新视野大学英语New Horizon College English Book Four Unit 5.ppt

So you think (S1) ___________ music from the Internet through a phone line is a really cool thing modern thing? Not so. In 1896, Thaddeus Cahill filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting music electronically, and (S2) ___________ 1914 he sent music (S3) ___________ down telephone lines with this instrument. And he wasn’t even the first. Elisha Gray (S4) ___________ music over a telephone line in 1876, which was the same year the telephone was (S5) ___________. Gray invented the first (S6)___________ music instrument in 1874, calling it the “Musical Telegraph”. Alexander Graham Bell also designed an (S7) ___________ “Electric Harp” for (S8) ___________ to be transmitted over a telephone line using technology similar to Gray’s. Bell was a speech teacher for the (S9) ___________. In 1879 he created an instrument to measure hearing loss. That is why the (S10) ___________ of loudness came to be measured in bels or decibels. S1.downloading? S2. until S3. signals S4. transmitted? S5. invented? S6. electronic S7. experimental S8. speechS9. deafS10. degrees 1. The film managed to turn the _____ of American opinion against the war. A. B. topic C. center D. view 2. He was unwilling to join them, for his _____ would make her angry. A. present B. existence C. D. being 3. The new concert hall will be built in the center of the university_______. A. B. garden C. playground D. yard 4. Price tends to ______ all other considerations. A. decorate B. deny C. D. doubt 5. Opportunities to practice the language were ______. A. B. many C. few D. a few 6. With prices ______ fast, small computers are becoming popular. A. B. rising C. changing