The highlight of this exhibition is the painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass,
2 . Listening to guitarist Milos Karadaglic’s album, you will find yourself wandering in a world where you are surrounded by amazing classical guitar music. “I want to wake classical guitar music up from its hibernation and show what I can do and what my instrument can do,” said Milos.
Born 37 years ago in a small town in Yugoslavia, he was inspired from an early age to be a performer. Since his country had a small population and no formal music school, making a career on the instrument was extremely hard for him. It all began when Milos discovered an ancient, dusty guitar with broken strings in his basement. Strangely, this broken instrument convinced him that he must become a guitarist. By the age of 9, he was giving public performances, and at 11 he won his first national competition. He was also a talented singer and became star of TV and radio.
Unfortunately, Yugoslavia was torn apart in 1992, and because of the war, Milos’ family suffered food shortages. Fast forward to 1996, when Milos became a teenager, he had his first opportunity to travel outside of his hometown to play a concert. It was in Paris where he was amazed by its western European prosperity and air of Christmas happiness.
During the trip, he made up his mind to study at the Royal Academy of Music. He sent a home-made tape of his performance to the academy, where a professor found something special in his playing, so Milos was admitted to the academy. Afterwards, Milos earned first-class honors and a master’s degree, and his albums are highly praised by other world-famous guitarists.
However, this is just the beginning for Milos, and his horizons seem limitless. He has been making a variety of plans for broadening the classical music’s reach.
1. What can we learn about Milos from this story?| A．He studied music in a college in his own country. |
| B．It was his master’s degree that made him famous. |
| C．Travelling to Paris enabled him to get further education. |
| D．Poverty was the main reason for him to play the guitar. |
| A．By being introduced to a professor by his teacher. |
| B．By sending a tape of his performance. |
| C．By taking part in a music competition. |
| D．By having a college entrance exam. |
a. He discovered an old, broken guitar.
b. He won the national competition for the first time.
c. He made his mind to study at the Royal Academy.
d. He travelled to Paris to play a concert for the first time.
| A．a, c, d, b | B．b, a, d, c | C．c, b, a, d | D．a, b, d, c |
| A．Talented guitarist pursues the highest level. |
| B．The limitless horizons of guitar music. |
| C．A guitar hero’s success in war. |
| D．Guitar music from Yugoslavia. |
