Why doesn’t the conductor face the audience?1.As the only person with his back to the audience, the conductor is a figure who is bathed in the spotlight, but his complex work requires a high degree of musical skill, as well as an ability to extract what he desires out of the group of artists he leads--his orchestra.
2.A person may become a conductor without graduating from the conducting department of a music school or studying in any kind of conductor’s training program. However, becoming the conductor of a famous orchestra requires a great deal more than what is needed merely to join an orchestra.
3.These naturally examine a conductor’s technique and musical interpretation while he conducts an orchestra through a prepared piece of music, but they also involve a sight-reading element.4.The conductor then has to sit in a room and memorize the piece before coming out and leading the orchestra through the piece by memory. Not only does the conductor have to make his arm and hand motion properly, and signal all the entrances of each instrument, he has to point out intentional mistakes made by the orchestra members on the spot.
The least capabilities a conductor must have are: The ability to memorize an entire score. A good ear for distinguishing correct notes among the music of the entire orchestra.5.
Of the conductors that meet these requirements, those with better musical insight and a higher level of charisma(魅力) will succeed.
A. The need for a common musical standard becomes necessary
B. The ability to lead a group of professional musicians
C. There are many conducting competitions
D. For this, the score of music is given to the conductor on site
E. This is how the role of the conductor came to be established
F. The role of the conductor is in fact not well understood
G. There are no examinations for becoming a conductor
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Why doesn’t the conductor face the audience?1.As the only person with his back to the audience, the conductor is a figure who is bathed in the spotlight, but his complex work requires a high degree of musical skill, as well as an ability to extract what he desires out of the group of artists he leads--his orchestra.
2.A person may become a conductor without graduating from the conducting department of a music school or studying in any kind of conductor’s training program. However, becoming the conductor of a famous orchestra requires a great deal more than what is needed merely to join an orchestra.
3.These naturally examine a conductor’s technique and musical interpretation while he conducts an orchestra through a prepared piece of music, but they also involve a sight-reading element.4.The conductor then has to sit in a room and memorize the piece before coming out and leading the orchestra through the piece by memory. Not only does the conductor have to make his arm and hand motion properly, and signal all the entrances of each instrument, he has to point out intentional mistakes made by the orchestra members on the spot.
The least capabilities a conductor must have are: The ability to memorize an entire score. A good ear for distinguishing correct notes among the music of the entire orchestra.5.
Of the conductors that meet these requirements, those with better musical insight and a higher level of charisma(魅力) will succeed.
A. The need for a common musical standard becomes necessary
B. The ability to lead a group of professional musicians
C. There are many conducting competitions
D. For this, the score of music is given to the conductor on site
E. This is how the role of the conductor came to be established
F. The role of the conductor is in fact not well understood
G. There are no examinations for becoming a conductor
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Archaeology as a profession faces two major problems．It is the poorest of the poor．Only small sums are available for excavating（挖掘）and even less is available for publishing the results and preserving the sites once excavated．Yet archaeologists deal with priceless objects every day．Besides, there is the problem of unlawful excavation, resulting in museum-quality pieces being sold to businessmen at the highest price.．
I would like to make a suggestion that would at once provide money for archaeology and reduce the amount of diggings against law．You might say that professionals excavate to get knowledge, not money．Moreover, ancient artifacts（古器物） are part of our global cultural heritage（遗产）, which should be there for all to appreciate, not sold at the highest price．I agree．Sell nothing that has scientific value．But, you might reply, everything that comes out of the ground has scientific value．Here, we disagree．In theory, you may be correct in saying that every artifact has hidden scientific value.．
People can not help appreciate every unearthed treasure but there is not enough money even to put the finds in good order; as a result, they cannot be found again and become as inaccessible as if they had never been discovered．Indeed, with the help of the Internet, sold artifacts could be more reachable than are the pieces stored in museum basements．Before sale, each could be photographed and the list of the purchasers could be maintained on the computer．A purchaser could even be required to agree to return the piece if it should become needed for scientific purposes．
1.What’s the problems that archaeology as a profession has to face?
A．Money and unlawful excavation. B．Effectively duplicates.
C．Scientific purposes. D．Excavation law．
2.To let most people enjoy ancient artifacts, the practical way could be_______.
A．putting them in the museum B．having sold artifacts returned
C．making use of the Internet D．solving the money problem
3.Which of the following four suggestions about archaeology is from the author?
A．No selling of any unearthed ancient artifacts.
B．Some money should be raised for the purpose.
C．Selling some unearthed ancient artifacts and having them returned when needed．
D．Ancient artifacts, our global cultural heritage, should be evenly shared by us all.
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I wonder why Jack always gets good marks when he does only ______ the others.
| A．half as much as | B．as much as half | C．half as many as | D．as many as half |
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I wonder why Jack always gets good marks when he does only ________ the others.
A. half as much as B. as much as half
C. half as many as D. as many as half
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Look, a group of students are playing the violin there, _______ their teacher as the conductor.
A. in front of them stand
B. in front of them stands
C. in front of whom standing
D. in front of whom stands
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基础训练篇（15）
As well as reaching the right audience with the right technique, advertisers must also place their ads in the right medium. Obviously, cost will play __(1)______ big part in this decision. Television adverts are expensive to make __(2)_____to show. You have to be a big corporation with a big budget to afford television ads. Advertisements in newspapers, on the other hand, are __(3)______cheaper.
As well as worrying about the expense, advertisers must also consider _____(4)_ media are most appropriate for their product and which their target audience is most likely to see or hear. __(5)_______most cars have radios, ads broadcast via radio can reach a lot of drivers very __(6)______(easy). For this reason, ______(7)_would be appropriate to use radio to advertise goods and services relating to cars. _(8)______, it would be no use __(9)_ _____(advertise) products on radio if the ad relies on visual effects. Television adverts are great for generating emotional responses to a product, but magazines and newspapers can have __(10)_ ____details.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Why doesn’t Jennifer work as a stewardess now？
A. Because she hasn’t graduated yet.
B. Because she can’t speak French.
C. Because she isn’t old enough.
2.What is the most important requirement for a stewardess？
A. To have some experience in hotel work.
B. To know some foreign languages.
C. To work in a hospital for some time.
3.What did most people think of her choice of career？
A. They advised her to change her mind.
B. They suggested her thinking about her choice.
C. They thought it a good idea to be a stewardess.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Why doesn’t Jennifer work as a stewardess now?
A. Because she hasn’t graduated yet.
B. Because she can’t speak French.
C. Because she isn’t old enough.
2.What is the most important requirement for a stewardess?
A. To have some experience in hotel work.
B. To know some foreign languages.
C. To work in a hospital for some time.
3.What did most people think of her choice of career?
A. They advised her to change her mind.
B. They suggested her thinking about her choice.
C. They thought it a good idea to be a stewardess.
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Face masks are commonly used in ceremonies and performances. They not only hide the real face of the mask wearer but they often evoke powerful emotions in the audience—danger, fear, sadness, joy. You might think, because so many things vary cross-culturally, that the ways in which emotions are displayed and recognized in the face vary too. Apparently they do not. Recent research on masks from different cultures supports the conclusion that masks, like faces, tend to represent certain emotions in the same ways. We now have some evidence that the symbolism used in masks is often universal.
The research on masks builds on work done by anthropologists, who used photographs of individuals experiencing various emotions. These photographs were shown to members of different cultural groups who were asked to identify the emotions displayed in the photographs. Emotions were identified correctly by most viewers, whatever the viewer’s native culture.
Coding schemes were developed to enable researchers to compare the detailed facial positions of individual portions of die face (eyebrows, mouth, etc.) for different emotions. What exactly do we do when we scowl? We contract the eyebrows and lower the corners of the mouth; in geometric terms, we make angles and diagonals (斜线) on our faces. When we smile, we raise the corners of the mouth; we make it curved.
Psychologist Joel Arnoff and his colleagues compared two types of wooden face masks from many different societies—masks described as threatening versus masks associated with nonthreatening functions. As suspected, the two sets of masks had significant differences in certain facial elements. The threatening masks had eyebrows and eyes facing inward and downward and a downward-facing mouth. In more abstract or geometrical terms, threatening features generally tend to be angular or diagonal and nonthreatening features tend to be curved or rounded, a face with a pointed beard is threatening; a baby's face is not. The theory is that humans express and recognize basic emotions in uniform (一致的) ways because all human faces are quite similar, skeletally and muscularly.
1.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The techniques for comparing facial expressions across cultures.
B. The photography of faces.
C. Cultural variations in mask.
D. The uniformity of facial expressions in revealing emotions.
2.According to the passage, masks are used in performances to _______.
A. disguise the real emotions of the performers
B. cause members of the audience to have strong emotions
C. remind the audience that an illusion is being created
D. identify the cultural background of the performers
3.What does the author mean by stating, "the symbolism used in masks is often universal"?
A. Masks are sometimes used to hide emotions.
B. Performers often need help conveying emotions to an audience.
C. Not all societies use masks in their rituals.
D. People from different cultures generally express certain emotions in similar ways.
4.The passage mentions "baby’s face" in the last paragraph as an example of a _______.
A. typical human face
B. source of inspiration in the creation of masks
C. nonthreatening face
D. face that expresses few emotions
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking not only can wrinkle(起皱纹) the face and turn it yellow -- it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.
The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body -- even skin protected from the sun.
"We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced," Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.
"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years," Helfrich's team added in their report.
The researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person's skin was.
When skin is exposed to sunlight, notably the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich's team wrote.
Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature（过早的）skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.
The report did not discuss the mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels（血管）beneath the skin to constrict（紧缩）, reducing blood supply to the skin.
Smoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both the skin and the internal organs.
66. The best title for this passage would be_______.
A. The danger of smoking B. A survey of smokers
C. Quit smoking for health D. Smoking causes skin aging
67. how wrinkled each person's skin doesn’t relate to_______.
A. the number of cigarettes a person smokes
B. the kind and characteristics of skin
C. how long a person smokes
D. how long skin is under sunlight
68. It can be inferred from the study _______.
A. smoking won’t make skin protected from the sun age
B. smoking will do damage to skin rather than other organs
C. smokers over 65 usually won’t worry about their skin
D. the age of smokers is not connected with the result of the test
69. From the passage smoking results in skin aging mainly because_____.
A. it will lower blood supply to skin.
B. it can make you feel tired
C. it can make skin come off
D. it can make blood run faster
70. The main purpose of the passage is to ______.
A. inform people about the result of the study
B. advise people to how to protect skin
C. warn people not to smoke again.
D. introduce a new way of avoid skin aging
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