1、大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 21及答案与解析 Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to
2、43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 0 Karaoke may never be the same, thanks to research being presented in Nashvi
3、lle detailing the latest findings in efforts to create a computerized system that makes average singers sound like professionals. “Our【 26】 goal is to have a computer system that will【 27】 a poor singing voice into a great singing voice,“ said Mark J.T. Smith, a professor of Purdue University, who i
4、s 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【 28】 to produce a more professional-sounding rendition (演唱 ) of the original voice. Far more work is needed before the syst
5、em is finished, Smith said. He said the specialized programs are, however, able to alter certain important【 29】 of a persons voice, such as pitch, duration. Lee will present the latest research findings during the 145th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Nashville, Tenn, the nations cou
6、ntry music capital. He will【 30】the system by playing before-and-after country music【 31】 clips to researchers there. The system uses a special technique to break down the original voice. The voice is then reconstructed【 32】 a mathematical method which enables the system to resynthesize the voice qu
7、ickly. Smith, who specializes in signal【 33】 , began working on the underlying “sinusoidal mode“ (正弦曲线投影模式 ) in the mid-1980s.【 34】 . More recently, Smith and Lee developed a method for modifying to improve the quality of singing. “【 35】 , we also face the challenge of handling all types of voices r
8、eliably,“ Smith said. “【 36】 大学英语六级（听力）练习试卷 21答案与解析 Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the
9、 blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 0 【听力原文】 Karaoke may never be the same, thanks to
10、 research being presented in Nashville detailing the latest findings in efforts to create a computerized system that makes average singers sound like professionals. “Our ultimate goal is to have a computer system that will transform a poor singing voice into a great singing voice,“ said Mark J.T. Sm
11、ith, 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 modified to produce a more professional-sounding rendition (演唱 ) of the origina
12、l 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 characteristics of a persons voice, such as pitch, duration. Lee will present the latest research findings during the 145th Meeting of the Acoust
13、ical Society of America in Nashville, Tenn, the nations country music capital. He will demonstrate the system by playing before-and-after country music audio clips to researchers there. The system uses a special technique to break down the original voice. The voice is then reconstructed using a math
14、ematical method which enables the system to resynthesize the voice quickly. Smith, who specializes in signal processing, began working on the underlying “sinusoidal mode“ (正弦曲线投影模式 ) in the mid-1980s. The model enables the human singing voice to be broken into components. More recently, Smith and Le
15、e developed a method for modifying to improve the quality of singing. “While we have had Success in improving the quality of the singing voice samples in our database , we also face the challenge of handling all types of voices reliably,“ Smith said. “There are many challenges in developing a system
16、 of this type 1 【正确答案】 ultimate 2 【正确答案】 transform 3 【正确答案】 modified 4 【正确答案】 characteristics 5 【正确答案】 demonstrate 6 【正确答案】 audio 7 【正确答案】 using 8 【正确答案】 processing 9 【正确答案】 The model enables the human singing voice to be broken into components 10 【正确答案】 While we have had Success in improving the quality of the singing voice samples in our database 11 【正确答案】 There are many challenges in developing a system of this type
