The famous orchestra, which was composed by t...

The famous orchestra, which was composed by the two young musicians , is _______ into four parts according to the folk songs .

A．picked up         B．given up          C．turned up         D．split up

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I like the music _____ he danced yesterday, which was composed by a famous musician.

A. with which　　　　　 B. against which

C. to which　　 　　 　 D. to that

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He is one of the world-famous musicians. By the time he was six, he ______ composing.

A. had begun     B. begins    C. would begin    D. was beginning

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The large orchestra was very ______ by Arturo Toscanini, who received enthusiastic applause from the audience. This was truly a concert ______.

A.well conducted；to remember B.well conducting; remembered

C.well conducted；remembering D.well conducting; remembering

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By the time he was 14, Mozart 　　　　　 many pieces of music for violin, piano and for orchestra.

A. has composed　 　 　 B. had composed

C. composes　　　　　　 D. composed

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Mozart was a famous composer _____ with Beethoven, both of whom made great achievements in the field of music.

A. familiar　　 B. popular

C. contemporary　　 D. concerned

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The guitar _____ John composed their first hit is now in a music museum.

A. by what                  B. with which                    C. on that                 D. at which

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1685 was a very good year for German composers. Within the space of a month, two of the greatest were born: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.

Handel’s father was a barber and surgeon, which sounds like a strange combination today, but back then those occupations went hand in hand. Even though Handel was very interested in music, his father didn’t think that was a good way to earn a living, so he wanted his son to be a lawyer. The story goes that Handel smuggled a quiet piano into the house so that he could practice in secret.

One day, Handel went along when his father went to shave a duke. While his father was working, Handel sat down and played the duke’s organ. The duke was so impressed that he convinced Handel’s father to let his son study music, and Handel finally got to learn how to compose.

Handel soon discovered that what he liked most was opera. In fact, he was so passionate about opera that he even fought a duel (决斗) over it with one of his friends. Since Italy was the place to learn about opera composing, Handel went off to Italy to study. When he got home, he got a job as court composer for a German prince.

Having landed such a wonderful job, Handel immediately asked his boss for time off. He wanted to go to England, where he’d heard that there weren’t nearly enough composers to satisfy the British taste for Italian opera.

After great success writing opera in London, Handel came back to Germany. Then fate played a funny trick on Handel and his boss. The Queen of England died, and it just so happened that the prince Handel worked for was next in line to the British throne ( 王位 ). When he arrived in London as King George, followed Handel, his court composer in Germany.

In addition to serving the King, Handel became one of the most successful opera composers of his time. And he also produced them and traveled all over Europe to hire the best singers. There are stories of battles with rival ( 对手 )opera producers and of fights between rival singers. Handel apparently had quite a temper.

If you ever go to London, look for Handel’s grave in Westminster Abbey, where there’s a wonderful monument to him.

66. How did Handel begin to learn to compose?

A. His father was sure of his future success.

B. His performance impressed a duke.

C. He begged his father to send him to Italy.

D. He practiced hard and taught himself music.

67. What does the underlined word “smuggled” mean in the passage?

A. bought secretly               B. took secretly

C. carried in advance          D. possessed personally

68. Why did Handel later settle down in Britain instead of Germany?

A. Because he could find better jobs in London.

B. Because he enjoyed greater fame in London.

C. Because his boss became King of Britain and brought him along.

D. Because London was a wonderful place to learn about opera.

69. Which of the following words can NOT be used to describe Handel, as

shown in the passage?

A. bad-tempered   B. talented     C. enthusiastic  D. optimistic

70. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A. Handel was born in the same year with Bach.

B. Many people worked both as a barber and surgeon.

C. Handel quit his job to learn about opera in Italy.

D. Handel was buried in London and was built a monument.

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Composer David Cope is the inventor of a computer program that writes original works of classical music. It took Cope 30 years to develop the software. Now most people can't tell the difference between music by the famous German composer J.S.Bach（1685-1750）and the Bach-like compositions from Cope's computer.

It all started in 1980 in the United States, when Cope was trying to write an opera. He was having trouble thinking of new melodies, so he wrote a computer program to create the melodies. At first this music was not easy to listen to. What did Cope do? He began to rethink how human beings compose music. He realized that composers' brains work like big databases. First, they take in all the music that they have ever heard. Then they take out the music that they dislike. Finally, they make new music from what is left. According to Cope, only the great composers are able to create the database accurately, remember it, and form new musical patterns from it.

Cope built a huge database of existing music. He began with hundreds of works by Bach. The software analyzed the data: it broke it down into smaller pieces and looked for patterns. It then combined the pieces into new patterns; Before long, the program could compose short Bach-like works. They weren't good, but it was a start.

Cope knew he had more work to do---he had a whole opera to write. He continued to improve the software. Soon it could analyze more.complex music. He also added many other composers, including his own work, to the database. A few years later, Cope's computer program, called “Emmy”, was ready to help him with his opera. The process required a lot of collaboration(合作) between the composer and Emmy. Cope listened to the computer's musical ideas and used the ones that he liked. With Emmy, the opera took only two weeks to finish. It was called Cradle Falling, and it was a great success! Cope received some of the best reviews of his career, but no one knew exactly how he had composed the work.

Since that first opera, Emmy has written thousands of compositions. Cope still gives Emmy feedback（反馈) on what he likes and doesn't like of her music, but she is doing most of the hard work of composing these days！

1.What led David Cope to invent software?

A. He had difficulties in writing an opera.

B. He dreamed of developing software.

C. He wanted to help composers.

D. He was fond of classical music.

2.What do we know about David Cope?

A. His Cradle Falling wasn’t popular.

B. He had kept on improving his software.

C. He composed Bach-like works well at the beginning.

D. He has shifted his attention to invent different software.

3.It can be learnt from the text that _______.

A. Cope’s database includes Bach’s works only.

B. Bach’s music helped Cope a lot.

C. Cope is a computer programmer.

D. Emmy did much more work than Cope in composing.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. The Invention of a Software for Creating Music

B. Ways to Create a Music Database

C. David Cope--a Music Genius

D. How to Start Creating Music

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It was dangerous for you to swim in that river. You________eaten by the fish.

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