8. Will you look over the famous singer’s        (專輯) ？  

7. He can remember the        (歌詞) after hearing a song.  

6. His father is a        (講師) of the college. 

5. The music was        (動(dòng)人的) on the whole,but it was a little dull in

the beginning.   

4. This is a c        question,so nobody knows the answer to it.

3. I bought a lot of r        which were  made by  Yu Quan  yesterday.

2. He m        flour with water because he wanted to make dumplings. 

1. The enthusiasm of the workers strongly i        us. 

  Music is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing,banging a stick，plucking a tight string or blowing through a pipe. All over the world,many kinds of music have developed as people found out how

to make sounds in different ways. There are so many kinds of music to hear

that you can soon find a kind that you like.

People can get all kinds of feelings when hearing music.Music can make you march or dance;it can make you feel happy or sad. More than other arts， music can affect your moods and feelings. This is why music is so popular.

Every country has its own kind of music. In France many people like dance music played on the accordion (手風(fēng)琴) ，and many Americans enjoy banjo music.Spainis famous for its guitar music andIndiafor the twanging sound of the sitar.

Many people like music in their own national style. But there are also people who enjoy classical music and pop music,which has spread throughout the

world with the help of the record player and radio.

However，there are still great differences between the music of the West and that of the East. Many of the instruments are very different. The guitar and sitar are both instruments in which strings are plucked by fingers，but they do not sound alike.

The musical differences between the East and the West are not only in the instruments,but also in the ways the notes are put together.

1. Music is an art that is very popular in the world because         .

   A. everybody can make a beautiful music

   B.  people can get different feelings from music

   C.  music can only make people happy

   D.  music is much better than other arts

2. If you’re very good at playing the guitar,you may be popular in         .

   A. America

   B.  France

   C.  India

   D. Spain

3. The underlined word “sitar” in the passage is a name of         .

   A. a stringed musical instrument

   B.  a record player

   C.  a place of interest inIndia

   D.  a radio

4. In the opinion of the writer of this passage         .

   A. all countries and races have the same kind of music

   B.  the musical differences between the East and the West are only in the instruments

   C.  all the French people enjoy dance music played on the accordion

   D.  different people like different kinds of music

5. Which would be the best title of this passage?

   A. Music

   B.  Music,the best art

   C.  How to enjoy music

   D.  Different music

   Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit,however ，that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer begins，how he manages to keep going一in fact，how and where he learns his trade—all are covered in complete darkness. The composer,in short,is a man of mystery(神秘) .

One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration(靈感) plays in a composer’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.

The composer,therefore,does not say to himself，“Do I feel inspired?”

He says to himself，“Do I feel like working today?” And if he feels like working,he does. It is more or less like saying to himself, “Do I feel sleepy?” If you feel sleepy，you go to sleep. If you don’t feel sleepy,you stay up. If the composer doesn’t feel like working，he doesn’t work. It’s as simple as that.

1. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Composer： a man of mystery

   B.  Practice makes good music

   C. Relation between sleeping and music

   D.  Music： product of nature

2. The underlined words “covered in complete darkness” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean “       ”

   A. difficult to be made   B. without any light

   C.  black in colour   D. not known

3. Most people seem to think that a composer          .

   A. finds it difficult to write music

   B.  considers it important to have a good rest

   C.  should like to talk about inspiration

   D.  never asks himself very simple questions

4. The author will most probably agree that composers       .

   A. are born with a gift for music

   B.  are people full of mystery

   C.  work late at night for their music

   D.  know a lot about eating and sleeping