Gong Linna, renowned Chinese musician and founder of Chinese New Art Music, put her music teaching methods to practice for the first time at the Tracing Roots practice concert and music festival of the Affiliated High School of Peking University on May 23.
The first song of the concert, Search High and Low, is an allusion （暗指）to the classical poem Li Sao, "The road ahead will be long. I shall search high and low." "It's arranged to be sung by all performers, indicating that we should all search high and low for our roots," Gong says.
To explore the education and the popularization of Chinese music, in 2017, Gong established a research and development team, which includes ethnomusicologist, Du Yaxiong, and music historian, Zhao Zhongming, to deliberate her music teaching methods and summarize the vocal skills of Chinese music.
Gong believed that the popularization of Chinese music should rely on primary and secondary schools rather than music academies. The children's passion for music and their outstanding performance amazed Gong, "When singing, they are completely immersed in the music. Music brings light and richness to one's spiritual world. So, learning to sing is never about passing examinations, but about enjoying the music."
Lu Yueming, instructor of the school's art center, said, "The children worked really hard and kept in mind Gong's instructions. Seeing their performance, I know that they truly fell in love with traditional Chinese music."
"Seeing the children perform my pieces, I realized I should write more songs for them," Lao Luo, Gong's husband said proudly. “It's a great encouragement for me to see how much they like the songs, and they really need content related to Chinese culture.” With an international vision, Gong will continue to write songs based on Chinese folk music or ancient poems.
Gong said children should learn about the beauty of Chinese music. Only when you know about your own sounds, can you have cultural confidence.
1.Why is the song Search High and Low arranged at the concert?
A.Because Gong is a renowned Chinese musician.
B.Because people are expected to search their roots.
C.Because Gong's music teaching method is practical.
D.Because Gong wants to deliberate her music teaching method.
2.What should the popularization of Chinese music depend on according to Gong?
A.Music academies. B.The support of the government.
C.Primary and secondary schools. D.Famous musicians across the country.
3.What is Gong's future plan in music?
A.She will train more children to study abroad.
B.She will perform more concerts to promote Chinese music.
C.She will help children learn about the beauty of various types of music.
D.She will write more songs based on Chinese folk music or ancient poems.
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.Creating Music Helps Cultural Confidence
B.Gong Linna — My Dramatist
C.Music Education Gets New Voice
D.Chinese Music: Development, Instruments
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假定你是李华。David是你的美国笔友。他对中国鼓励使用环保购物袋很感兴趣，来信向你询问此事。请你给他写封回信，主要内容如下：
1. 感谢他的关注；2. 简要介绍相关情况；3. 谈谈你的感想。
参考词汇：环保购物袋 environment-friendly shopping bag
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文:文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏词符号(^ ), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线（\)划掉。
修改: 在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
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Yours,
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students, 1. (struggle) with their heavy instrument cases, and turning up at school for practice hours 2. anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to avoid music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
However, one day, in the music class that was part of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly on 3. piano and found it easy to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually enjoyed doing it. He tried to hide his obvious pleasure from the music teacher, 4. had wandered over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, because the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good ear and suggested that Gabriel 5. (go) into the music storeroom to see if any of the 6. (instrument) there appealed to him. There he decided to give the cello a chance. When he began practicing, he took it very casually. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and 7. (commit) to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing 8. (reason) well.
This meant, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, dragging his heavy instrument case 9. the campus to the music room to the pitying looks of the non-musicians he 10. (leave) behind.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we____realize that those challenges are the very things that____us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with____.
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two____. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing____the challenge isn’ t worth the____and call it quits. Although there are certainly____when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most____all that is needed is____and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how____or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to____it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a____for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong.____you can say to a friend, “ I got my feeling hurt,”____“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for____they are: small hurdles you need to jump or____on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is____to get over, and hurt only____to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it____to everyone, and some day you will____all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”
1.A.seem to B.come to C.hope to D.try to
2.A.design B.promote C.direct D.shape
3.A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.difficulty
4.A.opportunities B.expectations C.choices D.aspects
5.A.demanding B.deserving C.predicting D.presenting
6.A.comment B.loss C.trouble D.expense
7.A.spans B.times C.dates D.ages
8.A.cases B.fields C.parts D.occasions
9.A.assessment B.commitment C.encouragement D.adjustment
10.A.doubtful B.shameful C.harmful D.painful
11.A.keep B.control C.face D.catch
12.A.space B.plan C.topic D.room
13.A.If B.As C.While D.Unless
14.A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else
15.A.what B.who C.where D.which
16.A.pass by B.come across C.get through D.run over
17.A.unnecessary B.necessary C.impossible D.possible
18.A.serves B.means C.aims D.attempts
19.A.opens B.appeals C.goes D.happens
20.A.look down on B.look back on C.look forward to D.look up to
