How important is music? Students, teachers and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very ________. It is often only thought to be entertainment (娱乐的), but not the ______choice for education. This opinion is wrong. In fact, music education is necessary for ________ students.

Music tells us who we are. Music ________ the musicians’ thinking and values, and the social environment it was ________ in. For example, just as Mozart music represents (代表) a lifestyle, rock music ________ represents a lifestyle. George Gershwin’s music is another ________.

He introduced jazz influence into his music. The influence was of course part of American lifestyle and culture ________ it came from American musical traditions.

Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different ________. Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music works to explore (探索) emotive (情绪的) meanings. All people in the world ________ every possible way to learn about our world.

Music is a form of thought. We can “________” to each other in this amazing way. _______the language we express our feelings, discoveries, ideas and hopes. All of these can be ________ with others. When we do not let our children ________ good music education, we take _______away from the meanings that music expresses. So music education is much more necessary than people generally think.

1.A. interesting B. exciting C. important D. boring

2.A. last B. third C. first D. only

3.A. some B. any C. few D. all

4.A. reflects B. writes C. sounds D. thinks

5.A. born B. danced C. sung D. showed

6.A. never B. seldom C. hardly D. also

7.A. lesson B. story C. result D. example

8.A. though B. while C. because D. if

9.A. time B. way C. place D. person

10.A. answer B. need C. refuse D. remember

11.A. talk B. tell C. write D. smile

12.A. Without B. Through C. Across D. Along

13.A. worked B. shared C. collected D. allowed

14.A. receive B. give C. offer D. explain

15.A. him B. her C. them D. it

One afternoon, Mrs. Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3: 30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.

“What happened to you? ” asked Mrs. Green.

“Well, ” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my bag and waited in line. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me. ”

“Why did he catch you? ”

“I don’t know, ” said Mr. Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me. ”

“What did you shout to your friend? ”

“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends. ”

“But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi, Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force. ”

1.How did Mr. Green decide to go to London?

A. By train. B. By plane. C. By ship. D. By bus.

2.Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

A. Because her husband’s friend didn’t let him go.

B. Because her husband didn’t want to go to London.

C. Because her husband didn’t arrive at the airport in time.

D. Because her husband was still at the airport at 5 o’clock.

3.When did Mr. Green get to the airport that afternoon?

A. Before 3: 30. B. After 3: 30.

C. At about 5: 00. D. After 5: 00.

4.What did Jack Scott do from the passage?

A. He was a pilot. B. He was a passenger.

C. He was an engineer. D. He was a policeman at the airport.

5.What can we know according to the passage?

A. Mr. Green was an engineer.

B. Mr. Green would take control of a plane by force.

C. Jack Scott asked Mr. Green not to fly to London.

D. The policeman mistook what Mr. Green said.

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