72.
The
writer introduces Washington in the order of_____. .
A. general introduction, history, sights and culture
B. population,
history and culture
C. general introduction, history, sights, buildings and culture
D. history
and culture
(E)
When someone
says, “Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music,” it doesn’t mean he is
planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being
called in your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did
not do this or that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to be faced. At some
time or another, every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as
children. We can remember father’s angry voice: “I want to talk to you!” And
only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “face the music” is known to every American, old and young. It is
at least one hundred years old. Where did the expression come from?
The first
explanation came from the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in
1851, that expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings(舞台的两侧)to go on stage. After they got their clue(暗示)to go on , they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music. ”
And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra(乐队)which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in
front of the audience(观众)that might
be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But
he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So “face the music”
came to mean: having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the
experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.