Question

【题目】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】本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了传统的钢琴与现在的电子钢琴。

【1】考查名词的应用，根据The parts of a traditional piano have changed very little for……of years.可知一个传统的钢琴在几百年内变化很小，故填hundreds 。

【2】考查介词的应用，根据The keys are black and white……color.可知钢琴键是黑白的，故填in。

【3】考查连词的应用，根据But now an electronic,piano-like musical instrument replaces those keys with surfaces……respond to touch.可知现在像钢琴一样的乐器取代了那些有触摸的琴键，故填that/which。

【4】考查冠词的应用，根据It does not have……same white and black keys as a piano.可知它没有与钢琴相同的黑白键，the same 为与……相同，故填the。

【5】考查词形变换，根据Instead it is……(make) from soft and rubbery materials.可知相反它使用了柔软的橡胶材料，此处应该使用过去时，故填made。

【6】考查词形的变换，根据Roland Lamb is the……(invent) of Seaboard and a jazz piano player.可知Roland Lamb是海岸的发明者和爵士钢琴演奏家，故填inventor。

【7】考查词形的变换，根据He says he invented Seaboard so he could create……(difference) kinds of sounds with the instrument.可知他说他可以用这个乐器创造不同的声音，故填different 。

【8】考查词形的变换，根据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.此处为be able to do，故填to express。

【9】考查连词的应用，根据And I sat at the piano thinking……I can't strike a note and then move it."可知我坐在钢琴前思考为什么我拿不到一个音符然后移动它，故填why。

【10】考查词形的变换，根据The way a person touches the keys on a Seaboard……(affect) the instrument's sound.可知一个人碰触琴键的方式影响的乐器的声音，故填affects。