三、Cloze (20 points)Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
What is music? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting __________21__________.It is part of every culture on Earth.People use music to _22_ feelings and ideas.Music also serves to entertain and relax.
Music is a performing art.It _23_ form such arts as painting and poetry, In which arts _24_ works and then display or publish them.Musical composers need musicians to _25_ and perform their works._26_ most musical performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.
Music also plays a major role in other arts.Opera _27_ singing and music with drama.Ballet and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers _28_ their steps.Motion pictures use music to help set the mood as well as introduce the actions or enhance its _29_ on the audience. Music is one of the _30_ arts.People probably started to sing to as soon as _31_ developed.Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical _32_.By about 10,000 B.C , hollow bones had been used by _33_ people to make flutes.The first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.
There are two chief kinds of western music, classical and popular.Symphonies, operas, and ballet are _34_music.It is generally harder to write and perform.Musicians who perform it need a lot of training.Popular music _35_ country music, folk music, jazz, and rock music.It is easier to perform and understand.
21.填入(21)处的最佳答案是()。
A.models
B.types
C.styles
D.patterns
参考答案：D
22.填入(22)处的最佳答案是()。
A.express
B.explore
C.cover
D.test
参考答案：A
23.填入(23)处的最佳答案是()。
A.results
B.develops
C.differs
D.separates
参考答案：C
24.填入(24)处的最佳答案是()。
A.discover
B.develops
C.differs
D.separates
参考答案：B
25.填入(25)处的最佳答案是()。
A.adapt
B.interpret
C.follow
D.complete
参考答案：B
26.填入(26)处的最佳答案是()。
A.thus
B.however
C.besides
D.and
参考答案：A
27.填入(27)处的最佳答案是()。
A.joins
B.associates
C.connects
D.combines
参考答案：D
28.填入(28)处的最佳答案是()。
A.with
B.for
C.after
D.upon
参考答案：A
29.填入(29)处的最佳答案是()。
A.force
B.effect
C.influence
D.impact
参考答案：B
30.填入(30)处的最佳答案是()。
A.greatest
B.easiest
C.oldest
D.best
参考答案：C
31.填入(31)处的最佳答案是()。
A.agriculture
B.society
C.humanity
D.language
参考答案：D
32.填入(32)处的最佳答案是()。
A.performers
B.events
C.instruments
D.notes
参考答案：C
33.填入(33)处的最佳答案是()。
A.precious
B.old
C.early
D.ancient
参考答案：D
34.填入(34)处的最佳答案是()。
A.light
B.background
C.classical
D.experimental
参考答案：C
35.填入(35)处的最佳答案是()。
A.accepts
B.includes
C.explains
D.illustrates
参考答案：B
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