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1、六级考前冲刺试题三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)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,y
2、ouwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1–7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8–10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Auto-Tune:WhyPopMusicSoundsPerfectIfyouhaven’tbeenlisteningtopopradio
3、inthepastfewmonths,you’vemissedtheriseoftwoseeminglyopposingtrends.Inamediuminwhichmediocre(平庸的)singinghasneverbeenabartoentry,alotofpopvocalssuddenlysoundgreat.Betterthangreat:note-andpitch-perfect,asifthere’sbeenanunspokentighteningofstandardsatrecordlabelsoranevolutionaryleapinthedevelopment
4、ofvocalcords.Attheotherextremeareafewhip-hopsingerswhoalsohittheirnotesbutwithaprecisionsoexaggeratedthatonfirstlisten,theirsongssoundcomicallyartificial,likeachorusof‘50srobotssingingMotown.Theforcebehindbothtrendsisaningeniousplug-incalledAuto-Tune,adownloadablestudiotrickthatcantakeavocaland
5、instantlynudgeitontothepropernoteormoveittothecorrectpitch.It’slikePhotoshopforthehumanvoice.Auto-Tunedoesn’tmakeitpossibleforjustanyonetosinglikeapro,butusedasitscreatorintended,itcantransformawavering(颤抖的)performanceintosomethingtechnicallyflawless.“Rightnow,ifyoulistentopop,everythingisinper
6、fectpitch,perfecttimeandperfecttune,”saysproducerRickRubin.“That’showwidespreadAuto-Tuneis.”Auto-Tune’sinventorisamannamedAndyHildebrand,whoworkedforyearsinterpretingseismic(i.e.relatingtoearthquakes)datafortheoilindustry.Usingamathematicalformulacalledautocorrelation,Hildebrandwouldsendsoundwa
7、vesintothegroundandrecordtheirreflections,providinganaccuratemapofpotentialdrillsites.It’satechniquethatsavesoilcompanieslotsofmoneyandallowedHildebrandtoretireat40.Hewasdebatingthenextchapterofhislifeatadinner12六级考前冲刺试题三partywhen