1、学年高中英语模块综合测评2外研版选修7模块综合测评.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。AMax 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
2、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 w
3、ritten.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
4、 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
5、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 n
6、ot 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 didnt want computer sounds to replace live music.But he said he hoped laptop computers would one day be considered serious instruments.【语
7、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。1What do we know about Mathewss first piece of computer music?AIt took several minutes to play this music.BIt was written in the middle of the 1950s.CIt made the IBM computer work so slowly.DIt had the same good quality as other music.【解析】细节理解题。
8、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】B2Mathews made the Groove program in order to _.Aimprove the sound quality of musicBcreate a record for recording studiosCimprove the live performancesDdevelop 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】C3From the text we
9、 know that the Radio Baton is _.Aa computer programBa piece of computer musicCan electronic deviceDa 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】C4According to the text，Mathews hoped that_.Acomputer sounds would take the place of live musicBmodern musicians would make good use
10、of computer musicCcomputers would change the musical instrumentsDcomputers 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】DBShakespeare，more perhaps than any other writer，made full use of the greatest resources of the English language.Most of us use about five thousand wo
11、rds in our normal employment of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twentyfive 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 t
12、he effort，even though some aspects of English usage，and the meaning of many words，have changed since Shakespeares 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 StratfordonAvon，and
13、 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
14、 all that we do know.However，what is important about Shakespeares 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 Shakespeares life to the small number we already possess and for an equally long time critics (批评) have
15、 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.Shakespeares people have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature
16、everywhere，and will continue to do so after the scholars and critics and all their works have been forgotten.5Whats Paragraph 1 mainly about?AThe great varieties in writing styles.BThe great length of Shakespeares works.CThe richness of the content in Shakespeares works.DThe rich English language used by Shakespeare in his works.【
