听力真题

Test 9
Karaoke may never be the same, thanks to research being presented in Nashville detailing the latest findings in efforts to create a computerized system that makes average singers sound like professionals.
"Our (36) ______ goal is to have a computer system that will (37) ______ a poor singing voice into a great singing voice," said Mark J.T. Smith, a professor of Purdue University, who is working with a graduate student Matthew Lee to create computer models for voice analysis and synthesis. These models break the human singing voice into components that can be (38) ______ to producea more professional-sounding rendition (演唱) of the original voice.
Far more work is needed before the system is finished, Smith said. He said the specialized programs are, however, able to alter certain important (39) ______ of a person's voice, such as pitch, duration.
Lee will present the latest research findings during the 145th Meeting of the Acoustical Societof America in Nashville, Tenn, the nation's country music capital. He will (40) ______ the system by playing before-and-after country music (41) ______ clips to researchers there.
The system uses a special technique to break down the (42) ______ voice. The voice is then reconstructed using a mathematical method which enables the system to resynthesize the voice quickly.
Smith, who specializes in signal (43) ______ , began working on the underlying "sinusoidal mode" (正弦曲线投影模式) in the mid-1980s. (44) _________________________________________________________ . More recently, Smith and Lee developed a method for modifying to improve the quality of singing.
"(45) ___________________________________________________________________ , we also face the challenge of handling all types of voices reliably," Smith said. "(46) ___________________________________________________ ."

答案解析

答案解析：
36. ultimate
解析：此处需要填入一个修饰goal的形容词，ultimate意为“最终的”。
37. transform
解析：此处应填入定语从句的谓语动词，根据空格前的will，这里应为动词原形。
38. modified
解析：根据空格前的be可推断此处填动词的分词形式，modified意为“改进”。
39. characteristics
解析：根据空格前的形容词和后面的of...推断此处填名词，characteristic可按音节拼写，不要忘了加s。
40. demonstrate
解析：根据空格前表将来的will，可推断此处应为动词原形。
41. audio
解析：audio clips指“视频片段”，注意不要写错au。
42. original
解析：此处应填修饰voice的形容词或名词。original意为“原来的，最初的”。
43. processing
解析：根据空格前的signal可知，此处可能填名词，processing意为“加工”。
44. 标准答案：The model enables the human singing voice to be broken into components
听音关键：model, enables, human singing voice, broken into components
答案重构：The model enables human singing voice to be broken into parts
画龙点睛：此句较答案，若不保证components的正确拼写，可用parts代替。
45. 标准答案：While we have had success in improving the quality of the singing voice samples in our database
听音关键：success, improving the quality, singing voice samples, database
画龙点睛：此句较简单，不建议重构。注意samples后的s。
46. 标准答案：There are many challenges in developing a system of this type
听音关键：challenges, developing, system
答案重构：There are many challenges in developing this kind of system
画龙点睛：注意challenges后的s，以及介词in后接动词的-ing形式。