Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete itMusic, artful arrangement of sounds (1) _______ time. This definition is obviously very broad, but a narrower one would exclude (2) _______ much. Music is part of virtually every culture on (3) _______, but it varies widely among cultures in style and structure. Definitions of music can (4) _______ dramatically over a short time, as they have across the world during the 20th (5) _________.Can music...
Đọc tiếp
Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it
Music, artful arrangement of sounds (1) _______ time. This definition is obviously very broad, but a narrower one would exclude (2) _______ much. Music is part of virtually every culture on (3) _______, but it varies widely among cultures in style and structure. Definitions of music can (4) _______ dramatically over a short time, as they have across the world during the 20th (5) _________.
Can music exist without (6) _______? Some philosophers argue that music should be defined as a kind of “mental (7) _______” and that the physical aspects of sound are simply by-products of this image. If you (8) _______ you can have a musical experience by imagining the sound of a piece of music, then you think (9) _______ can exist without sound. But most musical experiences involve producing or (10) _______ to physical characteristics of sound such as pitch and timbre (quality comparable to texture or color in sight).
Is the tape-recorded sound of a large metal-stamping machine music? Are 4 minutes (11) _______ 33 seconds of silence music? Is the activity of reading a (12) _______ of hundreds of seemingly unrelated objects, activities, and states of mind music? Each of these “(13) _______”, as well as many other sounds (or nonsounds), has been copyrighted (14) _______ a musical composition, performed, and recorded in the 20th century. One of the legacies of 20th-century music is to have blurred the definition of music as (15) _______ before.
Question 32:
A. title
B. book
C. list
D. menu
Can you think of a day without music?"Oh,that's not possible!"You may say.Yes,you (1)......are............. right.There is music everywhere:at home,in the concert hall,in parks,at the seaside and even in the forest.But in the forrest,of (2)......course.........,it's better to listen to birds (3)............singing......... and other natural sounds like the wind in the trees.People can not live (4)........without...........music.They listen to music,they dance the music,they learn to play musical (5)....instruments...........Musical education at (6)...........schools..........is very important.There is special literature for music teachers and for all people who are (7).......interested.......in it.
But what is music?Specialists explain it very well,and we (8)...........can..........understand everything,especially if music is performed (9).............to.......illustrate their talks.Music isn't a combination of pleasant sounds only.It is an art that (10).......reflects..............life.Music reflects people's ideas and emotions.
#Yumi