2013成人高考专升本《英语》真题之第三部分完形填空

Ⅲ.Close(30 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 the Answer Sheet.

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.A. models B. types C. stylesD. patterns

22.A. expressB. explore C. cover D. test

23.A. results B. develops C. differsD. separates

24.A. discover B. developsC. differs D. separates

25.A. adapt B. interpretC. follow D. complete

26.A. thusB. however C. besides D. and

27.A. joins B. associates C. connects D. combines

28.A. withB. for C. after D. upon

29. A. force B. effectC. influence D. impact

30. A. greatest B. easiest C. oldestD. best

31. A. agriculture B. society C. humanity D. language

32. A. performers B. eventsC. instrumentsD. notes

33. A. precious B. old C. early D. ancient

34. A. light B. background C. classicalD. experimental

35. A. accepts B. includes C. explains D. illustrates

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