1 . 请你写一篇短文向校英文报“Music”栏目投稿，向同学们介绍你校的“校园之春”音乐节活动，内容包括：
1. 活动安排；
2. 邀请参加。
注意：1. 词数应为80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The Spring on Campus Music Festival

Get ready for our school’s upcoming event, the Spring on Campus Music Festival.

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2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about the woman?

A．She knew nothing about the band.

B．She wants to join the band, too.

C．She was a member of the band.

2. How old was the man when he started to play base guitar?

A．21.

B．15.

C．16.

3. Where does the man usually play music?

A．In the city theaters.

B．In local clubs.

C．On the town square.

4. Why does the man join the band?

A．To make money.

B．To meet stars.

C．To have fun.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Wearing Hanfu and sitting in front of a Chinese zither (筝), Peng Jingxuan, a young Chinese student, moves her fingers gently along the strings on a street in Paris, France.

Peng has shared more than 200     1     (origin) videos online, with the most popular one featuring the theme song of the movie A Chinese Ghost Story viewed over 16.61 million times. “I love how she’s representing her culture in a     2     (set) where people are not familiar with it. You can tell she’s proud of her background and her music,” one of her fans commented.

Chinese zither (筝), or guzheng, is an ancient musical instrument with 21-26 strings and a length of 1.63 meters. Peng     3     (fall) in love with it when young and has been practicing it for years. Hardly finding Chinese instruments     4     (play) on the streets in Paris, she took along her guzheng     5     began her street performances to sharpen her skills. The more she performed, the more she felt a greater sense of responsibility     6     (spread) Chinese music and culture.

Considering her audience’s     7     (unfamiliar) with Chinese songs, Peng made adaptations, for     8     she received positive responses. She also performed Western pop songs that local people could relate     9    , entertaining them with beautiful melodies in a     10     (refresh) style.

4 . Why do so many teenagers show up?

A．To see their fans.

B．To attend a concert.

C．To report an event.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What can Leo play?

A．The piano.

B．The guitar.

C．The violin.

2. What is the purpose of the music group?

A．To help students relax.

B．To celebrate National Day.

C．To prepare for a competition.

3. Why does Leo hesitate to join the music group at first?

A．He is too busy with his study.

B．He is afraid of meeting new people.

C．He doesn’t think he is good enough.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．His love for the paper piano.

B．His great skill at playing the piano.

C．His experience of playing the piano.

2. Why did the speaker play the paper keyboard at first?

A．He found it was interesting.

B．His family was on a tight budget.

C．He liked playing on pieces of paper.

3. How long did the speaker use the paper keyboard?

A．For about one year.

B．For about four years.

C．For about six years.

4. What did the speaker learn from the old days of playing the paper piano?

A．Being determined.

B．Being confident.

C．Being grateful.

7 . I suffered a stroke (中风) in March 2013, then mostly recovered (康复) and realized I had been very ________. Six months after the stroke, I began to take piano lessons. Some people believe students can only learn music well when they’re ________. Money problems meant I never had that ________ as a child. But I had a dream, so this belief did not ________ the 52-year-old me.

I learned slowly with my first teacher. Then after two years, I started with a man. He seemed ________. In our first lesson, he asked me how my last teacher taught. I ________ how she would play each new song for me first and then help me work it out.

“I won’t be doing that,” he said. “I expect you to learn the ________ yourself and I expect you to practice. If not, you will have to find another ________.”

Our class lasted three months. However, in our last lesson before Christmas, he strongly criticized (批评) me, saying that I played with the ________ rhythm and tone (节奏和音调). I went home in a state of ________.

When I saw him again, I played the same ________ again and then said, “I practiced this piece about 500 times.”

There was silence. Then, surprisingly, he said he could see I had put ________ into it.

From that day, he changed. He became kind and warm. He ________ explained difficult terms and took care to ________ my creativity. Through him, I fell deeply in love with ________.

It is the piano that helps me get over the stroke and find my confidence again.

1.

A．free

B．tired

C．lucky

D．cold

2.

A．young

B．clever

C．famous

D．healthy

3.

A．feeling

B．chance

C．worry

D．trouble

4.

A．surprise

B．attract

C．save

D．discourage

5.

A．strict

B．mad

C．satisfied

D．funny

6.

A．asked

B．described

C．learned

D．considered

7.

A．benefits

B．stories

C．notes

D．letters

8.

A．teacher

B．student

C．doctor

D．family

9.

A．strong

B．common

C．different

D．wrong

10.

A．fear

B．peace

C．sadness

D．excitement

11.

A．song

B．trick

C．match

D．sport

12.

A．interest

B．pressure

C．money

D．effort

13.

A．angrily

B．patiently

C．secretly

D．probably

14.

A．challenge

B．limit

C．develop

D．copy

15.

A．painting

B．literature

C．running

D．music

8 . La Voce Ballo (LVB) which means “the dancing voices” in Italian is an all-women show choir at Bemidji High School in Minnesota, US. Established in 2004, the group has captured many awards, including Best Choreography, Best Vocals, and Best Band. Show choir programs in Bemidji draw in over 250 students to participate every year.

Walking into the choir room during an LVB rehearsal (排练), you’d surely feel an atmosphere full of laughter, smiles and warm-ups. One of the marked differences between LVB and the other choirs, Director Emily Paine said, is the sister-like relationship the members share. During full distance learning, for example, the group participated in a “Secret Sister” gift exchange, similar to a “Secret Santa”, within the choir and dropped gifts at each others’ homes. The captains, Thompson and Kanani, agreed. “We’re kind of like a big family.”

Last year, for some reason virtual rehearsals became the norm (常态) for LVB. “We have a computer set up in the middle of the room with students tuning in,” Paine explained. “Especially when we were hybrid (混合的), we’d have half of our students coming in person, and half joining online.”

Kanani said the hardest part of online rehearsals was not being able to hear the other students singing, as they generally turned off their individual microphones during these video sessions. However, one perk of this, Kanani noted, was that she felt she had learned the music much more thoroughly than in other seasons. “I know the music a lot better than I have in past years,” she said. “You couldn’t rely on someone else.”

Luckily, the group has gotten the chance to be back on stage recently. Members performed during the BHS spring concerts and then held their own LVB concert on March 20.

1. What do we know about La Voce Ballo?

A．It is a local choir in New York.

B．Its name comes from German.

C．It attracts 250 boys and girls every year.

D．It has won a lot of awards since 2004.

2. What makes LVB different from other choirs, according to Emily Paine?

A．The members’ remarkable achievements.

B．The way the members perform online.

C．The close relationship the members have.

D．The members’ tradition of exchanging gifts.

3. What is the most difficult for online rehearsals, according to Kanani?

A．The choir room couldn’t function well.

B．Members couldn’t hear each other singing.

C．Members were afraid to perform all together.

D．The choir had no experience in virtual rehearsals.

4. What does the underlined word “perk” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．A bad effect.	B．A special benefit.
C．An effective solution.	D．An unexpected challenge.

9 . Suno stands out by offering full songs custom-tailored choices, making music creation simple and fun for everyone. It’s a glimpse into the future of music, where AI and humans together bring new sounds to life. Here’s how it works:

Entering Prompt (提示词)

*Just type in the description for your song. You can mention the style, feel, instruments, speed and what the song is about. The main thing to remember is that you can’t ask Suno to create something in the style of a particular artist.

AI Composition

*Based on your description, Suno’s AI comes up with a song that has everything: melody, chords, beats, instruments, and even singing.

Downloading and Sharing

*You can download the songs as MP3s, which means you can listen to them anywhere or share them with friends.

*You get a maximum of 50 credits per day, which is enough for ten songs with a free account but you can’t use the songs commercially.

Paid Subscriptions (订阅)

*The Pro plan is $8 a month for 500 songs a day.

*The Premier plan is $24 a month for 2,000 songs a day.

*You can use the songs on YouTube or even uploading them to Spotify or Apple Music.

Copyright and Ownership

You own the songs produced using Suno, as long as you’re its Pro or Premier users. If you’re a free user, Suno says it continues to have ownership of the songs.

But this is different from copyright ownership. As Suno’s FAQ section says: “the availability and scope of copyright protection for content generated using artificial intelligence is a complex and dynamic area of law, which is rapidly developing and varies among countries”.

1. What do we know about Suno according to the passage?

A．It is a music sharing platform.	B．It is an AI music producer.
C．It is a music learning website.	D．It is a music editing application.

2. Which of the following is a proper prompt?

A．“A happy pop song about a vacation with fast piano music and singing.”

B．“The scores of Dune by Hanz Zimmer with bagpipe in heroic style.”

C．“A Pipa song of Fang Jinlong in nostalgic style about Jiangnan.”

D．“Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with a touch of Chinese music.”

3. What can you do after you create a Suno account?

A．Upload the songs to Apple Music free of charge.

B．Enjoy free music making with no limit on time.

C．Have the copyright and sell the songs online.

D．Download the songs and share on WeChat.

10 . Depending on your view, the recorder (竖笛) is an instrument of “incredible functions” or a tool of annoyance that has bothered primary schools for too many generations. But now, it faces extinction, with one of the UK’s top music schools reporting an 80% decline in the number of young people playing it in the last 10 years.

The instrument’s future is so imperilled that the European Recorder Teachers Association is trying to bring it back to life again so it does not go the way of the lute. The ERTA argues that if the recorder was good enough for the Beatles, it has a place in modern music today. Tom Redmond, the principal of Chetham’s school of music in Manchester, said only three of its pupils practised the recorder, compared with 15 a decade ago. “More pupils were taking up the piano or other instruments,” said Redmond. “The ones that became really popular are the ones students spend more time playing alone. With the instruments being more socially or orchestral based, there has been a decline.”

Redmond also said that this problem extended “beyond the recorder itself” and was a mirror of the future of music. “Like removing any plant or animal from an ecosystem, removing the recorder has a huge ripple effect (连锁反应) beyond just the instrument. You need these instruments to create the inspiration for music, and without that, there is less excitement for it and to learn music,” he said. Chris Orton, a recorder tutor and chair of the ERTA, is leading the fight against the instrument’s extinction. He said, “The recorder is increasingly overlooked by students, and yet it has a rich history and incredible attractions. As well as making beautiful sounds, it’s an accessible instrument in that it is low-cost compared to other woodwind instruments, and it’s light and easy to carry.”

1. What does the underlined word “imperilled” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Bright.

B．Distant.

C．Confusing.

D．Endangered.

2. What can we infer from Redmond’s words?

A．The piano is easier to learn than the recorder.

B．Music education is necessary for all students.

C．The recorder plays an important role in music.

D．Nature is a rich source of inspiration for musicians.

3. What does Orton think of the recorder?

A．It needs to be improved.	B．It is very difficult to play.
C．It deserves more attention.	D．It is a top choice for students.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．The Recorder is Heading for Extinction	B．Music is Increasingly Influencing the Youth
C．Technology Brings New Life to Instruments	D．The UK Fights Against the Recorder’s Fate