题目内容
【题目】Worries in life if you speak out to your close friend.
A. will reduceB. were reducing
C. will be reducedD. were reduced
【答案】C
【解析】
句意：如果你和你的密友说话，生活中的忧虑就会减少。
A. will reduce会减少，一般将来时；B. were reducing正在减少，过去进行时；C. will be reduced将被减少，将来时被动语态；D. were reduced被减少，一般过去时态被动语态。这里是if引导的条件状语从句，遵循主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时态，根据主语是Worries可知这里是将来时的被动语态，其结构是will be done的形式。根据题意，故选C。
【题目】 One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the Chinese seven-string zither (七弦琴) , also known as the guqin, one of the four arts - along with go, calligraphy and painting. It first appeared over 3, 000 ago and represents China's solo musical instrument tradition.
At first, the gugin had only five strings, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Later. in the Zhou dynasty, King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son, King Wu of Zhou, added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the Shang.
Ambience (环境气氛) was important in playing the Chinese zither. Usually, it was practised in quiet setting and never for public performance.
Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains. The sound of the quqin mixed with the echoes (回音) from the mountains, until the musician found himself at one with nature. Playing it in snow was also a favorite pastime for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world. Also. a night with moonlight was considered ideal for Playing the guqin. Wang Wei (701-761), a highly talented man of the Tang dynasty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.
Guqin pieces are usually around three to eight minutes long, with the longest being Guangling Verse, which is 22 minutes long. Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements, Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.
Nowadays, there are fewer than one thousand well-trained gugin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by today. The guqin and its music was added to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产) in 2003.
Title: The Guilin and Its Music | |
Main Parts | Detailed information |
Introduction to the guqin | As one of the four arts, it has a 【1】 of 3, 000 years and represents China's solo musical instrument tradition. |
The strings | At first, there were five strings, which represented five elements. Later, kings in the Zhou dynasty added 【2】 more strings to them. |
The ambience | In quiet setting, not for public performance. 1. By a stream in the mountains. The 【3】 sound of the guqin and its echoes could make musicians find themselves –at one with nature. 2. In snow. It was believed to be the purest instrument in the world. 3. On a night with moonlight. Wang Wei's 【4】 was to play the guqin in a bamboo forest on a night full of moonlight. |
The present 【5】 | Not many players, masters and works-are alive nowadays. The guqin and its music entered the list the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2003. |