Although Thomas Edison originally developed the phonograph in 1877, and
wax cylinders were used as early as the 1880s for recording music,
commercial recordings of music were not generally available to the
majority until the 1920s. From the mid-1980s onwards, the vinyl disc
gradually gave way to the new technology of the CD, but just a decade
later, the digital MP3 file was already displacing the CD as the
favoured way to produce recorded music. Yet now, people have more music
stored on their phones or computers---which they can call up with the
touch of a finger---than would have been contained on all the metres of
library shelves of a proud 'record collector' of the 20th century.
1. Which **TWO** of the following statements does the writer make about recording technologies?
请选择 2 个答案
A. The vinyl disc was relatively easy to damage.
B. The sound quality from wax cylinders was inferior to that of the
C. Electronic storage allows people to keep a vast amount of music.
D. Recorded music sold well immediately after Edison invented the
E. The CD was popular for a relatively brief period.
2. Which **TWO** of the following statements does the writer make about musical notation?
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A. The way it is interpreted has changed over time.
B. It was originally designed as a memory aid.
C. It is often ignored by classical musicians today.
D. Classical music could not have survived without it.
E. Its importance diminished with the arrival of recording.