根据短文内容在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
At our school, there is a music drama(戏剧) program. Over the last eight years, students in our school 1.(perform) many music dramas. This February we performed Legally Blonde. It tells a story of a girl 2.(name) Elle Woods. She studies at Harvard Law School and tries to help others 3. the knowledge she has gained at school.
The School Music Club organized the activity. The teachers helped all the performers learn 4.(they) lines(台词), and the band played the background music. Students who 5.(want) to join in this drama had to show their talents to the teachers first.
Luckily, I got a chance to join in this year's music drama 6. an oboe(双簧管) player. After all, I started to learn the musical instrument when I was only five. To prepare for the show, we practiced 7.(play) the music from 7 pm to 8:30 pm every Monday and rehearsed(排练) with the performers every Saturday.
On February 8, the big day for the final show, I was so nervous, 8. the music drama turned out well. It lasted for one and a half hours and all the teachers and students praised us9. our good job.
It was my 10.(one) time as a member of a music drama like this. I really had fun. I am going to join in the music drama again in the next school year.
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“Without music, life would be a mistake, ” famous German philosopher(哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a (A) big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets(预算).
For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1, 000 teachers. Among (B) them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other (C) ________, such as China and Britain, music class is not thought to be as important as classes like science, math and history. That's partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it doesn't use an exam system (体系). (D) 许多学生忙于作业, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.
However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways.
Playing music is not as (E) simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. (F)When making music, you need different abilities to work together. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解码) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.
Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many (G) ________ are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.
1.写出文中画线部分(A)和(E)的同义词或近义词:(A)__________, (E) _____________
2.文中画线部分(B)指代的是:__________
3.在文中(C)和(G)的空白处填入适当的单词:(C)__________, (G) _____________
4.将文中画线部分(D)译成英语:
__________________________________________________________
5.将文中画线部分(F)改写为被动语态:
____________________________________________when you are making music.
根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。
A: Do you like English songs, Candy?
B: Yes, Zhang Min. 1.
A: Who is your favorite singer?
B: 2.
A: Ah ... I listen to her songs sometimes, but I prefer Chinese songs.
B: 3.
A: I like many singers, such as Jay Chou, G.E.M. and A Mei.
B: Wow! Have you ever been to any concerts?
A: No. 4.
B: Me, too. And I often download (下载) their music on the Internet.
A: Haha ... 5.
A. I often enjoy their concerts on the Internet.
B. I like Taylor Swift best.
C. They are my favorites.
D. So do I.
E. Music is an important part of her life.
F. Which singer do you like best?
G. Why does she like singing?
完成句子
1.那样的话, 我们只能骑自行车去学校了。
_____________________________________, we'll have to go to school by bike.
2.每个人偶尔都可能犯错误。
Everyone may make mistakes ________________________________________.
3.在我们的一生中, 会经历许多变化。
We'll experience a lot of changes _____________________________________.
4.一旦你确定了目标, 你就得持之以恒直到实现。
Once you set up the goal, you must __________________it until you achieve it.
5.在你出去之前请把电源切断。
Please ________________________________the electricity before you go out.
A teacher says music education in schools has kind of turned into amusement, Classroom lessons focus heavily on pop while understanding the classical （古典的）art form and its history should be paid attention to.
A professor in music and music education at the University of NSW, Robert Walker, argues that all students should study the works of Western classical composers such as Haydn and Tchaikovsky.
Professor Walker says students are missing out on an important part of the culture heritage （遗产）because they fail to study classical music, as the little music that children learn at school is mainly pop. The lack （缺乏）of music teaching is serious, especially in government schools where there are not enough specialist （专业的） music teachers.
A national review in 2005 made 15 suggestions, but Professor Walker said it still failed to deal with the lack of classical music taught in schools.
"I'm not against pop music, but it's very simple, and not difficult either to play or to sing, " Professor Walker says. "But classical music is challenging and although it is part of Australia's culture heritage, most children learn it only through Hollywood films. "
"At least children ought to know what's happening in Western culture. It's part of culture heritage," he says. "Asian students know more about Western classical music than most children in the West. "
Professor Walker has taught music and music teachers in Britain, Canada and Australia and is a former chief （首席的）examiner for the International Baccalaureate and a former chairman of the research committee of the International Society for Music Education. Professor Walker says no school curriculum （课程）in Australia lists a piece of music that children should study , such as the Mendelssohn's.
"This lack of standard texts means that some children can be brought up totally on Western classical music, others on Elvis Presley, or on any music the teacher wants to teach. The situation should be changed as soon as possible, " he says.
1.What's the problem in music education in Professor Walker's opinion?
A.Children know nothing about their culture heritage.
B.Classical music education isn't valued in schools.
C.Pop music is simple and not difficult to play and sing.
D.Australian schools need more specialist music teachers.
2.According to the passage, students should study classical music because it is _____________ .
A.part of culture heritage B.good for their growing up
C.difficult to play and sing D.popular only in Asia
3.According to the passage, which one is different from the other three?
A.Haydn. B.Tchaikovsky. C.Mendelssohn. D.Elvis Presley.
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true about Professor Walker?
A.He worries about the music education in schools.
B.He thinks pop music teaching shouldn't be allowed.
C.He is well known in Western classical music teaching.
D.He has worked in Britain, Canada and Australia.
5.From the last paragraph, we can learn that _____________ .
A.music teachers should teach anything that they like
B.most children today are brought up by their music teachers
C.music teachers shouldn't teach the music of Elvis Presley at all
D.children's music education today depends on their teacher 's taste
I can’t remember when I fell in love with music. Maybe it happened when I was feeling blue sometime long ago. I can’t tell you exactly how music makes me feel better. But while listening to music, especially light music, it makes me feel calm and peaceful. Now I am listening to a song named Moon River. It is really a fantastic song. I didn’t like this song at the beginning, but later I found its slow melody and beautiful lyrics deeply touching.
“Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker. Wherever you’re going I’m going your way. Two drifters(流浪者) are off to see the world. There’s such a lot of world to see.”
Yes. Although there is a long way to go for the drifters and maybe there are many troubles ahead, he seems afraid of nothing. I like music. Music reminds me that human beings have a lot in common even if they come from different countries or backgrounds, because we all have the same feeling or understanding of melodies and words.
1.The writer likes music.
A.popular B.light C.classical D.dance
2.The writer didn’t like the song called Moon River .
A.now B.at all C.at the beginning D.very much
3.From the song, we know that the drifters seem afraid of .
A.everything B.police C.dogs D.nothing
4.The writer thinks people who come from different countries have .
A.the same feeling of melodies and words
B.different understanding of melodies and words
C.different feelings of melodies and words
D.the same understanding of sound and words
5.The writer began to love music when he/she was sometime long ago.
A.happy B.excited C.tired D.blue
