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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转眼新的一年已经来到。在过去的一年中，帮助和关心你的人很多，但此时此刻你最想感谢的人是谁？请你根据提示写一篇英语短文，内容包括：
1. 你所感谢的对象；
2. 感谢他（她）的原因；
3. 你想对他（她）说的话。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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In the latest beauty craze (狂热) 1. (sweep) social media in China, women and even some men are boasting (自夸) that they are paper thin, by posting photographs of their waists behind a piece of A4 paper. To qualify, the waist must 2. (hide) by the paper entirely. A piece of A4 paper is 8.3 by 11.7 inches, roughly 3. size of a sheet of American letter paper.
With the A4 waist, the trend is attracting hundreds of photographs and thousands of comments on Weibo and other social media networks like WeChat. Being 4. (normally) thin is a widespread standard of beauty for women, 5. has been criticized as an unhealthy ideal of female attractiveness.
Several commentators have found the A4 trend 6. (disturb). In a telephone interview, an expert said, “I find 7. completely stupid. Using a single size 8. (define) all human beings then thinking you have created new standards 9. (be) foolish.” The A4 waist challenge 10. (annoy) him, saying that it allows certain people to gain bragging (吹嘘的) rights, while leaving others in depression.
I was three months pregnant with twin boys when my husband and I learned that one of them had a fatal birth defect (缺陷). His skull and brain were not ______ properly. Babies with this ______ typically die within minutes, hours or days of being born.
This news was devastating (毁灭性的), and also ______. I wondered, was it something I ate, was it something I ______, was it something I did? But then, ______ it was, why was one of them healthy? So I was ______ with a lot of questions that would never have answers.
Six months later, the twins were born, and they were both born ______. Thomas lived for six days. Callum was healthy. We had decided to ______ Thomas's organs to science. While his death was inevitable, we thought maybe it could be ______.
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18.A.repeated B.concluded C.expanded D.processed
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20.A.found B.set C.confirmed D.proved
