The Laｎguage of Music音樂語言

A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall， and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work， but no one can_____1 _____it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities， for the composer is utterly dependent_____2 _____them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer_____ 3_____ a medical student needs to become a(n)_____ 4_____. Most training is concerned with_____ 5_____ ， for musicians have to have the _____6_____ proficiency(熟練) of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice_____ 7_____every day， as their vocal chords_____ 8 _____inadequate(不充分) without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand_____ 9_____ ， while drawing the bow to and fro with the_____10 _____arm—two entirely different movements.

Singers and instruments have to be able to get every_____11_____perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety， for the notes are already there， waiting for them， and _____12_____ the piano tuner’s responsibility to _____ 13 _____ the instrument for them._____14_____ they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed(哄騙)not to sound like percussion(撞擊聲)， and each overlapping(重疊) tone has to sound_____ 15_____ .

This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts(面對) student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and_____ 16_____it should sound， and they have to _____17_____ controlling these sounds with fanatical(狂熱) but selfless authority(權威). Technique is of no use_____ 18_____ it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are_____ 19 _____thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works_____20_____ in any century.

1. A. seeB. hearC. playD. feel

2. A. onB. toC. forD. of

3. A. likeB. asC. whenD. for

4. A. teacherB. musicianC. doctorD. engineer

5. A. moneyB. teacherC. experienceD. technique

6. A. muscularB.fanaticalC. normalD. physical

7. A. blowingB. chewingC. breathingD. performing

8. A. will beB. would beC. could beD. should be

9. A. back and forwardB. up and down

C. to and froD. now and then

10. A. rightB. leftC. upperD. lower

11. A. tuneB. noteC. soundD. piece

12. A. that isB. it isC. they areD. this is

13. A. playB. tuneC. performD. repair

14. A. HoweverB. AndC. ButD. So

15. A. clearlyB. clearC. comfortablyD. well

16. A. whatB. whyC. howD. that

17. A. work atB. concentrate on

C. aim atD. rely on

18. A. ifB unlessC. becauseD. when

19. A. soB. veryC. tooD. really

20. A. performedB. written

C. recordedD. controlled

編輯/梁宇清

參考答案

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