Text 4Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, res

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Text 4Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of “things” in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra.

Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.

Music is deep-rooted in the cultural background that fosters it. We now pay more and more attention to traditional or ethnic features in folk music and are willing to preserve the folk music as we do with many traditional cultural heritage. Musicians all over the world are busy with recording classic music in their country for the sake of their unique culture. As always, people’s aspiration will always focus on their individuality rather than universal features that are shared by all cultures alike.

One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media—radio, record player, tape recorder, and television, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the “information-revolution”, a twentieth century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the globe.

第36题：Which of the following does not belong to material culture?

［A］ Instruments.

［B］ Music.

［C］ Paintings.

［D］ Sheet music.

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    ____________refers to those words that we use to label things as regards real objects, such as a name or a sign, etc, in the physical world.

    A、A connotative meaning of a word

    B、A cognitive meaning of a word

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    参考答案：C

  • 第2题：

    In the text, the author mainly deals with _________.

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    ［B］ some social functions of dramas

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    ［D］ some key elements in drama-making


    正确答案：D

    本题考查文章主旨。本文主要从文学角度介绍了戏剧所包含的重要因素。其中提到了人文动作者、情节、冲突、危机、结局等术语。因此［D］是主旨。其他项在文中都没有涉及。

     

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    【 The Internet ofthings (IoT) is the inter-networking ofphysical devices，vehicles ，buildings ，and other items embedded with electronics ，software，sensors，actuators，and network connectivity which enable these objects to collect and exchange data. In 2013 the Global Standards Initiative on Internet ofThings (IoT-GSI) defined the 10T as " a global infrastructure for the information society， enabling advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing and evolving interoperable information and communication technologies" and for these purposes a "thing" is "an object ofthe physical world (physical things) or the information world (virtual things). which is capable ofbeing identified and integrated into communication networks". The 10T allows objects to be sensed or controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure ，creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer - based systems，and resulting in improved efficiency. Accuracy and economic benefit in addition to reduced human intervention. When IoT is augmented with sensors and actuators，the technology becomes an instance of the more general class of cyber­ physical systems，which also encompasses technologies such as smart grids，virtual power plants ，smart homes ，intelligent transportation and smart cities. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Intemet infrastructure. Experts estimate that the 10T wi l1 consist of about 30 bi l1ion objects by 2020. 】 Based on the paragraph above，we know that the applications ofthe 10T include (98) . RFID technology makes it possible to automatically (99) every object on the Internet ofthings，and is the foundation ofnetworking. From the industry point of view，IoT is mainly involved in industries including (100).

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    正确答案：D,A,D

  • 第4题：

    In the ship construction portfolio，materials which do not conform to ASTM or ABS specifications must also include the ______.

    A.chemical and physical properties of the material

    B.name of the alternative standard or specification

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    正确答案：A

  • 第5题：

    The author mentions food,tools and precious metals and stones together because they are all________.

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    答案：D
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    In the context of Advanced Power Virtualization， the shared pool refers to which of the following？（）

    • A、A pool of physical memory that can be used by any partition
    • B、A pool of physical processors that can be used by any virtual or dedicated partition
    • C、A pool of physical memory that can be used by multiple Micro-Partitions
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    正确答案:D

  • 第7题：

    单选题
    In the ship construction portfolio，materials which do not conform to ASTM or ABS specifications must also include the（）.
    A

    chemical and physical properties of the material

    B

    name of the alternative standard or specification

    C

    the ASTM or ABS specification the material approximates

    D

    manufacturer or origin of the material


    正确答案： D
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  • 第8题：

    多选题
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    A

    The Recycle Bin is a physical storage area for dropped objects.

    B

    The Recycle Bin is a logical container for dropped objects.

    C

    The Recycle Bin stores the results of a Flashback Drop operation.

    D

    The objects in the Recycle Bin are stored in the tablespace in which they were created.


    正确答案： B,D
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第9题：

    单选题
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    A

    The two objects must be in physical contact

    B

    The two objects must be the same size

    C

    There must be an existing temperature differential

    D

    There must be an existing weight differential


    正确答案： C
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第10题：

    单选题
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    A

    was difficult to collect

    B

    came in a variety of forms

    C

    was difficult to get rid of

    D

    tended to be absorbed by physical objects


    正确答案： B
    解析：

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    问答题
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    C

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    D

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    The ( ) refers to the integration of complex physical machinery with networked sensors and software. It draws together fields such as machine learning, big data, the Internet of things and machine-to-machine communication to ingest data form machines, analyze it (often in real-time), and use it to adjust operations.

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  • 第14题：

    The main idea of the first paragraph is _____.

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  • 第15题：

    The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S.

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  • 第19题：

    单选题
    In the context of Advanced Power Virtualization， the shared pool refers to which of the following？（）
    A

    A pool of physical memory that can be used by any partition

    B

    A pool of physical processors that can be used by any virtual or dedicated partition

    C

    A pool of physical memory that can be used by multiple Micro-Partitions

    D

    A pool of physical processors that can be used by multiple Micro-Partitions


    正确答案： A
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第20题：

    单选题
    In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “it” refers to _____.
    A

    acting well at work and in politics

    B

    feeling depressed for the news media

    C

    accepting and understanding what has happened

    D

    saying something negative when bad things come


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    第四段倒数第一句提到“It will save you a lot of sadness…”应该是前面提到的行为做法能让人省掉许多悲伤。所以此处it指代前面第四段第二句“Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they’re that way”内容，即：接受事物本来的样子，尽量去理解它们为什么会是那样子。故选C。

  • 第21题：

    单选题
    The word “spas” (Line 3, Para.1) most probably refers to _____.
    A

    sports activities

    B

    places for physical exercise

    C

    recreation centers

    D

    athletic training programs


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    词义题。从第一段“capitalize”（获利），“benefit financially”（在金钱上获利），“national chain spas”（全国连锁组织）等词来看，spas应为能赚钱的在全国有经营的连锁性的赢利的商业性体育锻炼的地方，类似体育馆、体育健身活动中心等，故首先排除A、D项；既然是体育活动场所，C项也自然排除。故B为答案。

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    _____ refers to relations of meaning that exist within the text, and that define it as a text.
    A

    Agreement

    B

    Cohesion

    C

    Recursiveness

    D

    Embedding


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    本题考查衔接的定义。衔接机制又叫做衔接手段，指把话语的前后部分联系起来的语言成分，而所谓衔接就是指语义联系，把几个句子在语义上联系起来。

  • 第23题：

    单选题
    HTML的全称是（）
    A

    Hyper Text Markup Language

    B

    High Text Markup Language

    C

    Hyper Title Markup Language

    D

    Hyper Text Material Language


    正确答案： B
    解析： HTML是英文第一个字母的大写，中文名称是超文本标记语言，英文全称是Hyper Text Markup Language

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