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“Without music, life would be a mistake, ” famous German philosopher(哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a (A) big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets(预算).

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1, 000 teachers. Among (B) them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other (C) ________, such as China and Britain, music class is not thought to be as important as classes like science, math and history. That's partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it doesn't use an exam system (体系). (D) 许多学生忙于作业, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways.

Playing music is not as (E) simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. (F)When making music, you need different abilities to work together. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解码) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many (G) ________ are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.

【1】写出文中画线部分(A)和(E)的同义词或近义词:(A)__________, (E) _____________

【2】文中画线部分(B)指代的是:__________

【3】在文中(C)和(G)的空白处填入适当的单词:(C)__________, (G) _____________

【4】将文中画线部分(D)译成英语:

__________________________________________________________

【5】将文中画线部分(F)改写为被动语态:

____________________________________________when you are making music.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 large easy

【2】teachers

【3】 countries scientists

【4】Many students are busy with schoolwork.

【5】Different abilities are needed to work together

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，通过各个国家对于音乐教育的缺失以及不重视的现象，说明了音乐对于人类身心健康发展的重要作用。

【1】（A）处big“大的”，形容词，其同义词为large“大的”，形容词；（E）处simple“简单的”，形容词，其同义词为easy“容易的”，形容词。故答案为large，easy。

【2】根据第二段“Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1, 000 teachers”可知，此处的them指代的是上文提到的1000多名被解雇的教师。故答案为teachers。

【3】根据“such as China and Britain”可知，中国和英国都是国家，因此（C）处指的是“country”国家，可数名词，且此处应为其复数形式，故此处应为countries；根据“Music has a special connection with science as well…and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano”可知，爱因斯坦等都是科学家，因此（G）处指的是“scientist”科学家，可数名词，句中many后所接可数名词应为其复数形式，故此处为scientists。故答案为countries，scientists。

【4】根据语意可知，本句时态为一般现在时且主语为复数，故动词应为其原形。student学生，可数名词，此处用其复数形式；be busy with sth忙于做某事；schoolwork作业，不可数名词。故答案为Many students are busy with schoolwork.

【5】被动语态结构：主语+be动词+动词的过去分词+其它。将主动语态改为被动语态，需将原句中的主语和谓语颠倒位置，即主语应为“Different abilities”。根据语境可知，本句为一般现在时且主语为复数，故应为are needed to work together。故答案为Different abilities are needed to work together.