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完形填空    Arts often lie at the bottom when students and parents are asked to rate subjects learned in school according to their importance. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not1 Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an2priority (最重要的事). This view is shortsighted.3music education is 4and important for all students.    Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of human beings who 5 it, it reflects their thinking and values,6 the social environment it came from. Rock music shows a7just as surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their 8 is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and9It gives us identity as a society.    Music provides a kind of emotive perception (感知) that can10 be shown in any other way. Science can just explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts11explore emotive meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and 12 to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.    In exploration of the world, the arts are as13 as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the 14 of civilization through which we15 our fears, our curiosity, our hunger, our discoveries and our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be 16with others. When we do not give children access (机会) to an important way of expressing themselves such as music,17they miss an effective way to express themselves.    Science and technology do not tell us what it 18to be human. The arts do. Through music, we express and 19human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.    So music education is far more necessary than people to20 （1） A . creative B . interesting C . important D . unique （2） A . education B . environment C . economy D . emotion （3） A . After all B . In fact C . For sure D . In general （4） A . boring B . disappointing C . necessary D . amusing （5） A . believe B . enjoy C . create D . discover （6） A . as long as B . as well as C . as far as D . as much as （7） A . hobby B . dream C . lifestyle D . hope （8） A . compositions B . life C . habits D . research （9） A . ages B . colors C . interests D . values （10） A . still B . also C . always D . never （11） A . anyhow B . however C . otherwise D . therefore （12） A . answer B . lead C . react D . get （13） A . simple B . strange C . difficult D . powerful （14） A . history B . language C . experiment D . result （15） A . express B . avoid C . develop D . hide （16） A . talked B . lived C . shared D . debated （17） A . in other words B . on one hand C . above all D . as a result （18） A . builds B . proves C . means D . leaves （19） A . experience B . desert C . escape D . strengthen （20） A . value B . realize C . express D . remember 答案：（1）C；（2）A；（3）B；（4）C；（5）C；（6）B；（7）C；（8）A；（9）D；（10）D；（11）B；（12）C；（13）D；（14）B；（15）A；（16）C；（17）D；（18）C；（19）A；（20）B；

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