15、Carl Orff was born in Germany on July 19，1895．He began to show interest in music at an early age．He studied composing music at the Music Academy（學院） in Munich．After graduation in 1914，he became a professional musician and teacher．In 1920，he made his home in Munich and worked as a teacher and composer．He composed lots of songs，operas and orchestral music that were popular．

In 1924，Orff started a primary school in Munich．In this school，music was played together with the movement of dance and gymnastics．This special way of teaching music made the children hear and feel what music was．The instruments Orff used more than any others in his school were percussion instruments（打擊樂器）．Orff did successfully，and many other schools began to follow him．After World War l]，his ideas spread all over the world．The special way at this school even has an effect on primary musical education today．Many of his ideas can be found in the book called Music for Children．

Carl Orff gave all his life to primary musical education，and he was most successful in it．On March 29，1982，he died．

1．Carl Orff was from________

A．Canada            B．Germany           C．England           D．America

2．Carl Orff began to show interest in music when________

A．he was young                            B．World War II began

C．he made his home in Munich                  D．he graduated from the Music Academy

3．Carl Orff was most successful in________

A．building schools                            B．writing books

C．musical education                          D．composing music

4．Carl Orff's special way of teaching music was to________

A．get children to compose music

B．make children hear and feel music

C．teach children to make instruments

D．train all the children to become professional musicians