【单选题】{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}}
Next year, for the first time, sales of movies inDVD、format are forecast to outsell those on video cassette inAmerica, reaching a total of $9.5 billion, according to Morgan Stanley, an investment bank.Already, 80% ofAmerican households haveDVD、players. With aDVD、recorder now in the shops as well, something that can record from the TV as well as play the discs,Christmas sales are expected to be strong.A、technology considered a flop when it was launched in 1997 is now the basis for the fastest-growing consumer appliance ever.
Some in the film business complain that people are simply buyingDVDs instead of video cassettes: there is no net gain. YetDVDs can do things that the cassette cannot, such as offer a choice of language in which to watch a movie, not to mention a clearer picture.And the studios have cleverly stuffedDVDs full of lively extra features, such as new clips or interviews with the director.
Moreover, people appear to want to build up collections ofDVDs, rather as they do of recorded musiC、TheDVD、is steadily gaining shelf space, even in the movie-rental store, and it should overtake (赶上，追上) the cassette even there within three years.And shops likeDVDs, not least because they take up less space. TheDVD、could well boost the size of the overall home-video market.
Already, recent releases onDVD, such as Snow White and the SevenDwarfs and Star WarsEpisode One, have sold millions of copies each.At a time when any revenue growth in the media industry is startling,DVD、sales atAOL Time Warner jumped by 44% in the third quarter this year, compared with the same period of 2000, to $279 m.
But how lasting will theDVD、effect be Some 80% of a film’s revenue comes from its distribution after the cinema release: to home video, pay-TV and the like. "The largest single portion of that revenue will be theDVD、business," saysChristopherDixon of UBS Warburg, an investment bank, which in turn will help to reduce the risk involved in making movies. "TheDVD、is the most exciting development in the film industry," he adds, "but every eight years there has been a new distribution platform in the entertainment business. None of them lasts forever. "
B．DVDs can offer clearer picture
C．DVDs are cheaper
DVDs have lively extra features
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
是非题。根据第三段，人们购买DVD而不买盒式录像带，原因是DVD能做到盒式录像带所做不到的许多事情，比如语言选择等，更不用说提供更清晰的画面。另外，制版厂还聪明地赋予DVD很多活泼的额外特点。但文章没有提到DVD的价格更便宜，所以C不符合原文，是本题正确选项。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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