1 . I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all _______ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they _______that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought _______for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother _______me the ticket. I was really _______!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our _______After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became _______. I could barely make out the stage in the _______. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band _______the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____________what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____________a jet engine. I could ____________the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just ____________that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to ____________. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the ____________and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just ____________from a long sleep. My ears were still ____________with the beat of the last song.
After the ____________, I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, ____________, I listen to one of their songs and ____________I’m back at that first show.1.

A．members

B．friends

C．fans

D．volunteers

2.

A．guessed

B．discovered

C．thought

D．predicted

3.

A．flowers

B．drinks

C．clothes

D．tickets

4.

A．booked

B．offered

C．returned

D．found

5.

A．relaxed

B．embarrassed

C．excited

D．encouraged

6.

A．seats

B．entrance

C．spots

D．space

7.

A．comfortable

B．quiet

C．serious

D．nervous

8.

A．silence

B．noise

C．darkness

D．smoke

9.

A．fell upon

B．got through

C．broke into

D．stepped onto

10.

A．forget

B．hear

C．repeat

D．bear

11.

A．loud

B．hard

C．sweet

D．fast

12.

A．feel

B．touch

C．enjoy

D．digest

13.

A．realize

B．understand

C．believe

D．remember

14.

A．continue

B．delay

C．finish

D．change

15.

A．party

B．theatre

C．opera

D．stage

16.

A．escaped

B．traveled

C．benefited

D．woken

17.

A．aching

B．burning

C．ringing

D．rolling

18.

A．competition

B．performance

C．interview

D．celebration

19.

A．though

B．otherwise

C．instead

D．besides

20.

A．decide

B．regret

C．conclude

D．imagine

2 . About a year ago, I had to spend a week in a hospital, because of the deadly food poisoning. There I met an elderly woman, who _______ to be a professional musician. That time when I met her, the idea of learning to sing didn't _______ my mind. I thought it was something _______ and not meant for me, like being an airplane pilot.

And only recently, I suddenly decided to learn singing.1 was _______ my dog early in the morning. I sang _______ to myself and it made me feel so wonderful. At that moment I _______ I had known more good songs and how to control my _________ better. And then I thought, why didn't I take some singing lessons? Of course, it was not a (n) _________ skill that I could use at work, but not everything in this life is about actual _______ and income.

It was easy to find that woman. I remembered her name and there was only one ______________ college in our city. I was ______________ she would reject me because l was a terrible ______________. But she took my request very ______________. She understood how important music was ______________ one's soul. In my first lesson, she sat at the gorgeous big piano and ______________ some rising notes that I had to repeat. At first I was terrified to       ______________ because I feared being judged and criticized. But my teacher was kind and professional.________________, she was strict when she knew I could do better.

Learning to sing was like learning to walk. It was like ________________ that all your life you had some superpower but were not aware of its ______________. Singing taught me more than just being able to take some high or low ______________. Most importantly, it taught me to be braver about expressing myself and my opinions.

1.

A．turned out

B．ran out

C．went out

D．called on

2.

A．lose

B．cross

C．change

D．slip

3.

A．realistic

B．fashionable

C．unavailable

D．worthless

4.

A．sorting

B．owning

C．evolving

D．walking

5.

A．jokingly

B．painfully

C．lightly

D．properly

6.

A．planned

B．wished

C．heard

D．regretted

7.

A．sound

B．hope

C．talk

D．voice

8.

A．practical

B．different

C．interesting

D．accurate

9.

A．benefit

B．damage

C．habits

D．dates

10.

A．literary

B．architectural

C．medical

D．musical

11.

A．angry

B．afraid

C．surprised

D．pleased

12.

A．citizen

B．patient

C．amateur

D．friend

13.

A．casually

B．seriously

C．rudely

D．uniquely

14.

A．from

B．under

C．for

D．during

15.

A．wrote

B．left

C．played

D．kept

16.

A．make a sound

B．take a walk

C．write the song

D．tell the truth

17.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．However

18.

A．giving out

B．admitting to

C．belonging to

D．finding out

19.

A．existence

B．contents

C．purpose

D．forms

20.

A．words

B．notes

C．noises

D．spirits

3 . Some of the world's most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently_______ April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying (联合) voice_______ cultures.

Despite the celebrations,_______, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to_______ and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with_______ generations.

It's Jason Moran's job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center's artistic_______for jazz, Moran hopes to_______the audience for jazz, make the music more_________, and preserve its history and culture.

''Jazz seems like it's not really a part of the American_______,'' Moran tells National Public Radio. ''What I’m hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to________ and understand that jazz is not black and white anymore. It's actually________, and it's actually digital. ''

Moran says one of the________ with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. ''The music can't be________today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is________,'' says Moran.

Last year, Moran worked on a project that________ Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, ''just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music________it is concert music, ''says Moran. ''For me, it's the recontextualization (情景重构). In music, where does the________lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any________ into how we talk about ourselves and________something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context, '' says Moran, ''so I want to continue those________.''

1.

A．saluted

B．set

C．marked

D．laid

2.

A．through

B．around

C．across

D．outside

3.

A．regardless

B．thus

C．though

D．rather

4.

A．expand

B．boycott

C．extend

D．shrink

5.

A．younger

B．smaller

C．elder

D．larger

6.

A．inventor

B．adviser

C．visitor

D．officer

7.

A．widen

B．strengthen

C．enforce

D．enrich

8.

A．available

B．admirable

C．avoidable

D．accessible

9.

A．category

B．appeal

C．appetite

D．recipe

10.

A．reconstruct

B．reshape

C．restore

D．reconsider

11.

A．colorful

B．meaningful

C．creative

D．sensitive

12.

A．connections

B．problems

C．satisfactions

D．conflicts

13.

A．described

B．revealed

C．presented

D．exposed

14.

A．transferring

B．changing

C．recovering

D．processing

15.

A．managed

B．arranged

C．conveyed

D．conducted

16.

A．as much as

B．as long as

C．as far as

D．as soon as

17.

A．reality

B．emotion

C．melody

D．future

18.

A．comprehension

B．access

C．appreciation

D．insight

19.

A．why

B．which

C．how

D．what

20.

A．trends

B．dialogues

C．messages

D．contexts

4 . The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly______. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep ______as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my______, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning this art form, I had______been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer's life, as it pays______to all the factors in one's life that______the dance form: one's culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most______and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much______. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day______these dances. Many times, I______myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to______.

I______a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too______to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself______after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental______,   I forced myself to meet my______. Even when I was at the end of my______,     there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately, I made it. What I had done______the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer______is. Those time was evidence that I could______something I set out to do.

1.

A．reached out

B．set off

C．pulled back

D．broke away

2.

A．sleep

B．breath

C．thought

D．sorrow

3.

A．career

B．attempt

C．response

D．performance

4.

A．eventually

B．easily

C．absolutely

D．desperately

5.

A．debt

B．respect

C．interest

D．visit

6.

A．develop

B．rescue

C．introduce

D．promote

7.

A．beautiful

B．focused

C．intelligent

D．considerate

8.

A．talent

B．strength

C．comprehension

D．commitment

9.

A．recording

B．discussing

C．practicing

D．designing

10.

A．pushed

B．addicted

C．treated

D．applied

11.

A．forget

B．design

C．learn

D．research

12.

A．discovered

B．abandoned

C．controlled

D．undertook

13.

A．brilliant

B．brave

C．stubborn

D．discouraged

14.

A．careless

B．nervous

C．frightened

D．wrong

15.

A．function

B．stress

C．level

D．action

16.

A．budget

B．deadline

C．expense

D．expectation

17.

A．limit

B．purpose

C．preparation

D．destination

18.

A．increased

B．deserved

C．expanded

D．exposed

19.

A．completely

B．chiefly

C．originally

D．truly

20.

A．change

B．supply

C．accomplish

D．explain

5 . On November 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist came on stage to give a concert. Getting on stage is ______ small achievement for him. He was ______ with polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child,   so he walked with the ______ of two crutches (拐杖).

The ______ sat quietly while he ______ his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin ______ . We thought he would have to stop the ______. But he didn’t. ______, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then ______ the conductor to begin again.

The orchestra began and he played with such passion ______ they had never heard before.

Of course, anyone knows that it is ______ to play a harmonious work with just three strings. But that night, he ______ to know that. When he finished, there was an awesome ______ in the room. And then people rose and ______. There was an extraordinary outburst of ______ from every corner of the hall. He smiled and then said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much ______ you can still make with what you have left.”

This powerful line has ______ in my mind ever since. Perhaps this is the ______ of life—not just for       artists but for all of us. So our task in this fast-changing world is to make music, ______ with all that we have, and then ______ there is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

1.

A．almost

B．much

C．no

D．too

2.

A．shocked

B．struggled

C．suffered

D．hit

3.

A．aid

B．direction

C．guide

D．instruction

4.

A．team

B．conductor

C．parent

D．audience

5.

A．made

B．worked

C．lost

D．found

6.

A．twisted

B．broke

C．bent

D．lost

7.

A．piece

B．career

C．tour

D．concert

8.

A．Therefore

B．Anyhow

C．Instead

D．Moreover

9.

A．ordered

B．signaled

C．waved

D．told

10.

A．as

B．that

C．which

D．what

11.

A．impossible

B．probable

C．hopeless

D．improper

12.

A．tried

B．agreed

C．decided

D．refused

13.

A．sound

B．horror

C．silence

D．interest

14.

A．cried

B．shouted

C．jumped

D．cheered

15.

A．laughter

B．applause

C．tears

D．scream

16.

A．money

B．difference

C．music

D．fame

17.

A．stayed

B．kept

C．planted

D．wondered

18.

A．secret

B．definition

C．sense

D．purpose

19.

A．above all

B．at length

C．at last

D．at first

20.

A．while

B．where

C．when

D．whether

6 . 完形填空
The famous composer (作曲家), Albert Roussel, didn’t have a good start in this career. However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a ____ ．
Roussel's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his ____. As a little boy, he fell in 1ove with music and ____ himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept. ____ which there were a lot of related books．
Three years later. Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother’s sister decided to____ him. Her husband was a kind man and ____ for young Roussel’s music lessons. One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second____to his life—the sea. Then he studied to be a naval cadet (海军学员), but still took time to study _____.
In the French Navy, he and two friends found the time to____a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other____. Roussel also began composing. On Christmas day 1892, he had his first chance to ____as a composer, which turned out to be a success.
That success _____Roussel to write a wedding march (婚礼进行曲), and one of his navy friends____to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend ____with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to ____his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long____, at the age of 25, Roussel decided to____Edouard Colonne’s advice．He gave his heart and soul to his composing and ____a major force in the twentieth century’s French music. Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring____, Roussel devoted his life to music, but Rousssel’s ____friend later admitted that he had made it up. He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor．1.

A．joke

B．1ie

C．guess

D．hope

2.

A．neighbor

B．aunt

C．teacher

D．grandfather

3.

A．taught

B．chose

C．improved

D．asked

4.

A．among

B．between

C．within

D．before

5.

A．miss

B．catch

C．raise

D．1eave

6.

A．paid

B．applied

C．1ooked

D．waited

7.

A．page

B．1ove

C．wish

D．job

8.

A．an

B．English

C．dance

D．music

9.

A．deal with

B．make for

C．set up

D．take away

10.

A．teachers

B．professors

C．composers

D．singers

11.

A．perform

B．produce

C．study

D．publish

12.

A．found

B．encouraged

C．forbade

D．wanted

13.

A．came

B．brought

C．refused

D．offered

14.

A．went

B．returned

C．1eft

D．ran

15.

A．give up

B．keep to

C．begin with

D．focus on

16.

A．however

B．therefore

C．afterwards

D．then

17.

A．repeat

B．change

C．correct

D．follow

18.

A．became

B．replaced

C．improved

D．grasped

19.

A．will

B．request

C．order

D．advice

20.

A．school

B．navy

C．music

D．work