In 2011, when British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys. The result was hundreds of monkey selfies (自拍照). The best ones show a female monkey smiling toothily for the camera. Slater then sold the photos and they became popular on the Internet.
Nobody knew they would create a copyright battle three years later.
Last month, Wikimedia Commons put the monkey selfies online under a collection of free photos without Slater’s permission. Slater asked the website to take them down since he owns the copyright.
However, Wikimedia Foundation—the organization behind Wikimedia Commons—refused Slater’s request. They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright to the photo. It was the monkeys but not Slater that pushed the button.
What’s more, monkeys don’t own copyright. “US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source can’t ask for copyright,” said Katherine Maher, Chief Communications Officer of Wikimedia.
Slater argues that the pictures belong to him as they were taken from his camera. He said he bought the cameras; he spent a lot of money to travel to Indonesia; and it was his carelessness that allowed the monkeys to take his cameras away. All these have made him the author of the picture, no matter who pushed the button. In a sense, the monkeys could be regarded as his assistant, Slater said.
As of now, there has been no result in the Monkey Selfie case. Who do you think will win this interesting battle? What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Some monkeys grabbed Slater’s camera.
B. Slater took photos of the monkeys and sold them.
C. The photos taken by Slater became popular on the Internet.The underlined word “copyright” in the second paragraph probably means “______” in Chinese.
A. 网络 B. 版权 C. 材料The copyright battle of the photos began in ______.
A. 2011 B. 2012 C. 2014Who owns the copyright of the photos according to Wikimedia?
A. The monkeys. B. David J. Slater. C. Nobody.What is the story main about?
A. A copyright battle over photos taken by monkeys.
B. Why Wikipedia refused to take down some photos.
C. How the photos taken by monkeys became popular online.
A man has a cat. He likes her very much. At mealtime the cat sits at the table with him. The man eats with a knife and a fork(叉), but the cat eats from her plate.Sometimes, when she finishes her dish, her master（主人） will give her a little his food. He shares(分享) his meal with her. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.
“Ah! Where is my cat?” asks the man. His wife says, “Can’t you eat without her?”
So the meal begins without the cat. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes（冲）into the room and jumps into the chair quickly. She has two mice in her mouth, and before anyone can stop her, she drops(扔下) one into her own plate, and the other into her master’s plate.
“Dear me!” cries the woman, “A mouse is in your plate!”
“Hush(安静)!” says her husband. “This shows that she is a nice cat. She knows what friendship is.
She hopes I share her dinner as I often share mine with her.The master loves his cat very much.
The cat never shares her food with her master.
One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.
The cat hurries(匆忙)back home with one mouse in her mouth when the master and his wife are having lunch.
The story tells us the cat also loves her master.
| First name |
Wang |
| ID |
211021198508081513 |
| Phone number |
0419-3456789/13900012345 |
| Address |
Room 203, Liaoyang City(市) |
根据表格所提供的有关王老师的信息，选择最佳答案。My English teacher is _________ .
A. youngB. oldC. tallMy English teacher is from ___________.
A. ChinaB. the USAC. England ________ is my English teacher.
A. Miss Wang B. Mrs. WangC. Mr. WangMy English teacher is on a bus. You can call him/her at ________.
A. Room 203 B. 0419-3456789 C. 13900012345My English teacher lives in the city(市) of _______ .
A. Liaoyang B. LiaoningC. Wuhu
Mark Green is my good friend. He is English. He has(有) a yellow bike. His bike number is 9075. His mother has a green car(小汽车). The number is CA 3566. His father has a green car , too . The number is CA 3567. Green is Mark’s .
A. first name B. colorC. family nameMark has a .
A. yellow bike B. yellow car C. green bike Mr Green’s car number is .
A. 9075B.CA3566C. CA3567His mother’s car is .
A. yellowB. greenC. redMark and are good friends.
A. IB. meC. you
His first name is John.His last name is Brown.His phone numberis seven-four-five,six-six-zero-five.
Her first name is Susan. Her last name is Hall.Her phone number is five-zero-five,seven-one-one-seven. The girl found a baseball in the lost and Found .The boy lost a baseball.The girl calls the boy at his phone number.The boy’s name is______.
| A．John Hall | B．Susan Brown |
| C．John Brown | D．Susan Hall |
The boy lost a ___________.
| A．baseball | B．football | C．basketball | D．book |
505-7117 is ___phone number.
| A．the boy’s | B．the girl’s |
| C．the teacher’s | D．the baseball |
The girl found a baseball ______.
| A．in the classroom | B．in the school |
| C．in the Lost and Found | D．in the room |
The girl calls the boy at_____.
| A．745-6650 | B．745-6605 | C．645-7750 | D．645-7705 |
My name is Ken Jordan. My first name is Ken. My family name is Jordan. My phone number is 303--6574. This is my basketball. What’s that? It’s a jacket. It isn’t my jacket. It’s her jacket.My last name is _________.
A. Ken B. Jordan C. Ken JordanMy _________ is 303--6574.
A. telephone number B. name C. family It is _________ basketball.
A. your B. my C. herWhat’s that? It’s a _________.
A. basketballB. book C. jacketIt isn’t _________ jacket.
A. her B. my C. His