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1、PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledCareerorMarriage?.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.1.目前许多大四女生不忙求职忙相亲2.产生这种现象的原因3.我的看法PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15min
2、utes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1–7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8–10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Auto
3、-Tune:WhyPopMusicSoundsPerfectIfyouhaven’tbeenlisteningtopopradiointhepastfewmonths,you’vemissedtheriseoftwoseeminglyopposingtrends.Inamediuminwhichmediocre(平庸的)singinghasneverbeenabartoentry,alotofpopvocalssuddenlysoundgreat.Betterthangreat:note-andpitch-pe
4、rfect,asifthere’sbeenanunspokentighteningofstandardsatrecordlabelsoranevolutionaryleapinthedevelopmentofvocalcords.Attheotherextremeareafewhip-hopsingerswhoalsohittheirnotesbutwithaprecisionsoexaggeratedthatonfirstlisten,theirsongssoundcomicallyartificial,li
5、keachorusof‘50srobotssingingMotown.Theforcebehindbothtrendsisaningeniousplug-incalledAuto-Tune,adownloadablestudiotrickthatcantakeavocalandinstantlynudgeitontothepropernoteormoveittothecorrectpitch.It’slikePhotoshopforthehumanvoice.Auto-Tunedoesn’tmakeitposs
6、ibleforjustanyonetosinglikeapro,butusedasitscreatorintended,itcantransformawavering(颤抖的)performanceintosomethingtechnicallyflawless.“Rightnow,ifyoulistentopop,everythingisinperfectpitch,perfecttimeandperfecttune,”saysproducerRickRubin.“That’showwidespreadAut
7、o-Tuneis.”Auto-Tune’sinventorisamannamedAndyHildebrand,whoworkedforyearsinterpretingseismic(i.e.relatingtoearthquakes)datafortheoilindustry.Usingamathematicalformulacalledautocorrelation,Hildebrandwouldsendsoundwavesintothegroundandrecordtheirreflections,pro
8、vidinganaccuratemapofpotentialdrillsites.It’satechniquethatsavesoilcompanieslotsofmoneyandallowedHildebrandtoretireat40.Hewasdebatingthenextchapterofhislifeatadinnerpartywhenaguestchallengedhimt
