1 . 从方框里选择合适的词语的适当形式填空。

A.advisable     B.appreciate     C.encounter D.concert     E.usually AB.earn     AC.transportation AD.love     AE.accessible     BC.independently       BD.mission

The New York subway system is one of the largest in the world, ferrying nearly eight and a half million people around the city every week. Riders find more than    1    below the streets; among the dirt and the screech of the trains,there is also music.The subway system is like a free    2    hall,offering almost every kind of music.

You never know what you might    3    ,depending on the day of the week and the particular station.At a subway platform below Pennsylvania station one afternoon recently,Rawl Mitchell, an immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago,was playing the steel drums. He said he's been performing in the subway since the mid-1990s. “The people do    4    the music,"he said."They stand around listening and if it pleases them,they applaud and put their money in the case or whatever.They    5    clap and say things like 'It's nice.' They offer me some positive feedback.”

Singer-songwriter Rosateresa, who often sings on a station at 14th Street, has been at it almost as long.She moved from Puerto Rico to study classical voice several decades ago."My    6    is to sing like the jilguero,a Puerto Rican bird, which wakes up the sun,” said Rosateresa.

Mitchell and Rosateresa both perform    7    ,outside the transit authority's official "Music Under New York” program, which sponsor 150 performances each week, by more than 200 individuals and groups.

Like Rosateresa and Mitchell,Musicians who participate in “Music Under New York"    8    only whatever people choose to give.Opera singers Tom McNichols and Patricia Vital,part of a group called“Opera Collective",said they    9    performing in the subways, though it isn't lucrative. "Music in general is not about money, and 'Music Under New York' is definitely more about making opera     10     than it is about making a living,"McNichols said.

2 . Two years ago, my son said he wanted to learn how to play the piano. I     1    (buy) him a piano and employed a tutor to teach him.     2    ,half a year later, he lost his interest in the piano and no longer wanted to play it. My husband and I really didn't want him to give up, we insisted that he     3    (practice) it every night. However, he didn't like that idea and often played the piano     4    (unwilling). We couldn't think of a good way to persuade him.

One night, an old man     5    lives downstairs came to us,     6    a box of candies in his hand. To our surprise, he said he wanted to thank my son. He went to my son and handed him     7    gift, saying, “I really want to thank you. Because of you, my wife and I can hear beautiful music every night. It     8     (bring) us a lot of fun.” My son looked     9    (surprise) at first, and then he became very happy.

    10     (know) some people are enjoying his music made him want to play the piano well. From then on, he sat in front of the piano and practiced hard every night.

3 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Art occurs in many forms: music, dance, painting, architecture, sculpture, cinema, and literature, among others. Works of art can make people feel moved, even to the     1     of tears. In the case of Stendhal syndrome,   however,   this   feeling   is   so     2     that   a   person   can   experience a rapid heartbeat, dizziness, sweating, or fainting. It may even require hospitalization. In the Italian city of Florence, numerous visitors viewing the     3     Renaissance art there have experienced this and have required medical     4     Though not professionally recognized, this condition— now     5     to as Stendhal syndrome —does exist.

While great art is found in every civilization, Florence has been especially     6     A small city with a historical center, it is internationally admired for its amazing     7     of   Renaissance art. Florence in the 15th and 16th centuries attracted the talent of many geniuses: artists, scientists, and authors were welcomed here. Some of the greatest Western works of art can be found in Florence, such as the statue of David by Michelangelo, The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, and the frescoes（壁画）by Giotto in the Basilica of Santa Croce. In addition, Leonardo da Vinci left works here. Galileo Galilei and Niccolo Machiavelli are buried here.

The syndrome is named after Stendhal, a French author who visited Florence in 1817. He described his experience of being fascinated by the historic and artistic power of the city in one of his   books. Though the   term   Stendhal   syndrome   was   not     8     until   1979     by     Italian psychiatrist Graziella Magherini, the illness had already had a long history. Patients   usually recover within days of their attacks without any     9     drug other than rest and quiet. For them, the     10     of viewing the power and beauty of Florence is a brief trip to a hospital.

4 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. drive     B. return     C. mobilizes     D. significant     AB. helpless AC. familiarize   AD. address   BC. shameless     BD. appeals CD. transformation     ABC. attempts

In Times of Crists, We Need Classical Music

          It’s still lying in front of me on my desk. The booklet, entitled Time for Outrange(愤怒) , was written by the 93-year-old French diplomat(外交官) Stephane Hessel. “The power of money,” Hessel says, filled with anger, “has never been as great and selfish and     1     as it is now.”
          But what does the outrage of this Frenchman have to do with classical music and , ultimately, with me, music director of the Orchestre Symphenique de Montreal(蒙特利尔交响乐团) ?
          A lot, I, too, am outraged by the direction of industrial society, with materialism and consumerism leading the way. I want to show that, because of its powerful impact, classical music can play a(n)     2     role right now.
          We all sense that our society is experiencing an almost revolutionary     3    . Life is getting faster, competition is fiercer and social cohesion(凝聚力) is reducing. Like most people, I have no idea how liberty and civil rights would develop in the era of globalization and ever-evolving technological advancement.
          But I see this as an opportunity for a(n)     4     to classical music. The great symphonies of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are not museum pieces we should listen to only if we want to     5     ourselves with some music history. Now are they a decoration or a relaxation exercise for the quickened pace of life.
          They are more than what a radio station for classical music once promised - “your oasis(绿洲) of well-being.” They are timeless compositions that     6     all the uncertainties and insecurities of this new period. They can support us in our search for meaning. Beethoven, for example, was convinced that man had the capacity to change for the better and to go throughout life. This is why there is so much hope in his music. His symphonies was mean to     7     people forward.
          Classic music     8     our senses and emotions in such a way that we were thrown back onto ourselves. It     9     to listeners to make use of their own reason and reflect on their actions. Music’s sole purpose is to be experienced. That experience, in turn, is why music can change our perceptions(认知) of ourselves and thereby our interactions with others.
              10     to explain this powerful impact of music will always remain unsatisfying, but this much is certain: aesthetic(审美的) experiences can transform people.

5 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Susan Margaret Boyle (born on 1st April, 1961) as a Scottish singer who came to public     1     when she appeared as a contestant(参赛者)on the third series of Britian’s Got Talent, and ended up the runner-up of the 2009 edition of the show. Boyle became     2     when she sang “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables in the competition’s first round, which was first     3     in the United Kingdom on April 11th, 2009. In the     4     of Britain’s Got Talent, Boyle finished in second place, behind the dance group Diversity.

When she appeared on the Britain’s Got Talent stage, the     5     and the judges appeared anxious about her unpolished     6    . Upon finishing her song, she received a warm welcome from the live audience and high     7     from the judges.

The contrast(对照) between the audience’s first     8     of her when she appeared on stage and the warm     9     afterwards resulted in global interest. Articles about her appeared in newspaper worldwide, while the numbers who watched videos of her audition have set an online     10    .