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【题目】How important is music? When they are asked this question, students and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very important. It is often considered only as entertainment, but not the first choice for education. This opinion is short-sighted. In fact, music education is necessary and important for all students.

Music tells us who we are. Music reflects the creators' thoughts and values, as well as the social environment it came from. For example, just as Mozart's music represents a lifestyle, rock music represents a lifestyle, too. The influence of jazz, which George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music, is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions.

Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different way. Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music explores the emotive meanings. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world because no one way can get it all.

Music is a form of thought, as powerful as science. It is a way we human beings "talk" to each other. Through this "language" we express our feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes so that they can be shared with others. When we do not let our children receive good music education, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses. Science does not tell us what it means to be human. Music does.

So music education is much more important than people generally realize.

Title: Music education is of great 【1】

Passage outline	Detailed information
Introduction	Short-sighted opinion: Music is only a way of entertainment, not the top choice for education. Truth: Music education is necessary and important for all students.
Main body	A way to tell who we are: Music not only reflects the social environment it came from but also expresses people's thoughts and 【2】
	A way to know the world: We can't discover and respond to our world in just one way. Science explains how nature 【3】 Music explores the emotive meanings of nature.
	A way to communicate with others: We use music to 【4】 our feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes. Music, 【5】 from science, tells us what it means to be human.
Conclusion	Music education is very important.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】importance/value

【2】values

【3】works

【4】express

【5】different

【解析】试题分析：这是一篇议论文，作者从三个方面论述了音乐（教育）的重要性：一是音乐告诉我们我们是谁；二是音乐提供了一种以不同的方式了解世界的能力；三是音乐是一种思维形式，和科学一样强大。最后得出结论，音乐教育比人们普遍意识到的要重要得多。

【1】题意：音乐教育是 。考查综合理解题。根据短文内容，作者从三个方面论述了音乐（教育）的重要性，结合最后的结论So music education is much more important than people generally realize.，可知填importance/value。

【2】题意：音乐不仅反映了它所产生的社会环境，也表达了人们的思想和 。考查细节理解题。根据短文第二段第2句Music reflects the creators' thoughts and values, as well as the social environment it came from.，可知填values。

【3】题意：科学解释自然是如何 。考查词义理解题。根据第三段第2句Science explains how the sun rises and sets.，可知填works。

【4】题意：我们用音乐来______我们的感情，我们的发现，我们的思想，我们的想像和希望。考查细节理解题。根据第四段第3句Through this "language" we express our feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes so that they can be shared with others.，可知填express。

【5】题意：音乐， 科学，它告诉我们做人意味着什么。考查细节理解题。根据第四段最后两句Science does not tell us what it means to be human. Music does.，可知音乐和科学是不同的，故填different。