Question

How important is music? Students, teachers and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very ________. It is often only thought to be entertainment (娱乐的), but not the ______choice for education. This opinion is wrong. In fact, music education is necessary for ________ students.

Music tells us who we are. Music ________ the musicians’ thinking and values, and the social environment it was ________ in. For example, just as Mozart music represents (代表) a lifestyle, rock music ________ represents a lifestyle. George Gershwin’s music is another ________.

He introduced jazz influence into his music. The influence was of course part of American lifestyle and culture ________ it came from American musical traditions.

Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different ________. Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music works to explore (探索) emotive (情绪的) meanings. All people in the world ________ every possible way to learn about our world.

Music is a form of thought. We can “________” to each other in this amazing way. _______the language we express our feelings, discoveries, ideas and hopes. All of these can be ________ with others. When we do not let our children ________ good music education, we take _______away from the meanings that music expresses. So music education is much more necessary than people generally think.

1.A. interesting B. exciting C. important D. boring

2.A. last B. third C. first D. only

3.A. some B. any C. few D. all

4.A. reflects B. writes C. sounds D. thinks

5.A. born B. danced C. sung D. showed

6.A. never B. seldom C. hardly D. also

7.A. lesson B. story C. result D. example

8.A. though B. while C. because D. if

9.A. time B. way C. place D. person

10.A. answer B. need C. refuse D. remember

11.A. talk B. tell C. write D. smile

12.A. Without B. Through C. Across D. Along

13.A. worked B. shared C. collected D. allowed

14.A. receive B. give C. offer D. explain

15.A. him B. her C. them D. it

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