Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Music is in the corners of everyday life. It is said to be beneficial to us both 1.(physical) and mentally.

There are many ways to make music. For example, if you blow into bamboos or shells, 2.(permit) air to come in, they can produce pleasant music. A recent discovery suggests that music was played much earlier than we think. In 1995, deep in 3. cave in Slovenia 4. was occupied 45,000 years ago by Neanderthals, a leg bone of a bear with four finger holes was found. The discovery suggested that flutes（笛子）had come into 5. (exist) at that time. Later, many other 6.(tradition) musical instruments like drums were dug out from underground. Ancient people even 7.(seek) a way to make music out of a bow that 8.(intend) for hunting, so we have to admit that they did have a great gift 9. music. But if exactly dated, the Neanderthal flute is by far the 10.(early) known example of music.

Now music can be found in every known culture, and even the most distant groups have a certain form of music.

Answer

1.physically

2.permitting

3.a

4.that/which

5.existence

6.traditional

7.sought

8.was intended

9.for

10.earliest

【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了音乐的出现和一些人类早期的乐器。

1.考查副词。和and 后的mentally并列也用副词，指身体上和精神上，故填physically。

2.考查非谓语动词。句中permit的主语和从句主语都是you，此处作状语用动词-ing形式，故填permitting。

3.考查冠词。句中cave是可数名词，此处指在Slovenia的一个山洞里，故填a。

4.考查关系代词。句中包含定语从句，先行词是cave指物，在定语从句中做主语，用关系代词that/which引导，故填that/which。

5.考查固定词组。表示“开始存在”用come into existence，用名词形式。故填existence。

6.考查形容词。此处修饰musical instruments用形容词，指传统的乐器，故填traditional。

7.考查动词时态。根据主语Ancient people可知，是古代人寻找做音乐的方式，表示过去发生的事用一般过去时，故填sought。

8.考查时态语态。此处指弓是被打算用来打猎的，表示“打算为…所用”是be intended for，表示被动，与上下文时态一致用过去时，故填was intended。

9.考查介词。“有……的天赋”是have a great gift for…，是固定搭配。故填for。

10.考查形容词最高级。此处指“如果确切地说，Neanderthal长笛是迄今为止已知的最早的音乐例子”。表示最高级的意思，故填earliest。