题目内容
Around the Family Drum
The power of the family drum remains tied to my heart. Every winter as long as I can 1 , family and friends gathered at my grandfather’s home in the traditional village of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, on January 6.
I remember 2 great fondness as a young boy watching and eventually 3 the buffalo dance during the day. In the evening my grandfather’s home became the central 4 place for family, friends and relatives.
My father loved to 5 , the old Taos Pueblo and Apache round dance songs dating back 6 the late 1800s. I would watch him close his eyes and he seemed to travel back in time trying to 7 a particular sage’s （先哲的）song. With a growing smile, he would start beating the 8 and introduce an ancient song.
The day I was finally 9 to sit around the family drum was a 10 time for me, involving extreme boyhood concentration, not only to memorize the 11 , but also to beat the drum on tempo（节拍）and put the singing together with the drum beat. I made my share of 12 , and I must have sounded like a young wolf howling among those more experienced, 13 in time I gained confidence, and a voice 14 enough to start leading some of the songs.
Sitting around the family drum with my father and uncles brought me a sense of great comfort and inner 15 . It was a wonderful experience to be 16 around the circle of love, acceptance and teaching.
Sometimes while we were singing, there might 17 a knock at the door. In Pueblo tradition, the person outside would peek his head in and 18 say, “I heard the drum, and I wanted to ask 19 to enter your house you ‘my’ grandfather would permit it! ” My grandfather would 20 nod and tell the visitor to enter and join us around the drum.
These are unforgettable memories, I often close my eyes and can hear uncles and my beloved father now departed singing around the family drum!
1．A．remember B．recognize C．realize D．remind
2．A．from B．with C．by D．to
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4．A．chatting B．visiting C．gathering D．comforting
5．A．create B．write C．sing D．play
6．A．as far as B．as old as C．as long as D．as late as
7．A．record B．repeat C．recall D．recite
8．A．door B．drum C．foot D．head
9．A．ordered B．refused C．allowed D．advised
10．A．terrible B．memorable C．believable D．comfortable
11．A．moves B．dances C．stories D．songs
12．A．efforts B．mistakes C．progress D．success
13．A．and B．but C．or D．so
14．A．strong B．sharp C．weak D．low
15．A．thought B．emotion C．calm D．joy
16．A．left B．found C．seated D．arranged
17．A．hear B．have C．sound D．come
18．A．respectfully B．shamefully C．peacefully D．carefully
19．A．questions B．reception C．suggestions D．permission
20．A．hesitatingly B．cautiously C．patiently D．politely
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Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A．Do established musicians have a responsibility to guide and assist young up-and-coming musicians? B．Did anyone promote your musical education when you were growing up? C．What kind of “world music” do you enjoy? D．What’s your comment on pop music? E．Does the contemporary music press give jazz the coverage it deserves? F．What’s wrong with the music on the radio? |
An interview with Wynton Marsalis, a noted jazz musician
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There were the older jazz musicians who hung around our house when I was young. I saw how much they practiced, how serious they were about their art. I knew then I had to work just as hard if I wanted to succeed. Of course, my father inspired me a lot, and many teachers took the time to nurture my latent and the talents of other students in our school.
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Yes. We’ve done such a poor job with music education because, as a society, we haven’t maintained the kind of education that a true artist and musician needs. Young people haven’t been able to equate romance and talent with music. For instance, most of the people who make it in the music industry today have to look good. How they sound is secondary. Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald ― those big, romantic queens of jazz music wouldn’t make it in today’s music industry, and that’s a shame. We need to teach young people about the alternatives.
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Around the would people make music that, if you listen carefully to it, sounds a little like the cadence of their language. I’d call it folk music. When I’m away from home, I make a point of listening to regional folk music, not what’s on the radio.
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The same music is on the radio all over the world, and the American sound is overwhelming. Even the pop music that’s produced and created in foreign countries has that American beat, that underscore of funk. As a musician, I’m not interested in hearing recycled versions of the same genre over and over. Any music that doesn’t have a development section just isn’t interesting to me.
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The music press has so much to introduce these days, and jazz is just a small fraction of it. Because some people are intimidated by jazz, they don’t cover it unless it’s a big name. New jazz musicians don’t get much of break. A lot of editors don’t say anything about jazz these days unless it’s Marsalis. That’s a shame. What VH1 is doing with their Save the Music campaign is phenomenal. They’re getting all these instruments out to needy kids. It’s the kind of thing all networks should be doing.
Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18, 000 pounds in just 14 minutes. This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy（神童）who became one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century.
now, with so much still to learn, there’s only one thing he wants to be when he grows up. He said, “I think I’ll definitely be an artist. ”
view at the seaside.