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(This passage was written in 1984.) It is now possible to hear a recording of Caruso’s singing that is far superior to any m
(This passage was written in 1984.) It is now possible to hear a recording of Caruso’s singing that is far superior to any m
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(This passage was written in 1984.)
It is now possible to hear a recording of Caruso’s singing that is far superior to any made duringhis lifetime. A decades-old way-cylinder recording of this great operatic tenor has been digitized,and the digitized signal has been processed by computer to remove the extraneous sound, or“noise,” introduced by the now “ancient” wax-cylinder recording process.
Although this digital technique needs improvements, it represents a new and superior way ofrecording and processing sound which overcomes many of the limitations of analog recording. Inanalog recording systems, the original sound is represented as a continuous waveform created byvariations in the sound’s amplitude over time. When analog playback systems reproduce thiswaveform, however, they invariably introduce distortions. First, the waveform produced duringplayback differs somewhat from the original waveform. Second, the medium that stores the analogrecording creates noise during playback which gets added to the recorded sounds.
Digital recordings, by contrast, reduce the original sound to a series of discrete numbers thatrepresent the sound’s waveform. Because the digital playback system “reads” only numbers, anynoise and distortion that may accumulate during storage and manipulation of the digitized signalwill have little effect: as long as the numbers remain recognizable, the original waveform will bereconstructed with little loss in quality. However, because the waveform is continuous, while itsdigital representation is composed of discrete numbers, it is impossible for digital systems to avoidsome distortion. One kind of distortion, called “sampling error,” occurs if the sound is sample (i.e.,its amplitude is measured) too infrequently, so that the amplitude changes more than one quantum(the smallest change in amplitude measured by the digital system) between samplings. In effect,the sound is changing too quickly for the system to record it accurately. A second form ofdistortion is “quantizing error,” which arises when the amplitude being measured is not a wholenumber of quanta, forcing the digital recorder to round off. Over the long term, these errors arerandom, and the noise produced (a background buzzing) is similar to analog noise except that itonly occurs when recorded sounds are being reproduced.
选项
A、The first paragraph introduces a general thesis that is elaborated on in detail elsewhere in the passage.
B、The first paragraph presents a concrete instance of a problem that is discussed elsewhere in the passage.
C、The first paragraph describes a traditional process that is contrasted unfavorably with a newer process described elsewhere in the passage.
D、The first paragraph presents a dramatic example of the potential of a process that is described elsewhere in the passage.
E、The first paragraph describes a historic incident that served as the catalyst for developments described elsewhere in the passage.
答案
D
解析
This question asks you to select choice that best describes how the first paragraph (lines 1-7) relates to the rest of the passage. The best answer is choice D. The first paragraph presents an example of what may be accomplished with a modern digital recording and processing technique. The remainder of the passage goes into detail about the technique itself. Choice A is not correct in that the first paragraph presents a particular instance of digitization, not a general thesis. Choice B can be eliminated: while the first paragraph does present a concrete example, it is an example of a successful use of digitization, not an example of a problem. Choice C is incorrect because the first paragraph is primarily concerned with presenting an example of a new process, not with describing an old process. Choice E also can be eliminated because the first paragraph mentions a historic recording, not a historic incident, and it does not describe a catalyst for developments discussed elsewhere in the passage.
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