If you want to listen to music today，you have the luxury of simply streaming songs from one of the many online sites.But that was not the case even just two decades ago.Music had to be stored on devices such as cassettes and compact discs that were inserted into players.
On March 6th，Lou Ottens，the inventor of cassette tapes，passed away.Ottens worked for a company called Philips that introduced portable cassettes to the world in 1962.Since then，more than 100 billion cassettes have been sold worldwide!
In 1877，Thomas Alva Edison created the phonograph （留聲機）-a device that played recorded sounds from round cylinders.This was followed by the gramophone a decade later.While vinyl records （唱片）were extremely popular，they could easily be scratched or damaged.
By the mid-1930s，a new technology emerged in Germany that dramatically improved sound quality.The magnetic tape used a metal tape covered in magnetic particles.The first use of magnetic tapes was in reel-to-reel（盤式的） tape recorders.These recorders were large，expensive，and difficult to use，which is why mainly professionals in radio stations and recording studios used them.
The story goes that one night，after a frustrating experience with a reel-to-reel recording，Ottens decided to create something that was portable，accessible，and dependable.He even brought along a wooden block in his pocket to represent his goal for the size of the invention!And the cassette tape was born.
But in the late 1990s and early 2000s，when compact disc （CD） players emerged，cassette tapes saw a decline in sales and usage.CDs provided more storage and better audio quality，were less expensive，and overall had a longer lifespan.With the rise of the Internet and streaming music over the past decade，both CDs and cassettes have since become obsolete.
As you can see，music has certainly changed a lot over the past century.We owe it to pioneers like Ottens who made music portable and brought color into our lives!
（1）What do we know about vinyl records？ DD
A．They recorded sounds on round cylinders.
B．They made sounds by using a metal tape.
C．They could be used for a longer time.
D．They could be easily damaged.
（2）Why did Ottens bring along a wooden block in his pocket？ AA
A．To expect his invention to be small enough.
B．To treat wood as a material of his invention.
C．To wish his invention to be solid and hard.
D．To make his invention as light as wood.
（3）What caused a decrease in cassette tapes in the late 1990s and early 2000s？ BB
A．The Internet.
B．Compact discs.
C．Magnetic tapes.
D．Vinyl records.
（4）What is the purpose of the text？ CC
A．To introduce the music development.
B．To explain the ways of recording music.
C．To remember Ottens' invention of cassettes.
D．To explain the role of Ottens in making music.
【答案】D；A；B；C
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