Question

【題目】The parts of a traditional piano have changed very little for【1】(hundred) of years.The keys are black and white【2】color.But now an electronic,piano-like musical instrument replaces those keys with surfaces【3】respond to touch.

A start-up company called ROLI began selling the electronic keyboard in 2013.The keyboard is known as Seaboard.It does not have【4】same white and black keys as a piano.Instead it is【5】(make) from soft and rubbery materials.

Roland Lamb is the【6】(invent) of Seaboard and a jazz piano player.He says he invented Seaboard so he could create【7】(difference) kinds of sounds with the instrument.

"I wanted to be able【8】(express) more from the keyboard and create the kinds of sounds that people could create on a guitar or a saxophone.And I sat at the piano thinking【9】I can't strike a note and then move it."

The way a person touches the keys on a Seaboard【10】(affect) the instrument's sound.This new technology enables the player to create sounds that traditional pianos cannot make.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】hundreds

【2】in

【3】that/which

【4】the

【5】made

【6】inventor

【7】different

【8】to express

【9】why

【10】affects

【解析】本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了傳統(tǒng)的鋼琴與現(xiàn)在的電子鋼琴。

【1】考查名詞的應(yīng)用，根據(jù)The parts of a traditional piano have changed very little for……of years.可知一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的鋼琴在幾百年內(nèi)變化很小，故填hundreds 。

【2】考查介詞的應(yīng)用，根據(jù)The keys are black and white……color.可知鋼琴鍵是黑白的，故填in。

【3】考查連詞的應(yīng)用，根據(jù)But now an electronic,piano-like musical instrument replaces those keys with surfaces……respond to touch.可知現(xiàn)在像鋼琴一樣的樂器取代了那些有觸摸的琴鍵，故填that/which。

【4】考查冠詞的應(yīng)用，根據(jù)It does not have……same white and black keys as a piano.可知它沒有與鋼琴相同的黑白鍵，the same 為與……相同，故填the。

【5】考查詞形變換，根據(jù)Instead it is……(make) from soft and rubbery materials.可知相反它使用了柔軟的橡膠材料，此處應(yīng)該使用過去時(shí)，故填made。

【6】考查詞形的變換，根據(jù)Roland Lamb is the……(invent) of Seaboard and a jazz piano player.可知Roland Lamb是海岸的發(fā)明者和爵士鋼琴演奏家，故填inventor。

【7】考查詞形的變換，根據(jù)He says he invented Seaboard so he could create……(difference) kinds of sounds with the instrument.可知他說他可以用這個(gè)樂器創(chuàng)造不同的聲音，故填different 。

【8】考查詞形的變換，根據(jù)I wanted to be able……(express) more from the keyboard and create the kinds of sounds that people could create on a guitar or a saxophone.此處為be able to do，故填to express。

【9】考查連詞的應(yīng)用，根據(jù)And I sat at the piano thinking……I can't strike a note and then move it."可知我坐在鋼琴前思考為什么我拿不到一個(gè)音符然后移動(dòng)它，故填why。

【10】考查詞形的變換，根據(jù)The way a person touches the keys on a Seaboard……(affect) the instrument's sound.可知一個(gè)人碰觸琴鍵的方式影響的樂器的聲音，故填affects。