Music education is the learning of all aspect...

Music education is the learning of all aspects of music as a separate field altogether. 1. The main components of music education is everything from the history of music, musicians who have reached a respectable level, basic notes of music, different types of music, and many other things about music.

Music education is very important in schools. 2. As the child starts learning music from an early age, he would turn out to be a skilled musician. And then he can use his talent for many purposes, such as being a music teacher and teaching other students, or using his musical talent to earn his living.

According to a survey conducted by elementary schools and high schools, students who were taught music and had a good interest in it academically performed far better than those who were not into music learning. 3. While learning music, students learned to count, to multiply and to divide. At the same time, science helped them discover what sounded good together and what didn’t. It is also a proven fact that students who have the knowledge of and interest in music tend to plan and organize actions efficiently in their personal lives. 4. They do not get aggressive very soon. Furthermore, children learning music are found to be fun-loving and are great at communicating with others.

5. A majority of students are satisfied and happy about learning music or playing a musical instrument. Students with good music education do have a sense of personal achievement. A notable benefit of music education is that it is used as a stress reliever, considering a student’s study routine.

A. Music education makes one much more honorable.

B. It helps children develop the skill at a very early age.

C. They tend to do well in subjects like math and science.

D. Music education in schools also benefits the students emotionally.

E. It consists of theoretical knowledge as well as practical experiences.

F. And it is commonly believed that musicians are peace-loving people.

G. While learning music, much of the culture and tradition is absorbed.

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As a music teacher，I have always known that music touches the soul. It can 36all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way.It can be the 37for each child to find their light.I would like to 38a story about it.

For a few years I was 39 with the opportunity to teach disabled students.One of my most 40  students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa，who had difficulty walking，and could not speak.We 41 sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to 42  on my lap．One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit.It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students 43  twice while singing the repeating phrase，“Oh，yes！” Vanessa liked to 44her hands together with mine and clap with me.We probably performed that song during every class，Vanessa and I clapping together.But she 45  said or sang a word.

One day，when the song was finished，Vanessa turned around， 46me in the eyes，clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words“Oh，yes！” I opened my mouth in 47  and for that moment I was the one who could not speak.When my heart 48  started beating again，I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also 49 .Through music，we had made an awesome connection.

Several years later，I met Vanessa on the street in town.She waved with a big 50  on her face and then clapped her hands twice，imitating the song we had 51  so many times in our music class.The little girl， 52  her connection with music，left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the 53  to learn and grow. It is up to us to 54  the way to reach each and every one of our students.We all must find each child's 55.

1.                A．get across       B．put away        C．take over D．break through

2.                A．means         B．direction        C．process   D．effort

3.                A．add            B．talk            C．share D．write

4.                A．blessed         B．tired           C．covered  D．filled

5.                A．troublesome     B．Hardworking     C．memorable    D．sensitive

6.                A．most           B．almost          C．nearly    D．mostly

7.                A．stand          B．sit             C．lie   D．jump

8.                A．sang           B．said            C．followed  D．clapped

9.                A．strike          B．put            C．give D．shake

10.               A．ever           B．never          C．still   D．even

11.               A．looked         B．saw            C．glared D．noticed

12.               A．horror         B．delight         C．astonishment   D．embarrassment

13.               A．immediately     B．fortunately      C．slowly D．finally

14.               A．happy          B．grateful        C．speechless D．hopeless

15.               A．greeting        B．smile          C．expression D．sign

16.               A．performed      B．operated       C．trained    D．organized

17.               A．upon          B．through        C．from  D．beyond

18.               A．standard        B．ability          C．plan  D．freedom

19.               A．discover        B．invent          C．test  D．make

20.               A．strength        B．dream         C．light  D．weakness

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As a music teacher，I have always known that music touches the soul．It can  1all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way．It can be the  2for each child to find their light．1 would like to  3a story about it．

For a few years 1 was blessed with the opportunity to teach 4students．One of my most  5students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa，who had difficulty walking，and could not speak．We  6sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to 7on my lap(膝上)．One of her favorite songs was “John the Rabbit．”It was a clapping and response song where I sang the call and the students 8twice while singing the repeating phrase，“Oh，yes” Vanessa liked to  9her hands together with mine and clap with me．We probably performed that song during every class，Vanessa and I clapping together．But she 10said or sang a word．

One day，when the song was finished，Vanessa turned around，11me in the eye，clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words “Oh，yes!” I opened my mouth in 12and for that moment 1 was the one who could not speak．When my heart 13started beating again I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also 14. Through music we had made an awesome connection．

Several years later，I met Vanessa on the street in town．She waved with a big  15on her face and then clapped her hands twice，imitating the song we had  16so many times in our music class．The little girl，17her connection with music，left an impression on me that will last forever．Every child has the 18to learn and grow．It is up to us to 19the way to reach each and every one of our students．We all must find each child’s  20．

1.A．get across    B．put away      take over     D．break through

2.A．means       B．direction       process       D．effort

3.A．add        B．talk         share         D．write

4.A．disabled  B．normal           sad           D．silly

5.A．troublesome  B．hardworking   memorable D．sensitive

6.A．most           B．almost       nearly        D．mostly

7.A．stand          B．sit          1ie           D．jump

8.A．sang           B．said         followed      D．clapped

9.A．strike         B．put          give          D．shake

10.A．ever          B．never            still             D．even

11.A．1ooked        B．saw          glared        D．noticed

12.A．horror        B．delight      astonishment D．embarrassment

13.A．immediately  B．fortunately    slowly       D．finally

14.A．happy    B．grateful    speechless   D．hopeless

15.A．greeting      B．smile            expression    D．sign

16.A．performed    B．operated      trained       D．organized

17.A．upon          B．through      from      D. beyond

18.A．standard      B．ability      plan          D．necessity

19.A．discover      B．invent           test          D．make

20.A．virtue        B．dream        1ight    ．   D．rhythm

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As is known to all, music is now becoming popular among people. It

1.____is playing the most important p_____in our day-to-day lives. It is mainly

2.____played for ____（舞蹈）, drinking, eating, loving and thinking. Some songs

3.____may make us recall our childhood and youth, while _____  may remind us

4.__________ the people whom we love. Many important occasions like those of

5.____weddings or sports and games have their ____(特殊) music. Every nation

6.___ has its national song. With years p_____ by, music grows and changes.

7.____Modern music has a____changed music. Inventions like records, radios,

8. ___movies, electric ______(乐器), tapes, recorders and videos have changed

9.____the way in ______ we play and listen to music; they have, to a great degree,

10.____h_ to make music an important form of international communication.

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Certain aspects of music have the same effect on people even when they live in very different societies, a new study reveals.

Researchers asked 40 Mbenzele Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest to listen to short clips of music. They were asked to listen to their own music and to unfamiliar Western music.

The same 19 selections of music were also played to 40 amateur or professional musicians in Montreal. Musicians were included in the Montreal group because Mbenzele Pygmies could be considered musicians as they all sing regularly for ceremonial purposes, the study authors explained.

Both groups were asked to rate how the music made them feel using emoticons, such as happy, sad or excited faces.

There were significant differences between the two groups as to whether a specific piece of music made them feel good or bad. However, both groups had similar responses to how exciting or calming they found the different types of music.

"Our major discovery is that listeners from very different groups both responded to how exciting or calming they felt the music to be in similar ways," Hauke Egermann, of the Technical University of Berlin, said in a news release from McGill University in Montreal. Egermann conducted part of the study as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill.

The Montreal participants felt a wider range of emotions as they listened to the Western music than the Pygmies expressed when listening to either their own or Western music. This may be due to the different roles music plays in the two cultures.

"Negative emotions are felt to disturb the harmony of the forest in Pygmy culture and are therefore dangerous," Nathalie Fernando, of the University of Montreal's faculty of music, said in the news release. "If a baby is crying, the Mbenzele will sing a happy song. If the men are scared of going hunting, they will sing a happy song — in general, music is used in this culture to evacuate all negative emotions, so it is not really surprising that the Mbenzele feel that all the music they hear makes them feel good," she explained.

1.Why could Mbenzele Pygmies be regarded as musicians?

A. They are crazy about music.

B. They major in music at school.

C. They can play musical instruments well.

D. They often sing songs on ceremony.

2.The study mainly finds that ________.

A. music is universal across cultures

B. music varies among different countries

C. western music results in negative emotions

D. music makes people happy

3.The underlined word “evacuate” probably means ________.

A. set off　　 B. benefit from　　 C. get rid of　　 D. account for

4.The examples mentioned in the last paragraph are to show that ________.

A. music plays different roles in the two cultures

B. music plays the same role in the two cultures

C. negative music disturbs the harmony of the forest

D. happy music is welcomed everywhere

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Music for Humans and Humpback Whales　　 As researchers conclude in Science, the love of music is not only a universal feature of the human species, but is also deeply fixed in complex structures of the human brain, and is far more ancient than previously suspected.

In the articles that discuss the field of bio-musicology, the study of the biological basis for the creation and appreciation of music, researchers present various evidence to show that music-making is at once an original human "business", and an art form with skillful performers throughout the animal kingdom.

The new reports stress that humans hold no copyright on sound wisdom, and that a number of nonhuman animals produce what can rightly be called music, rather than random sound．Recent in-depth analyses of the songs sung by humpback whales show that, even when their organ would allow them to do otherwise, the animals converge on the same choices relating to sounds and beauty, and accept the same laws of song composition as those preferred by human musicians, and human ears, everywhere.

For example, male humpback whales, who spend six months of each year doing little else but singing, use rhythms (节奏) similar to those found in human music and musical phrases of similar length—a few seconds．Whales are able to make sounds over a range of at least seven octaves (八度音阶), yet they tend to move on through a song in beautiful musical intervals, rather than moving forwards madly．They mix the sounds like drums and pure tones in a ratio (比例) which agrees with that heard in much western music．They also use a favorite technique of human singers, the so-called A-B-A form, in which a theme is stated, then developed, and then returned to in slightly revised form．

Perhaps most impressive, humpback songs contain tunes that rhyme．"This suggests that whales use rhyme in the same way we do: as a technique in poem to help them remember complex material," the researchers write.

1.The underlined words "converge on" in Paragraph 3 probably means__________.

A．tend towards

B．refer to

C．turn into

D．put forward

2.Which of the following shows the advanced musical ability in humpback whales?

A．They can remember complex material.

B．They can create pleasing patterns of music.

C．They can make sounds like drums continuously.

D．They can sing along with rhythms of western music.

3.What is the main idea of the article?

A．Animals are able to compose and enjoy music like humans.

B．Human beings borrow ideas in music from humpback whales.

C．Humpback whales are skillful performers in the animal kingdom.

D．Music-making is an ancient activity of both humans and animals.

4.The main purpose of the passage is to __________.

A．argue and discuss

B．inform and explain

C．compare and advertise

D．examine and assess

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For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.

As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.

Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.

Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‘No thanks, I’m amusic,’” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”                                                                                                                       (335 words)

1.Which of the following is true of amusics?

A．Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.

B．They love places where they are likely to hear music.

C．They can easily tell two different songs apart.

D．Their situation is well understood by musicians.

2.According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who __________.

A．dislikes listening to speeches

B．can hear anything nonmusical

C．has a hearing problem

D．lacks a complex hearing system

3.In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that __________.

A．her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier

B．she were seventeen years old rather than seventy

C．her problem could be easily explained

D．she were able to meet other amusics

4.What is the passage mainly concerned with?

A．Amusics’ strange behaviours.

B．Some people’s inability to enjoy music.

C．Musical talent and brain structure.

D．Identification and treatment of amusics.

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—What do you think of modern music?

—It is often considered not as good as ________ of the past.

A．it　     B．that

C．this　     D．one

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________ on the radio or see on TV is only a small part of all the wonderful music that is waiting for us.

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