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Dear John,
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Yours,
Li Hua
Good morning! My name is Sarah Williams. It’s
Have you ever faced a time
Music gave me
1. What is the woman doing?
| A．Selling CDs to the man. |
| B．Helping the man choose CDs. |
| C．Looking for some new music. |
| A．He has got one. |
| B．He doesn’t like Benny. |
| C．He dislikes country music. |
| A．They’re polite. | B．They’re creative. | C．They’re untalented. |
| A．Go to the woman’s house. |
| B．Choose more CDs. |
| C．Listen to his new CDs at home. |
Imagine
The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning
In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl
The virtual choir is a
Chuck Berry
| Chuck Berry | •One of the most important •Born on, |
| His music career | •He was introduced to music at school •In 1955, the song Maybellene had become popular across the country. •In 1958, he opened his own Throughout the 1960s, he wrote a lot of popular songs. •On his 90th birthday, he had plans to |
1. A: Country music touches my heart.
B: So you like music that’s
2. A: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move!
B: So it makes you want to
3. A: Classical music makes me feel like I’m sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature.
B: So to you, it’s
7 . Many people love to listen to music while driving. Thanks to the world’s musical roads, drivers now don’t need to turn the radio on.
A musical road can create music when a car tires go over grooves (凹槽) on the road. To produce beautiful music, drivers must pass over the grooves at a certain speed. Signs often tell drivers the right speed.
In Hungary, there is a musical road in honor of one of the country’s most popular musical performers — Laszlo Bodi. Bodi was the lead singer for the band Republic.
| A．Musical roads are also keeping drivers safe. |
| B．There is not any music road in Eastern countries. |
| C．Musical roads help improve the road safety greatly. |
| D．But they can also enjoy music while taking road trips. |
| E．Formed in 1990, the group is one of Hungary’s biggest acts and is still active today. |
| F．The first musical road was created in Gylling, Denmark, in 1995. |
| G．For example, in Japan, there are many musical roads throughout the country. |
Nowadays, one of the common
If you are at home alone and you also want to sing together
The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and
The virtual choir is a
10 . Pullman is a superb writer and Seagull is a brilliant communicator. They had a debate after Seagull posted a question on his social media platform: “When you were trying to create an environment for learning, what were your best pieces of classical music to listen to?” He received hundreds of suggestions — and one negative reply, from Pullman: “That’s not what classical music is for. Treat it with respect.”
That did it! Everyone — professional musicians, students, teachers — weighed into the argument, and the majority supported Seagull and were criticizing Pullman.
It’s easy to see why people are annoyed. We all want classical music to be as accessible as possible, especially to the young. If some of them are using Bach or Schubert as a tool to help them study, what’s the problem? They may also develop an attachment to classical music.
So is Pullman ridiculous and supercilious by objecting to classical music being used as background music? At first sight, his idea seems stuffy and extreme. By suggesting that classical music should be “treated with respect” and not used as background music, Pullman seems to be closing classical music of to millions of people.
It’s worth pointing out, however, that he isn’t the first to express concerns about classical music being devalued by becoming too commonplace in today’s technologically shaped world. In Benjamin Britten’s 1964 speech, the composer expressed exactly the same worries as Pullman. Britten suggested, “The true musical experience demands some preparation, some effort, a journey to a special place, saving up for a ticket, some homework perhaps”. In short, it demands as much effort from listeners as from composers and performers.
I don’t agree with such an extreme viewpoint, but I do think it touches on a reality. You will never fully grasp the beauty of classical music if you half-hear it only in the background. That doesn’t necessarily matter. Music can be enjoyed on many levels. What Pullman and Britten are really saying is that, in a drive for “accessibility”, we shouldn’t deny the emotional and intellectual complexity underpinning (构成) much classical music.
1. What did Seagull’s posting result in?| A．Great admiration for Seagull. |
| B．Public criticism of classical music. |
| C．A discussion about learning environments. |
| D．An argument over the role of classical music. |
| A．Self-important. | B．Open-minded. | C．Impatient. | D．Considerate. |
| A．To show his affection for classical music. |
| B．To introduce young people to classical music. |
| C．To demonstrate classical music is demanding. |
| D．To support Pullman’s idea over classical music. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Doubtful. | C．Objective. | D．Uninterested. |
