资源描述：
《2015年职称英语考试理工类b级阅读理解必考题字典版直接打印正反打印全两篇》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、12ComposergermsonI’llBeBachComposerDavidCopeistheinventorofacomputerprogramthatwritesoriginalworksofclassicalmusic.IttookCope30yearstodevelopthesoftware.Nowmostpeoplecan’ttellthedifferencebetweenmusicbythefamousGermancomposerJ.S.Bach(1685-1750)andtheBach-likecompositionsfromCope’s
2、computer.Itallstartedin1980intheUnitedStates,whenCopewastryingtowriteanopera.Hewashavingtroublethinkingofnewmelodies,sohewroteacomputerprogramtocreatethemelodies.Atfirstthismusicwasnoteasytolistento.WhatdidCopedo?Hebegantorethinkhowhumanbeingscomposemusic.Herealizedthatcomposers，b
3、rainsworklikebigdatabases.First,theytakeinallthemusicthattheyhaveeverheard.Thentheytakeoutthemusicthattheydislike.Finally,theymakenewmusicfromwhatisleft.AccordingtoCope,onlythegreatcomposersareabletocreatethedatabaseaccurately,rememberit,andformnewmusicalpatternsfromit.Copebuiltah
4、ugedatabaseofexistingmusic.HebeganwithhundredsofworksbyBach.Thesoftwareanalyzedthedata：itbrokeitdownintosmallerpiecesandlookedforpatterns.Itthencombinedthepiecesintonewpatterns.Beforelong,theprogramcouldcomposeshortBach-likeworks.Theyweren’tgood,butitwasastart.Copeknewhehadmorewor
5、ktodo-hehadawholeoperatowrite.He12Composergermsoncontinuedtoimprovethesoftware.Soonitcouldanalyzemorecomplexmusic.Healsoaddedmanyothercomposers,includinghisownwork,tothedatabase.Afewyearslater，Cope’scomputerprogram,called“Emmy”，wasreadytohelphimwithhisopera.Theprocessrequiredaloto
6、fcollaborationbetweenthecomposerandEmmy.Copelistenedtothecomputer’smusicalideasandusedtheonesthatheliked.WithEmmy,theoperatookonlytwoweekstofinish.ItwascalledCradleFalling,anditwasagreatsuccess!Copereceivedsomeofthebestreviewsofhiscareer,butnooneknewexactlyhowhehadcomposedthework.
7、Sincethatfirstopera,Emmyhaswrittenthousandsofcompositions.CopestillgivesEmmyfeedbackonwhathelikesanddoesn’tlikeofhermusic,butsheisdoingmostofthehardworkofcomposingthesedays!词汇：original/əˈrɪdʒənəl/adj．有独创性的collaboration/kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/n．合作review/rɪ'vju:/n．评论feedback/'fi:db&ae
8、lig;k/n．反馈注释J.S.Bach约翰•塞巴斯蒂安•巴赫（德
