3 . Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, got polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child. _______, you know that getting on stage is not easy for him.

On November 18, 1995, he came on stage to give a _______ at Lincoln Centre in New York City. That night Perlman walked _______ to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it break with a loud _______.

People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either _______ another violin or another string for this one. But he didn’t. _______ he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra (管弦乐队) began, and he played from where he had _______. He such passion and such power. Of course, everyone knew that it was _______ to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman _______ to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head.

When he finished, there was a ________ in the room. Then people rose and cheered. We were ________, doing everything we could to show how much we ________ what he had done. He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to ________ how much music you can make with what you have left.”

His words have ________ in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our ________ in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

4 . Terje Isungset is a Norwegian composer and performer. Recently he has become a _______ in the world of music. While most musicians seek to _______ a cold reception at concerts, Terje Isungset is not _______ about a chilly feeling. He performs with instruments he makes himself out of _______.

A recent performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall _______ a set including ice horns, ice drums and ice chimes, _______ singer Maria Skranes.

He _______ his work as being about more than making music, since he also _______ to display the characteristic of being beautiful and fragile. “I consider it a part of _______ bigger. It’s not me and my project and my self-esteem—it’s the extreme weather, ” he says.

The Norwegian is ________ a background in traditional Scandinavian music and jazz. He’s the ________ of Ice Music Festival in Norway—so people have a chance to enjoy ice music—and plays at about 50 festivals and concerts a year, many in the ________ conditions of Norway, Canada or Russia. ________, at concerts in warmer climates, higher temperatures can ________ difficulties, as spending any more than 50 minutes at room ________ could damage the instruments.

All of the instruments for the London show were made in Norway and shipped over in special ________, highlighting the fact that, when it comes to ________ ice instruments, not any water will do. “If ice is from polluted water, it doesn’t ________ that good. If it’s from tap water it doesn’t work because there are some ________ in it,” he says. “The best ice is from the north of Sweden. I’m really ________ to that ice.”

6.

A．accompanying

B．performing

C．appreciating

D．introducing

6 . Robyn Rihanna Fenty has rocked the entertainment world with her contributions to pop music. She was born on February 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados. In her early teens, Rihanna was greatly inspired by reggae (雷盖音乐) singer Bob Marley and pop singer Madonna. She was lucky enough to get her first opportunity at the age of 15, when her friend introduced her to an experienced music composer Evan Rogers from New York.

Rihanna moved to US to start a career in music, and recorded under the guidance of Rogers and his partner Carl Sturken. Later, Shane Carter recognized her talent and had her sign a contract with Def Jam Recordings.

Rihanna has been musically influenced by famous artists, such as Beyonce Knowles, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Bob Marley. In 2005,Rihanna released her debut album (首张专辑) “Music of the Sun'”, which included the single hit “Pon de Replay”. This single broke all records and peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, as well as the UK charts. Her second single “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” was at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and No. 11 on the UK charts.

Rihanna released her second album, “A Girl Like Me” in 2006, which included the hit song and lead single “S.O.S” (Rescue Me). This single peaked at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2006, Rihanna also tried her luck in films, and made her acting debut playing a role in “Bring It On: All or Nothing”. The next year, she released her third album “Good Girl Gone Bad”',which had hit tracks like “Umbrella”, “Hate That I Love You”,and “Don’t Stop the Music'”, among others. In the same year, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Rihanna won two awards for the hit single “Umbrella”. In 2008, Rihanna won her first Grammy Award for her hit single “Umbrella”. So far, Rihanna has won 45 awards in various categories.

7 . Leonardo da Vinci is often thought of mainly as an artist, with world-famous works like The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.     1     But his notebooks, filled with his strange writing, show that his main interests were in engineering and technology.

    2     If his pioneering work on anatomy (解剖学) is also taken into consideration, it is not hard to see why Leonardo is considered to be one of the greatest geniuses (天才) of all time.

Born in 1452 to a Florentine lawyer and a local village girl, Leonardo was given only a very basic education. After ten years in the workshop of the artist Verrocchio, he began to work for himself. The work he did shows an unbelievable combination of technical skill and very careful observation.    3    

At the age of thirty, he left his hometown and moved to Milan, where he spent seventeen years working for the Duke of Milan.     4     In fact, his painting was increasingly influenced by his interest in mathematics. During this period, he painted The Last Supper and developed his ideas for chemical weapons (化学武器).

In 1506 he returned to Milan and became increasingly interested in science.     5     He also studied many other animals, comparing their bodies to the human body. From then on, Leonardo spent the rest of his life mainly on his scientific studies.