Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The elementary means of communicating with other people is conveying messages by voice. This fact is widely acknowledged and we recognize the voice as a(n) 【1】 characterizing the identity of a person. The array of voices is immeasurable as no two are exactly similar. They can be nasal, resonant or shrill produced in accordance with the individual physical【2】 of the throat.

One possible implementation of the 【3】 of voice recognition is voice profiling used by police analysts as a method of substantiating court evidence in trials. Every year, thousands of audiotapes with recorded interviews or 【4】 utterances are put to the purpose to help identify the probable 【5】. Specialists dealing with the voice investigation claim that people can give themselves away by their 【6】, inflections or other voice attributes like pitch, intensity and loudness. A recorded sample is usually 【7】 into electric impulses and later transformed into a pictorial recoding which is processed by a computer program. Very frequently voice analyst have a stake at deciphering the relevant information which may be 【8】 with background noise or other interfering sounds until they attain the 【9】 results.

Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect individuals who threaten their victims by phone or inform about bomb 【10】 or those who make offensive calls disturbing the peach of decent citizens.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】BC

【3】B

【4】D

【5】BD

【6】CD

【7】ABC

【8】A

【9】AD

【10】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。短文說明了聲音在警方處理案件時發(fā)揮著重要的作用。

【1】考查名詞。a為冠詞后接名詞，由“characterizing the identity of a person”可知，空處填名詞feature“特征”。故填C 。

【2】考查名詞復數(shù)。physical 為形容詞修飾名詞，properties“ 特性；屬性”為可數(shù)名詞且符合句意。通常用復數(shù)形式。故填BC。

【3】考查名詞。the為冠詞后接名詞，由“ voice recognition ”可知，空處填art“技術”。故填B 。

【4】考查形容詞。分析句子可知，空處應填形容詞，or連接的是“audiotapes with recorded interviews ”和“___4___ utterances ”。所以判斷出空處填casual“隨意的”。和故填D。

【5】考查名詞。形容詞probable修飾名詞，suspect“嫌疑人”符合句意。故填BD。

【6】考查名詞。their為形容詞性物主代詞修飾名詞。由“inflections or other voice attributes like pitch, intensity and loudness.”可知，空處填名詞accents“口音”。故填CD。

【7】考查動詞。be converted into “被轉化成......”為固定短語。且符合句意。故填ABC 。

【8】考查動詞。由“ background noise or other interfering sounds ”可知，be planting with“與......植入”。符合句意。故填A 。

【9】考查形容詞。分析句子可知，空處應填形容詞。desired“想得到的”符合句意。故填AD。

【10】考查動名詞。由“threaten their victims”可知，空處填planting“安置”。bomb planting“安置炸彈”。故填A。