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The symphony staged last Friday, consisting of four m ______, was a great success.

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　　Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”－physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used－that a culture produces．Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life．Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music-culture．The most vivid body of “things”in it, of course, are musical instruments．We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we depend on instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remote(faraway in time)past and their development．

　　Here we have two kinds of evidence：instruments well-kept and instruments pictured in art．Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern effect to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra．

　　Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture．Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows each other’s influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain and America．Printed versions limit variety because they are likely to standardize any song, yet they encourage and force people to make new and different songs．Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole．

　　One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out：the effect of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and video cassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments．This is all part of the “information revolution”, a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth．These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the world．

(1)

Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because ________．
[　　]
A．	it helps produce new cultural tools and technology
B．	it can express the development of the nation
C．	it helps understand the nation’s past and present
D．	it can present the nation’s civilization(文明)

(2)

It can be learned from this passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	the existence of the symphony was regarded as a thing caused by the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music
B．	Near Eastern music had an effect on the development of the instruments in the symphony orchestra
C．	the development of the symphony shows the effect of Eastern and Western music between each other
D．	the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra was developed on the basis of Near Eastern music

(3)

According to the author, music notation(乐谱)is important because ________．
[　　]
A．	it has a great effect on the music-culture as more and more people are able to read it
B．	it is likely to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians
C．	it is the printed version of standardized folk music
D．	it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs

(4)

Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
[　　]
A．	Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers．
B．	Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded．
C．	Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets．
D．	The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material world．

She _____ with the symphony orchestra three times this season.

The New York Philharmonic(爱乐乐团) came to an unexpected stop on Tuesday night when an audience member’s cell phone started ringing and wouldn’t stop.

Conductor Alan Gilbert was nearing the end of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony(交响乐) when the interruption began. As eh New York Times writes, the symphony, “contains some of the most spiritual and peaceful music ever written.”

As the cell phone continued to ring, the iPhone’s signature ringtone, Gilbert stopped the entire performance. And yet shockingly the phone continued to ring. “Nothing happened,” Gilbert told the Times, “Nobody was to blame for it. It was unbelievable.”

Gilbert said minor cell phone interruptions have become common and rarely interfere with a live performance. The Philharmonic does what it can to remind to audience to turn off their cell phones before the performance begins. But the audience and performers stood by in astonished silence as Gilbert asked the offender(肇事者) to silence the phone, only to hear it continue.

Mr Gilbert said audience pointed out two people sitting where the sound was coming from. “They were staring at me firmly,” he said of the couple. Eventually, the man put his hand in his pocket and the ringing stopped.

The conductor said he asked the man if he was sure the phone was quieted. “Then he nodded his head,” Mr Gilbert said.

People in the hall had been shouting for the sound to stop. Mr Pelkonen reported that they yelled: “Thousand-dollar fine!” “Kick him out!” “Get out!”

Once the phone was finally silenced, Gilbert apologized to the audience. They responded with cheers and applause(掌声). And the performance continued.

1.The underlined words “interfere with” in the third paragraph means “???????? ”.
A. enjoy????????????? B. attend????????????? C. disturb????????????? D. complete

2.What do we know about the offender?
A. He silenced the phone the moment he was reminded to.
B. He enjoyed the ringtone so he kept the phone ringing.
C. He quieted the phone after hearing people’s angry shouts.
D. He didn’t like the music so he wouldn’t silence the phone.

3.What does the writer of this passage intend to imply?
A. It’s not acceptable to carry an iPhone to a concert.
B. It’s rude to attend a concert with the phone ringing.
C. It’s necessary to quiet the phones when the performance is over.
D. It’s common for a conductor to make an apology to the audience.

4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. iPhone ringtone bring New York Philharmonic to a stop
B. iPhone signature ringtone defeats New York Philharmonic
C. New York Philharmonic puts on a successful performance
D. New York Philharmonic stops the audience using iPhone

She _____ with the symphony orchestra three times this season.

A．played B．has played C．has been playing D．is playing

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