Question

【题目】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】

这是一篇说明文。短文说明了声音在警方处理案件时发挥着重要的作用。

【1】考查名词。a为冠词后接名词，由“characterizing the identity of a person”可知，空处填名词feature“特征”。故填C 。

【2】考查名词复数。physical 为形容词修饰名词，properties“ 特性；属性”为可数名词且符合句意。通常用复数形式。故填BC。

【3】考查名词。the为冠词后接名词，由“ voice recognition ”可知，空处填art“技术”。故填B 。

【4】考查形容词。分析句子可知，空处应填形容词，or连接的是“audiotapes with recorded interviews ”和“___4___ utterances ”。所以判断出空处填casual“随意的”。和故填D。

【5】考查名词。形容词probable修饰名词，suspect“嫌疑人”符合句意。故填BD。

【6】考查名词。their为形容词性物主代词修饰名词。由“inflections or other voice attributes like pitch, intensity and loudness.”可知，空处填名词accents“口音”。故填CD。

【7】考查动词。be converted into “被转化成......”为固定短语。且符合句意。故填ABC 。

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

【9】考查形容词。分析句子可知，空处应填形容词。desired“想得到的”符合句意。故填AD。

【10】考查动名词。由“threaten their victims”可知，空处填planting“安置”。bomb planting“安置炸弹”。故填A。