Question

Why doesn’t the conductor face the audience?1.As the only person with his back to the audience, the conductor is a figure who is bathed in the spotlight, but his complex work requires a high degree of musical skill, as well as an ability to extract what he desires out of the group of artists he leads--his orchestra.

2.A person may become a conductor without graduating from the conducting department of a music school or studying in any kind of conductor’s training program. However, becoming the conductor of a famous orchestra requires a great deal more than what is needed merely to join an orchestra.

3.These naturally examine a conductor’s technique and musical interpretation while he conducts an orchestra through a prepared piece of music, but they also involve a sight-reading element.4.The conductor then has to sit in a room and memorize the piece before coming out and leading the orchestra through the piece by memory. Not only does the conductor have to make his arm and hand motion properly, and signal all the entrances of each instrument, he has to point out intentional mistakes made by the orchestra members on the spot.

The least capabilities a conductor must have are: The ability to memorize an entire score. A good ear for distinguishing correct notes among the music of the entire orchestra.5.

Of the conductors that meet these requirements, those with better musical insight and a higher level of charisma(魅力) will succeed.

A. The need for a common musical standard becomes necessary

B. The ability to lead a group of professional musicians

C. There are many conducting competitions

D. For this, the score of music is given to the conductor on site

E. This is how the role of the conductor came to be established

F. The role of the conductor is in fact not well understood

G. There are no examinations for becoming a conductor

Answer

1.F

2.G

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】本文主要介绍了乐队的指挥总是背对着观众，而不面向观众的原因，以及成为一名乐队指挥需要哪些方面的能力等。

1.F根据前面的“Why doesn’t the conductor face the audience”可知，人们对乐队指挥这一工作不甚了解，再根据本空后的内容推断应选F项。

2.G根据本空后面的“A person may become a conductor without graduating from the conducting department of a music school or studying in any kind of conductor’s training program”可知，乐队的指挥不需要毕业于专业的音乐学校或经过相关的训练，与G项的“不用考试”一致。

3.C根据空格后面的“These naturally examine a conductor’s technique and musical interpretation while he conducts an orchestra through a prepared piece of music”可知，应选C项。这里的These指的是C项中的competitions。

4.D根据后面的“The conductor then has to sit in a room and memorize the piece”可知应选D项，即把音乐的总谱现场给乐队指挥，然后指挥需要现场记忆。

5.B与前面的“The ability to memorize an entire score”中的ability是并列的。故选B。