模块综合测评
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Max 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 great influence on the development of electronic music and how it is written，recorded and played.
In 1957，Mathews wrote the first computer program that enabled a computer to create sound.At that time，he was working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.His computer program enabled a large IBM computer to play a 17 seconds piece of music that he had written.The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play tee piece of music in 17 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.He later said that the sound quality of the musical notes was not great，but the technical importance of the music was huge.
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.
He also developed an electronic device he called the Radio Baton.The device looks like two drum sticks.It enables the user to control the speed and sound levels of orchestral music playing on a computer.The user does this by moving the two sticks on a special electronic surface.
Mathews believed modern musicians are not making full use of the power of computer music.He said a violin always sounds like a violin.But with a computer，the way a violin sounds is unlimited.He said he didn't want computer sounds to replace live music.But he said he hoped laptop computers would one day be considered serious instruments.
【语篇解读】 Mathews是计算机音乐制作软件程序的创始人，这位作曲家可以通过数
字合成器的指令和功能来操作计算机。
1．What do we know about Mathews's first piece of computer music? A．It took several minutes to play this music. B．It was written in the middle of the 1950s. C．It made the IBM computer work so slowly. D．It had the same good quality as other music.
【解析】 细节理解题。从第二段首句可知，他的第一首电脑合成音乐是在20世纪50年代中期做成的，故选B。
【答案】 B
2．Mathews made the Groove program in order to ________. A．improve the sound quality of music B．create a record for recording studios C．improve the live performances D．develop the computer music
【解析】 细节理解题。从第三段末句可知，The Groove program主要是为现场表演而制作的软件，故选C。
【答案】 C
3．From the text we know that the Radio Baton is ________. A．a computer program B．a piece of computer music C．an electronic device D．a recording studio
【解析】 细节理解题。从第四段首句可知，the Radio Baton是一款电子设备，故选C。
【答案】 C
4．According to the text，Mathews hoped that________. A．computer sounds would take the place of live music B．modern musicians would make good use of computer music C．computers would change the musical instruments D．computers would be considered serious instruments
【解析】 推理判断题。从最后一段的内容尤其最后一句可知，答案选D。 【答案】 D
B
Shakespeare，more perhaps than any other writer，made full use of the greatest
resources of the English language.Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand! There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare uses it.Such a study is well worth the effort，even though some aspects of English usage，and the meaning of many words，have changed since Shakespeare's day.
However，it is surprising that we should know comparatively (相对地) little about the life of the greatest English author.We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon，and that he died there in 1616.He almost certainly attended the grammar school in the town，but of this we cannot be sure.We know that he was married there in 1582 to Anne Hathaway and that he had three children.We know that he spent much of his life in London writing his masterpieces.But this is almost all that we do know.
However，what is important about Shakespeare's life is not its details but its products，the plays and the poems.For many years scholars have been trying to add a few facts about Shakespeare's life to the small number we already possess and for an equally long time critics (批评) have been theorizing (理论化) about the plays.Sometimes，indeed，it seems that the poetry of Shakespeare will disappear under the great mass of comment that has been written upon it.
Fortunately，this is not likely to happen.Shakespeare's people have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature everywhere，and will continue to do so after the scholars and critics and all their works have been forgotten.
5．What's Paragraph 1 mainly about? A．The great varieties in writing styles. B．The great length of Shakespeare's works.
C．The richness of the content in Shakespeare's works. D．The rich English language used by Shakespeare in his works.
【解析】 段落大意题。本段开头点出莎士比亚与其他作家相比较，对英语使用的最为充分，接着对其进行了例证，即其作品中的词汇是常人使用的词汇的5倍。由此可知D项正确。
【答案】 D
6．According to the passage，which of the following remains uncertain about Shakespeare?
2016-2017学年高中英语 模块综合测评2 外研版选修7
