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Unit 5 单元主题语篇训练(课时作业一)
1.阅读理解 [2.What electronic music tools did Mathews create?
A A. Something used to record live music.
In 1957, Max Vernon Mathews wrote the firstB.Something used to create special sound.
computer program called Music, which enabled aC.Something used to improve computer music.
computer to create sound and play it back. He wasD.Something used to create computer music.
then working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in 3. What does Mathews think of his Music?
New Jersey. It enabled a large IBM computer to playA.It is more pleasant to the ear.
a seventeen-second piece of music he had written.B.It can help make more sounds.
The computer was so slow that it took an hourC.It will finally replace the violin.
to play the seventeen-second piece of music. SoD.It is more popular thanlive music.
Mathews moved the work to a tape player to play the 4. What can we learn about Mathews?
music at a normal speed.He later said that the soundA.He is the father of computer music.
quality of the musical notes was not great,but theB.His creation succeeded on the first try.
technical importance of the music was huge.
C.He wrote Music to replace instruments.
_The science-fiction writer Arthur C. ClarkeD.He changed the functions of computers.
ⅵsited Bell Laboratories in the 1960 s. He heard a
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computer"sing"the song Daisy Bell on devices
(设备)andlearned about the programs developed by 2022﹒海门、准阴中学联考)Thoughnot as
Mathews and other engineers. Clarke noted this mainstream as devices like smartphones and fitness
technology in his book 2001: A Space Odyssey trackers, more companies are now experimenting
which was later made into a movie. with the concept of connected garments. Among the
Mathews continued creating other versions of pioneers is London-based CuteCircuit, which has
the Music program. He became interested in how been creating fashionable smart clothing since 2004.
computers could help musicians outside recording⋮The company