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1、2018年10⽉SAT【亚洲卷】Questions1-11arebasedonthefollowingpassage。UntouchableMusicCreatingasenseofnoveltyandwonder,astrange,otherworldlysoundringsout:thesoundofMartians.Inthe1951science-fictionfilmTheDaytheEarthStoodStill,composerBernardHerrmannusedapeculiar,relativelynewinstrumentcalledthetheremintogivevoicetothesealiens.Previouslyusedinthrillerfilms,theelectronicinstrumentwasusedtoproducesoundsthatmanycomparetohigh-pitchedshrieksorwails.However,thethereminwasnotoriginallyinventedforfilmortocreatease。
2、nseofunease;1forexample,itsinventor,LeonTheremin,envisionedthedeviceasa2substitutioninordertoreplacetraditionalinstrumentsliketheviolin.[1]Theremin,aphysicist,createdtheinstrumentin1920.[2]Thethereminisanunusualelectronicmusicalinstrumentinthat3theyareplayedentirelywithout1A)NOCHANGEB)rather,C)namely,D)nonetheless,2A)NOCHANGEB)substitutetoreplaceC)substitutethatwouldreplaceD)substitutefor3A)NOCHANGEB)thoseareC)itisD)thesearephysicalcontactfromtheplayer.[3]Thedevicehastwoantennae,4whichemittingan。
3、electromagneticfield.[4]Theperformervarieshisorherhandpositioninrelationtoeachoftheseantennae,therebydisruptingtheelectromagneticfieldsandcontrollingthevolumeandpitchofsoundscomingfromtheinstrument.5Althoughthetheremincanindeedmakesoundssimilartothoseofaviolin,itcanalsomakenoisesthataremuchharsher,6suchasamusicalsaw.Thetheremincreatesthewailingsoundsthathavecometobeusedasmusicaleffectsinpopularfilms.Thetheremin'sfirstfilmappearancewasinAlfredHitchcock's1945thrillerSpellbound.Thecomposerwhowrotet。
4、hefilm'smusicalscore7suggestedtoHitchcockthatthewavering,hauntingpitchofthethereminwouldbetheperfectsoundforexpressingtheanxietyfeltbythefilm'smaincharacterandtheunsettlingnatureofthestory.Hitchcock'sdecisiontousethethereminthroughoutthefilm8ledtoalong-runningconcertobasedonthesoundtrackthatisperformedbyorchestrastothisday.BythetimethefilmwonanAcademyAwardforbestscore,thetheremin'seeriewail9hadbecomeauniversalcueforsuspense.Beyondtheworldoffilm,thethereminhascontinuedtodrawinterest.Theinstrument。
5、hasbeenusedasrecentlyas2014bypsychedelicbandHawkwindinitsalbumSonicAttack,andithasmadeanappearanceinthepopulartelevision10showTheBigBangTheory.EDVideogamesintheSonictheHedgehogandSuperMarioserieshavealsofeaturedtheremin-inspiredsounds.Thoughtheinstrumenthasbeenaroundsince1920,itsuniquesoundcontinuestoattracttheattentionofcontemporarymusicians,filmmakers,andothercreativeartists.,4A)NOCHANGEB)theyemitC)eachemitsD)eachemitting5Thewriterwantstoaddthefollowingsentence.Oneantennaprotrudesvertically,an。
6、dtheotherisahorizontalloop.Tomaketheparagraphmostlogical,thesentenceshouldbeaddedA)aftersentence1.B)aftersentence2.C)aftersentence3.D)aftersentence4.6A)NOCHANGEB)comparingittoC)asthosemadebyD)similartothoseof7A)NOCHANGEB)hintedC)impliedD)determined8Whichchoicebestsetsuptheinformationinthefollowingsentence?A)NOCHANGEB)wasbasedonthedirector'sdesiretoexperimentwithinstrumentsandtrysomethingunusualforthefilm.C)resultedinalastingassociationoftheinstrument'sshriekingsoundwiththethrillergenre.D)mayhave。
7、inspiredthedirectorlatertouseanelectronicinstrumentcalledatrautoniuminTheBirds.9A)NOCHANGEB)willbecomeC)becomesD)didbecome10A)NOCHANGEB)show;C)show,D)show:11Thewriterisconsideringaddingthefollowingsentence.In1929,theRadioCorporationofAmericaacquiredtherightstomanufacturetheremins,eventuallymakingabout500instruments.Shouldthewritermakethisadditionhere?A)Yes,becauseitintroducestheinformationthatfollowsintheparagraph.B)Yes,becauseitprovidesatransitionfromtheprevioussentence.C)No,becauseitinterrupts。
8、themaindiscussionoftheparagraph.D)No,becauseitrepeatsadetailmentionedearlierinthepassagQuestions12-22arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Pluto'sDemotionContemporaryobservationsarechangingourunderstandingofplanetarysystems,anditisimportantthatournomenclatureforobjectsreflectourcurrentunderstanding.Withthesewords,writtenin2006,theInternationalAstronomicalUnion(IAU)ceasedtorecognizePlutoasaplanet.Fromthenon,Pluto12isdesignatedadwarfplanet.Althoughsomemembersofboththegeneralpublicandthescientificcommunity。
9、sawthisasaneedlessorevencapriciouschange,theIAUdecisionwasanecessaryresponsetoanincreasinglycomplexastronomicallandscape.Formillennia,planet-fromtheancientGreek,meaningwanderer-lackedascientific13definition.Itsimplyreferredtoanyoneoftheobjectsthatmovedinaregularfashionagainsttheseeminglyfixedbackgroundofstars.14EventuallyplanetarymotionscametobeunderstoodasorbitsaroundtheSun.WhenPlutowasdiscoveredin1930,itwasconsideredaplanetinthis15senseitwastheninthandoutermostlargeobjectcirclingtheSun.Bytheen。
10、dofthetwentiethcentury,however,technologicaladvanceswereallowingastronomerstoseetheoutersolarsysteminmoredetailthaneverbefore.[1]TheirstudyoftheregionbeyondNeptuneknownastheKuiperBeltuncoveredawholerangeofobjects,includingcometsandothersmall,frozenbodies.[2]LaterthisobjectwasnamedEris.[3]Then,in2005,ateamofastronomersannouncedthediscoveryofaKuiperBeltobjecttheycatalogedas2003UB313.[4]Measuring2,300kilometersacross,ErisisroughlythesamesizeasPlutoandtwo-thirdsthesizeoftheMoon.[5]Followingthisdiscov。
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