and can be viewed again for additional fees and even purchased for unlimited viewing.

　　3 Divx combines the service of a video rental (出租的) store with the operation of a pay-per-view “IV channel. Unlike a rented videotape， though， the Divx disc needn´t be returned. Customers can retain the disc for replay in the future at an additional fee， or simply throw it away.

　　4 Subsequent plays， or the purchase of unlimited-viewing rights， are billed to the customer´s Divx account and charged to a credit card. The player´s built-in memory keeps track of all Divx plays， and sends this information by toll-free phone modem (調制解調器) to the Divx record-keeping centre. Each Divx disc and player has a unique identification code， so the system knows which discs have been played and where.

　　5 Some Divx discs could be converted for unlimited play at a price likely to be lower than buying a conventional DVD. Others， called Divx Gold， would be sold from the beginning for unlimited play without further charge. Although conventional DVDs will run in a Divx player， conventional DVD players will lack the decoding (解碼) and communications ability to play Divx discs. Divx players will be offered by Panasonic， RCA， and Zenith.

　　6 About 100 discs will be available initially from Disney， Dreamworks， Paramount， and Universal， growing to 500 titles within a year. Other film makers have yet to adopt the Divx system， which is owned by retailer Circuit City， the 350-store electronics chain that bankrolled (提供資金)its development.

　　1 Paragraph 2_________。

　　2 Paragraph 3 _________。

　　3 Paragraph 4 _________。

　　4 Paragraph 5_________ 。

　　A Booming Business of Circuit City

　　B Superior Quality of Conventional DVD Discs

　　C The New System Called Divx

　　D Unlimited Play of Divx Discs

　　E Disc-play Tracking and Billing Systems

　　F Two Functions Combined

　　5 The Divx disc is different from the rented videotape in that once offered， the Divx disc _________。

　　6 Every Divx disc has a special code so that the rental shop can identify which disc_________ 。

　　7 If converted for unlimited use， the Divx disc _________。

　　8 The conventional DVD player cannot play any Divx disc because the disc_________ 。

　　A will not be taken back by the shop

　　B is specially coded

　　C is bankrolled by Panasonic， etc

　　D is likely to be cheaper than the conventional DVD disc

　　E has been played and where

　　F is owned by retailer Circuit City

　　【參考答案】1. C 2. F 3. E 4. D 5. A 6. E 7. D 8. B