Unit 7 - Reading 1

What is stated about Shazam in paragraph 1?

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

• It’s mostly used in restaurants and cafés.

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

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

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

• Now

• Bright

• Express

• Immediately

What is stated about music identification apps in paragraph 2?

• You activate the apps with your fingerprint.

• The algorithm they use is unique.

• They are very simple applications.

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

What aspects are taken into account to identify a song?

• Patterns and information

• Spectrogram and intensity

• Frequencies and amplitude

• Background and distortion

The word - fix - in paragraph 3 can be replaced by

• decide

• solve

• focus

• organize

What is stated about Shazam in paragraph 4?

• It analyzes the complete song.

• Shazam’s database is quite modest.

• It takes Shazam a long time to identify a song

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

The word - within - in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

• inside

• before

• behind

• near

The term - Shazaming - in paragraph 5 means

• listening to a song

• downloading the app

• making a song popular

• looking for a word on Shazam

What sentence summarizes the highlighted part in paragraph 6?

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

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

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

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