Question

【題目】 Three men have had a big influence on modern sound and communication technologies.We started with the beginnings of computer-generated music.

Max Vernon Mathews

Max Vernon Mathews has been called the father of computer music.He created electronic tools so that people could use computers, as musical instruments.He had a huge influence on the development of electronic music and how it is written, recorded and played.In 1957, Max wrote the first: computer program, Music,to enable a computer to create sound and play it back. The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play the piece of music. in seventeen seconds.For that reason,Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed.

Mathews continued creating other versions of the Music program.He became interested in how computers could help musicians outside recording studios.The Groove program he developed was the first computer program made for live performances.

Norio Ohga

Sony Corporation official Norio Ohga helped to develop, the compact disc in the late 1970s.

He pushed for CDs to be larger, and with a longer playing time.He wanted them to hold seventy-five minutes so that they could store all of Bcethoven's Ninth Symphony on one disc.This way, listeners could enjoy the musical work without any break.The compact disc changed the electronics industry and the way people listened to music.

Hubert Joseph Schlafly

Hubert Joseph Schlafly was an electrical engineer who helped change the way actors, politicians and other people speak on television.In 1950, he and two other men developed the teleprompter.One co-worker, Fred Barton, was an actor.He had an idea for a tool that would help television actors read their lines without having to memorize them.The first teleprompter involved a person who turned a long plece of paper printed with tall letters, As the actor read the lines, another person would, move the paper ahead on the device.Later versions used television screens to show the words that were to be read.

【1】Why did Mathews give up using computers to create sound and play it back?

A.Because he wanted to use computers as musical instruments.

B.Because he couldn’t create sound on computers.

C.Because he wanted to enjoy musical work without any break.

D.Because he wanted to find better ways to create sound with modern technologies.

【2】What's the meaning of the underlined word teleprompter?

A.投影儀B.電子提詞機(jī)

C.屏蔽儀D.顯示屏

【3】From the writing, we can learn that________.

A.Mathews' first computer program could play the music at a normal speed

B.the Groove program was the first computer program made for live performances by Hubert Joseph Schlafly.

C.owing to Norio Ohga, people can enjoy all of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on one disc.

D.only Hubert Joscph Schlafly and Fred Barton worked together to develop the prompter.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了三個(gè)人對(duì)現(xiàn)代音響和通訊技術(shù)產(chǎn)生的重大影響。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Max Vernon Mathews中的 The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play the piece of music in seventeen seconds.For that reason, Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed.“電腦太慢了，播放一段17秒內(nèi)的音樂(lè)需要一個(gè)小時(shí)。出于這個(gè)原因，馬修斯把作品搬到了一臺(tái)磁帶播放器上，這可以對(duì)其進(jìn)行加速，以正常速度播放音樂(lè)。”可知，Mathews放棄了用電腦創(chuàng)造并播放它，是因?yàn)樗�想找到更好的方法用現(xiàn)代技術(shù)創(chuàng)造聲音。故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù) Huber Joseph Schlafly的描述One co-worker, Fred Barton, was an actor.He had an idea for a tool that would help television actors read their lines without having to memorize them.“他的一個(gè)同事弗萊德·巴頓是個(gè)演員。他想到了一個(gè)工具，可以幫助電視演員讀臺(tái)詞而不需要記住臺(tái)詞。”可知 ，“在1950年，他和另外兩個(gè)人發(fā)明了提詞機(jī)。”由此推知，teleprompter的意思為“電子提詞機(jī)”。故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Co M Norio Ohga 中的He pushed for CDs to be larger, and with a longer playing time.He wanted them to hold seventy-five minutes so that they could store all of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on one disc.“他極力要求CDs的尺寸更大，播放時(shí)間更長(zhǎng)。他想讓他們保持75分鐘，這樣他們就可以把貝多芬的第九交響曲全部存儲(chǔ)在一張唱片上。”可知，從文章中，我們可以了解到，由于Norio Ohga，人們可以在一張唱片上欣賞貝多芬的第九交響曲。故選C項(xiàng)。