2015年职称英语理工类B级考试真题：完形填空

 

I'll Be Bach

 

Composer David Cope is the inventor of a computer program that writes original works of classical music.It took Cope 30 years to develop the software.Now most people can't _____(51)the difference between music by the famous German composer J.S.Bach (1685-1750) and the Bach-like compositions from Cope's computer.

 

It all started in 1980 in the United States,when Cope was trying to write an opera.He was having _____(52)thinking of new melodies,so he wrote a computer program to create the melodies.At first this music was not_____(53)to listen to.What did Cope do? He began to rethink how human beings compose music.He realized that composers,brains_____(54)like big databases.First,they take in all the music that they have ever heard.Then they take_____(55)the music that they dislike.Finally,they make new music from what is_____(56).According to Cope,only the great composers are able to create the database accurately,remember it,and form new musical patterns from it.

 

Cope built a_____(57)database of existing music.He began with hundreds of works by Bach.The software analyzed the dataa_____(58)it down into smaller pieces and looked for patterns.It then combined the_____(59)into new patterns.Before long,the program could compose short Bach-like works.They weren'tgood,but it was a start.

 

Cope knew he had more work to do-he had a whole opera to write.He continued to improve the software.Soon it could_____(60)more complex music.He also added many other composers,including his own workto the database.

 

A few years later,Cope's computer program,called "Emmy",was ready to help him with his opera.The_____(61)required a lot of collaboration between the composer and Emmy.Cope listened to the computer's musical ideas and used the_____(62)that he liked.With Emmy,the opera took only two weeks to finish.It was called Cradle Falling,and it was a great_____(63)! Cope received some of the best reviews of his career,but no one knew exactly_____(64)he had composed the work.

 

Since that first opera,Emmy has written thousands of compositions.Cope still gives Emmy feedback on what he likes and doesn't like of her music,_____(65)she is doing most of the hard work of composing these days!

 

51._____

 

A.Make

 

B.tell

 

C.Take

 

D.understand

 

52._____

 

A.trouble

 

B.time

 

C.fear

 

D.pleasure

 

53._____

 

A.Loud

 

B.peaceful

 

C.classic

 

D.easy

 

54._____

 

A.Feel

 

B.look

 

C.sound

 

D.work

 

55._____

 

A.in

 

B.at

 

C.with

 

D.out

 

56._____

 

A.added

 

B.left

 

C.created

 

D.released

 

57._____

 

A.Small

 

B.huge

 

C.Simple

 

D.colorful

 

58._____

 

A.cut

 

B.drop

 

C.broke

 

D.turned

 

59._____

 

A.parts

 

B.programs

 

C.ideas

 

D.pieces

 

60._____

 

A.play

 

B.hear

 

C.collect

 

D.analyze

 

61._____

 

A.stage

 

B.process

 

C.period

 

D.application

 

62._____

 

A.ones

 

B.cases

 

C.others

 

D.sides

 

63._____

 

A.loss

 

B.end

 

C.success

 

D.rush

 

64_____

 

A.when

 

B.how

 

C.what

 

D.why

 

65._____

 

A.but

 

B.until

 

C.so

 

D.because

 

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