2014职称英语押题 理工b 阅读理解

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1、阅读理解：第二十九篇  I’llBeBach（2014年新文章）ComposerDavidCopeistheinventorofacomputerprogramthatwritesoriginalworksofclassicalmusic.IttookCope30yearstodevelopthesoftware.Nowmostpeoplecan’ttellthedifferencebetweenmusicbythefamousGermancomposerJ.S.Bach1(1685-1750)andtheBach-likecompositionsfromCope’scomputer.Ita

2、llstartedin1980intheUnitedStates,whenCopewastryingtowriteanopera.Hewashavingtroublethinkingofnewmelodies,sobewroteacomputerprogramtocreatethemelodies.Atfirstthismusicwasnoteasytolistento.WhatdidCopedo?Hebegantorethinkhowhumanbeingscomposemusic.Herealizedthatcomposers1brainsworklikebigdatabases.Firs

3、t,theytakeinallthemusicthattheyhaveeverheard.Thentheytakeoutthemusicthattheydislike.Finally,theymakenewmusicfromwhatisleft.AccordingtoCope，onlythegreatcomposersaxeabletocreatethedatabaseaccurately,rememberit,andformnewmusicalpatternsfiromit.Copebuiltahugedatabaseofexistingmusic.Hebeganwithhundredso

4、fworksbyBach.1hesoftwareanalyzedthedata：itbrokeitdownintosmallerpiecesandlookedforpatterns.Itthencombinedthepiecesintonewpatterns.Beforelong,theprogramcouldcomposeshortBach-likeworks.Theyweren’tgood,butitwasastart.Copeknewhehadmoreworktodo-hehadawholeoperatowrite.Hecontinuedtoimprovethesoftware.Soo

5、nitcouldanalyzemorecomplexmusic.Healsoaddedmanyothercomposers，includinghisownwork,tothedatabase.Afewyearslater，Cope’scomputerprogram,called“Emmy”，wasreadytohelphimwithhisopera.TheprocessrequiredalotofcollaborationbetweenthecomposerandEmmy.Copelistenedtothecomputer’smusicalideasandusedtheonesthathel

6、iked.WithEmmy,theoperatookonlytwoweekstofinish.ItwascalledCradleFallingttinditwasagreatsuccess!Copereceivedsomeofthebestreviewsofhiscareer,butnooneknewexactlyhowhehadcomposedthework.Sincethatfirstopera,Emmyhaswrittenthousandsofcompositions.CopestillgivesEmmyfeedbackonwhathelikesanddoesn’tlikeofherm

7、usic,butsheisdoingmostofthehardworkofcomposingthesedays!词汇：original/9Vicinal/adj.有独创性    coHaboration/ka丨laebdreijan/n.合作review/ri'vju:/n.评论                feedback/'fi:db®k/n.反馈注释：