六、综合填空(共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
Ludwig van Beethoven,one of the 1.
world's
(world) most-loved composers,is famous 2.
for
his nine symphonies(交响乐). Before he died in 1827,he began a new symphony,3.
but
never finished it. He only left behind some 4.
notes
(note) about the piece and a few “sketches”— short bits of written music.
In 2019,a special team of 5.
musicians
(music) and computer scientists was formed. They didn’t just want to complete the symphony. They wanted to produce the symphony that Beethoven meant to write.
The team decided 6.
to use
(use) artificial intelligence(AI,人工智能)to help finish the symphony. To train an AI,they turned every piece of Beethoven’s music to a form the computer could understand. By doing this,the AI could look for patterns(模式)in 7.
the
way Beethoven wrote.
In the test,no one could tell which parts were written by Beethoven and which parts 8.
were made
(make) up by the AI. Finally,the AI had the challenge of trying to complete the new symphony. It 9.
took
(take) over two years,but the team was able to complete Beethoven’s 10th Symphony — not 10.
simply
(simple) a melody(乐曲),but 40 minutes of music for a full orchestra.
So Beethoven now has a 10th Symphony. And though Beethoven didn’t write it all,the team feels sure that the music is very much like what it might be written,if he’d had the chance.