Fall down as you come onstage. That’s an odd trick. Not recommended. But it saved the pianist Feltsman when he was a teenager back in Moscow. The experienced cellist Rostropovich tripped him purposely to ______ him of pre-performance panic. Mr. Feltsman said, “All my fright was gone. I already fell. What else could happen?”
Today, music schools are addressing the problem of ______ in classes that deal with performance techniques and career preparation. There are a variety of strategies that musicians can learn to fight stage fright and its symptoms: icy fingers, shaky limbs, racing heart, ______ mind.
Teachers and psychologists offer wide-ranging ______, from basics like learning pieces inside out, to mental discipline, ______ visualizing a performance and taking steps to relax. Don’t deny that you’re tense, they urge; some excitement is ______, even necessary for dynamic playing. And play in public often, simply for the experience.
Psychotherapist Diane Nichols suggests some strategies for the moments before ______, “Take two deep abdominal(腹部) breaths, open up your shoulders, then smile,” she says. “And not one of these ‘please don’t kill me’ smiles. Then choose three friendly faces in the ______, people you would communicate with and make music to, and make eye contact with them. “She doesn’t want performers to think of the audience as a judge.
Extreme demands by conductors or parents are often ______ stage fright, says Dorothy Delay, a well-known violin teacher. She tells other teachers to demand only what their students are able to achieve. .
When Lynn Harrell was 20, he became the principal cellist of the Cleverland Orchestra, and he suffered extreme stage fright. “There were times when I got so nervous I was sure the audience could see my chest responding to the heartbeat, which was just total ______. I came to a point where I thought, ‘If I have to go through this to play music, I think I’ m going to look for another job.’” Recovery, he said, involved developing humbleness—recognizing that whatever his talent, he was likely to make mistakes, and that an ______ concert was not a disaster.
It is not only ______ artists who suffer, of course. The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz’s nerves were famous. The great singer Franco Corelli is another example. “We had to push him on stage,” his partners recalled.
______, success can make things worse. “In the beginning of your career, when you’re scared to death, nobody knows who you are, and they don’t have any ______,” Singer June Anderson said. “There’s less to lose. Later on, when you’re known, people are coming to see you, and they have certain expectations. You have a lot to ______. ” He added, “I never stop being nervous until I’ve sung my last note.”
1.A.assure B.cure C.remind D.rob
2.A.anxiety B.adolescence C.principle D.psychology
3.A.absent B.blank C.keen D.narrow
4.A.advice B.choices C.services D.education
5.A.instead of B.along with C.such as D.with regard to
6.A.definite B.neutral C.natural D.precious
7.A.ceremony B.performance C.lecture D.rehearsal
8.A.audience B.orchestra C.staff D.choir
9.A.at the face of B.at the root of C.in favour of D.in contrast with
10.A.craze B.fault C.failure D.panic
11.A.unusual B.imperfect C.invalid D.unpopular
12.A.talented B.unknown C.young D.experienced
13.A.Actually B.Certainly C.Luckily D.Similarly
14.A.appreciation B.contribution C.expectation D.satisfaction
15.A.learn B.offer C.say D.lose
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Surprise! A New Penguin
A team of scientists in New Zealand recently came across the remains of a previously unknown species of penguin—by mistake. The discovery of the Waitaha penguin species, which has been extinct for 500 years, is exciting news for the scientific community 1. it gives new insight into how past extinction events can help shape the present environment.
The researchers uncovered the Waitaha penguin remains while studying New Zealand’s rare yellow-eyed penguin. The team wanted to investigate the effects 2. humans have had on the now endangered species. They studied centuries-old bones from 3. they thought were yellow-eyed penguins and compared them with the bones of modern yellow-eyed penguins. Surprisingly, some of the bones were older than 4. (expect). Even more shockingly, the DNA in the bones indicated that they did not belong to yellow-eyed penguins. The scientists concluded that these very old bones 5. have belonged to a previously unknown species, which they named the Waitaha penguin.
By studying the bones, scientists further concluded that the Waitaha penguin was once native 6. New Zealand. But after the settlement of humans on the island country, its population 7. (wipe) out.
Based on the ages of the bones of both penguin species, the team discovered a gap in time between the disappearance of the Waitaha and the arrival of the yellow-eyed penguin. The time gap indicates that the extinction of the Waitaha penguin created the opportunity for the yellow-eyed penguin population 8. (migrate) to New Zealand.
9. yellow-eyed penguins thrived （兴盛） in New Zealand for many years, that species now also faces extinction. The yellow-eyed penguin today is considered one of the world’s 10. (rare) species of penguin, with an estimated population of 7,000 that is now the focus of an extensive conservation effort in New Zealand.
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At the back of King's College there is a memorial stone of white marble to honor the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo. 1.（move）to the UK in 1921 , Xu Zhimo spent a year studying at King's College where he 2.（fall）in love not only with the romantic poetry of English poets like John Keats, but also with Cambridge 3.（it）.
His poem, Taking Leave of Cambridge Again, 4. is considered to be his 5.（famous）one, is now a compulsory text on Chinese literature, 6.（learn）by millions of school children across our country every year. The poem 7.（vivid）paints a portrait of King's College and the River Cam, and serves 8. a reminder of Xu Zhimo's fondness for his time in Cambridge.
While the poem had been set to music many times before the English composer John Rutter, one of the mainstream classical 9.（musician）, was invited by King's College to make the first musical setting of the text. The new piece, written and recorded in celebration of the near 100-year link between King's College 10. Xu Zhimo, has been released（发行）on a new album on the King's College Record Label.
Earlier this year, artist Malik was about to post a selfie（自拍）from the Brooklyn Bridge when he had second thoughts. He wanted to share something different with his friends and the world.
Malik thought social media（大众传播媒介）had become impersonal and he wanted to connect with people in a more meaningful way. Therefore, the Reading Project was born. He began leaving piles of his books in famous New York City locations with a card containing simple instructions put inside each one: take a book, read it and share your thoughts with the artist by email.
The piles of books themselves can be seen as works of art, and so is the process of sharing. Unlike many of the things we share today, he likes to keep the project off social media. To keep the project pure, he doesn't even turn around as he walks away once he has left a pile of hooks. When he has left them behind, he prefers emails to be the only way that he learns what happens to them. The project has now taken him — and his books — all over the world, including London where we recently caught up with him.
"I hope people pick them up and I also hope they read them and let me know. And even if they don't let me know, I just hope they read the books,'' Malik said.
He has received thousands of messages from people in more than 30 countries all over the world. For Malik, books are meaningless and lifeless if they gather dust on a shelf and are never read again. He plans to carry on with the project for some time, with a visit to Brazil next on his agenda（日程表）and then decides whether he will continue it or not.
Most of all, he loves the connection the books give him to strangers across the world, something other posts could never achieve.
1.What hit Malik when he wanted to post a selfie?
A.His selfie wouldn't become very attractive.
B.Social media made people close to each other.
C.His thoughts should be shared with more people.
D.A new way could be used to connect with the world.
2.Why does Malik prefer others to connect with him by email?
A.He wants to keep the project secret.
B.It is a quick way to know what happens.
C.He doesn't want to be bothered by social media.
D.He thinks people needn't know the process of sharing.
3.What does Malik expect people to do about his books?
A.People will share his books with social media.
B.People will pick them up and read them.
C.People will share his books with others.
D.People will help him store the books.
4.What can we infer about Malik's project from the passage?
A.It won't last long for a lack of books.
B.It was first started on the Brooklyn Bridge.
C.It has destroyed the relation among strangers.
D.It has proved to be effective to connect with others.
Thomas Dambo, an artist from Denmark, is using his sculpting（雕刻）skills to help thousands of urban birds worldwide. _______ by the belief that humans should live _______ with other species, he uses reused wood to build houses for birds wherever he goes. Over the last seven years he has made more than 3,500 birdhouses.
Dambo's birdhouses are creative and _______, combining（结合）wonderful design with reused wood and other junk materials that he _______ collects. Through his _______, he wants to show that everyone can create something beautiful from trash, and he also hopes to _______ others to waste less of the world's resources.
Dambo describes his own _______ as colorful, positive, childish, and fun. He also makes birdhouses that easily _______ city environment, so birds can feel _______ in them. Some of his past projects ________ a collection of birdhouses made from ________ skateboards. He also sculpted 600 birdhouses for a festival, and later gave them away to people after the activity, only ________ that they hang them up and send him pictures.
Dambo is working with a large Danish company on a project that uses their waste wood for large birdhouse ________ In this way, he hopes to ________ more people and just teach more people about recycling and the ________ of protecting the world. He dreams of having a big recycle plant next to his workshop someday, so people could just bring him their ________ to work with.
________ birdhouses, Dambo has built several other structures from recycled wood, but his main ________ now is creating abundant housing structures for birds. People always ________ whether birds use the houses. Dambo tells them the fact that birds will move into the houses if there are birds in the area. Dambo is so ________ about birdhouses that he's also built a large red one for himself!
1.A.Directed B.Moved C.Driven D.Attracted
2.A.peacefully B.separately C.naturally D.thankfully
3.A.strange B.unique C.alive D.perfect
4.A.immediately B.rarely C.simply D.frequently
5.A.ideas B.aims C.projects D.views
6.A.encourage B.warn C.allow D.imitate
7.A.actions B.inventions C.creations D.experiences
8.A.meet with B.fit into C.come across D.put up
9.A.delightful B.free C.warm D.safe
10.A.adopt B.prove C.include D.cover
11.A.different B.unusual C.broken D.new
12.A.requiring B.persuading C.advising D.promising
13.A.purchase B.trade C.production D.description
14.A.force B.impress C.observe D.influence
15.A.risks B.benefits C.chances D.methods
16.A.hope B.family C.trash D.clothes
17.A.As for B.Other than C.Instead of D.Apart from
18.A.enjoyment B.focus C.purpose D.source
19.A.believe B.suggest C.wonder D.guess
20.A.crazy B.curious C.certain D.serious
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1. 你以前从未去过北京，请他当向导，带你参观长城，颐和园和其它名胜古迹，购物，品尝风味小吃。
2. 想住在他家里，以便聊聊彼此的生活和学习；
3. 问候他的父母。
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