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J C, a 36-year-old Harry Potter fan in Kansas City, decided he was too old to gochasing after the fifth book in the popular 1 when it came out last month.2 , hedownloaded the book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (《哈利特与凤凰令》)from the Internet, conveniently 3 both bookstore crowds and the $ 29.99 cover price.
“I thought it was a little slow 4 the second half, then it got much better,” said J C,who insisted on being 5 only by the online nickname 6 he thinks that what he didwas 7 . He said he still intended to buy the book to read to his 8-year-old son.
So far, authors and publishers have 8 stood on the sidelines(界限) of the Internetfile-swapping(交换，交流) frenzy(狂热,极度激动) that 9 the music industry andaroused fear among makers of 10 pictures. But the publishing phenomenon around theyoung wizard 11 to be forging a new chapter in the 12 copyright wars: HarryPotter and the 13 pirates.
A growing number of Potter devotees around the world seem to be embracing the 14 of reading the voluminous(容量大的) new book (766 pages in the British 15870 in the American version) on the 16 . And at least some of them are assisting in thecumbersome (笨重的) process of 17 , typing in or translating the book, 18 itsauthor, J. K. Rowling, has not authorized 19 publication in any of the 20commercial e-book formats.
1. A) succession B) series C) procession D) serial
2. A) Meanwhile B) For a change C) Instead D) In place of
3. A) running away from B) being absent from C) avoiding D) ignoring
4. A) on B) after C) until D) between
5. A) identified B) recognized C) perceived D) distinguished
6. A) though B) but C) because D) so
7. A) illegal B) invalid C) convenient D) unlicensed
8. A) totally B) never C) greatly D) mainly
9. A) destroy B) has destroyed C) has shaken D) is shaking
10. A) motivation B) motion C) motive D) action
11. A) looks B) appears C) turns D) wants
12. A) digital B) numeral C) numerous D) figure
13. A) male B) commercial C) world D) Internet
14. A) sight B) prospect C) landscape D) scenery
15. A) version B) edition C) article D) passage
16. A) paper B) screen C) movie D) television
17. A) scanning B) gazing C) glancing D) peering
18. A) while B) which C) since D) but
19. A) on B) for C) to D) of
20. A) enduring B) remaining C) ongoing D) existing
