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高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-11AMostmusiciansagreethatthebestviolinsweremadeinItaly.TheyweremadeinCremonaItalyabout200yearsago.Theseviolinssoundbetterthananyothers.Theyevensoundbetterthanviolinsmadetoday.ViolinmakersandscientiststrytomakeinstrumentsliketheoldItalianviolins.Buttheyaren’tthesame.Musiciansstillprefertheoldones.NoonereallyknowswhytheseoldItalianviolinsaresospecialbutmanypeoplethinktheyhaveananswer.Somepeoplethinkitistheageoftheviolins.Theysaythattoday’sviolinswillalsosoundwonderfulsomeday.Butthereisaproblemhere.Notalloldviolinssoundwonderful.OnlythosefromCremonaarespecial.Soagecannotbetheanswer.TheremustbesomethingdifferentaboutCremonaorthoseItalianviolinsmakers.Otherpeoplethinkthesecrettothoseviolinsiswood.Thewoodoftheviolinisveryimportant.Itmustbefromcertainkindsofthetrees.Itmustnotbetooyoungortooold.PerhapstheviolinmakersofCremonaknewsomethingspecialaboutwoodforviolins.Butthekindofwoodmaynotbesoimportant.Itmaybemoreimportanttocutthewoodinaspecialway.Woodforaviolinmustbecutverycarefully.Ithastobetherightsizeandshape.Thesmallestdifferencewillchangethesoundoftheviolin.MusicianssometimesthinkthatthiswasthesecretoftheItalians.Maybetheyunderstoodmorethanwedoabouthowtocutthewood.Sizeandshapemaynotbetheanswereither.Scientistsmeasuredtheseoldviolinsverycarefully.Theycanmakenewonesthatareexactlythesamesizeandshape.Butthenewviolinsstilldonotsoundasgoodastheoldones.Somescientiststhinkthesecretmaybethevarnishwhichcoversthewoodoftheviolinandmakesitlookshiny.Italsohelpsthesoundoftheinstrument.NooneknowswhattheItalianviolinmakersusedintheirvarnish.Sonoonecanmakethesamevarnishtoday.TheremayneverbeotherviolinsliketheviolinsofCrem