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　　Music forms an important part of many cultural and social activities. People use music to 1 feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.

　　Music is a performing 2 . It differs from such arts as painting and poetry, in which artists create works and then display or publish them. Music composers need musicians to explain the meaning of their 3 and perform it. So musical performances are partnerships between composers and 4 .

　　Music is one of the oldest arts. People 5 started to sing as soon as language 6 Hunting tools struck 7 may have been the first musical instruments. By about 10000 BC, people had 8 how to make flutes （长笛） out of hollow（空的） bones. Many ancient people, 9 the Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians, and the people of India, used 10 in court and religious ceremonies （宫廷与宗教庆典）. The first written music dates from about 2500 BC.

　　Classical music, also called art music, is composed according to certain

11 and performed by musicians from 12 music. It includes symphonies （交响乐） and music for opera and ballet. Classical composers have written 13 styles of music during different periods of history.

　　 14 music includes many kinds of music, such as 15 music, jazz, rock music, and music from films. Popular music is generally much

16 than classical music.

　　 17 music is made up of the old 18 of a people. Most folk songs begin in distant areas. One person makes up a song, and other people

19 it and learn to sing it. Some folk songs have been passed on in this way for hundreds of years. Many 20 of classical music have used folk music in their works.

完形填空

　　Music forms an important part of many cultural and social activities. People use music to 1 feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.

　　Music is a performing 2 . It differs from such arts as painting and poetry, in which artists create works and then display or publish them. Music composers need musicians to explain the meaning of their 3 and perform it. So musical performances are partnerships between composers and 4 .

　　Music is one of the oldest arts. People 5 started to sing as soon as language 6 Hunting tools struck 7 may have been the first musical instruments. By about 10000 BC, people had 8 how to make flutes （长笛） out of hollow（空的） bones. Many ancient people, 9 the Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians, and the people of India, used 10 in court and religious ceremonies （宫廷与宗教庆典）. The first written music dates from about 2500 BC.

　　Classical music, also called art music, is composed according to certain

11 and performed by musicians from 12 music. It includes symphonies （交响乐） and music for opera and ballet. Classical composers have written 13 styles of music during different periods of history.

　　 14 music includes many kinds of music, such as 15 music, jazz, rock music, and music from films. Popular music is generally much

16 than classical music.

　　 17 music is made up of the old 18 of a people. Most folk songs begin in distant areas. One person makes up a song, and other people

19 it and learn to sing it. Some folk songs have been passed on in this way for hundreds of years. Many 20 of classical music have used folk music in their works.

This tree looks high and strong but ____ its trunk is hollow.

This tree looks high and strong but ____ its trunk is hollow.

A. really         B. truly                 C. actually             D. surely 

This tree looks high and strong but ____ its trunk is hollow.