HOW DO MUSIC IDENTIFICATION APPS LIKE SHAZAM WORK?

1. What is stated about Shazam in paragraph 1?

• a. You can use it to find the name of songs that aren’t famous.

• b. It’s mostly used in restaurants and cafés

• c. It’s an application that isn’t exact.

• d. You have to download a database to make the app work.

2. In paragraph 1, what word can replace the phrase in just a flash?

• a. Now

• b. Bright

• c. Express

• d. Immediately

3. What is stated about music identification apps in paragraph 2?

• a. You activate the apps with your fingerprint.

• b. The algorithm they use is unique

• c. They are very simple applications.

• d. You must enter part of the lyrics to get the song.

4. What aspects are taken into account to identify a song?

• a. Patterns and information

• b. Spectrogram and intensity

• c. Frequencies and amplitude

• d. Background and distortion

5. The word fix in paragraph 3 can be replaced by

• a. decide

• b. solve

• c. focus

• d. organize

6. What is stated about Shazam in paragraph 4?

• a. It analyzes the complete song

• b. Shazam’s database is quite modest.

• c. It takes Shazam a long time to identify a song

• d. Shazam uses the most powerful parts of a song to detect it.

7. The word within in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

• a. inside

• b. before

• c. behind

• d. near

8. The term Shazaming in paragraph 5 means

• a. listening to a song

• b. downloading the app

• c. making a song popular

• d. looking for a word on Shazam

9. What sentence summarizes the highlighted part in paragraph 6?

• a. Shazam owners have helped other developers to create new apps.

• b. Pop music is the main genre people search for on Shazam.

• c. The popularity of Shazam has caused similar apps to appear.

• d. Other apps aren’t good enough to compete against Shazam.