Anyone closely involved in patents and inventions soon learns that most "new" ideas are, in fact, as old as the hills. It is their reduction to commercial practice, either through necessity or dedication, or through the availability of new technology, that makes news and money. The basic patent for the theory of magnetic recording dates back to 1886. Many of the original ideas behind television originate from the late 19th and early 20th century. Even the Volkswagen rear engine car was anticipated by a 1904 patent for a cart with the horse at the rear.

　　44. The word "plagiarize" (line 8, Para. 5) most probably means _

　　[A] steal and use

　　[B] give reward to

　　[C] make public

　　[D] take and change

　　[答案] A

　　[解题思路]

　　本题所在的原文为“Indeed, patent experts often advise anyone wishing to avoid the high cost of conducting a search through live patents that the one sure way of avoiding violation of any other inventor’ s right is to plagiarize a dead paten”(实际上，专利专家们常对希望开发有效专利而又想避免高额费用的人提出建议，即避免侵犯他人专利权的有效方法就是使用过期专利)。B和C选项显然与原文无关，而D选项“change”的意思在文章中没有体现出来。在专利过期之后，任何人都可以把这个专利或其想法和流程拿来使用而不用经过作者的同意，因此就有“steal and use”的意思。实际上plagiarize这个词语的意思就是“抄袭，剽窃：把(他人的观点或文章)作为自己的使用”。

　　[题目译文]

　　“plagiarize”(第五段第八行)最可能的意思是

　　[A] 偷来使用

　　[B] 给……颁奖

　　[C] 使……公开

　　[D] 拿来并改变