III. Cloze (30 points)

　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mak your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　What is music? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting 21 . It is part of every culture on Earth. People use music to 22 feeling and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.

　　Music is a performing art. It 23 form such arts as painting and poetry, in which artists 24 works and then display or publish them. Musical composers need musicians to 25 and perform their works. 26 ，most musical performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.

　　Music also play a major role in other arts. Opera 27 singing and music with drama. Ballet and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers 28 their steps. Motion pictures use music to help set the mood as well as introduce the actions or enhance its 29 on the audience.

　　Music is one of the 30 arts. People probably started to sing as soon as 31 developed. Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical 32 .By about 10,000 B. C., hollow bones had been used by 33 people to make flutes. The first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.

　　There are two chief kinds of Western music, classical and popular, Symphonies, operas, and bullets are 34 music, It is generally harder to write and perform. Musicians who perform it need a lot of training. Popular music 35 country music, folk music, jazz, and rock music. It is easier to perform and understand.

　　21. A. models B. types C. styles D. patterns

　　22. A. express B. explore C. cover D. test

　　23. A. results B. develops C. differs D. separates

　　24. A. discover B. create C. imagine D. invent

　　25. A. adapt B. interpret C. follow D. complete

　　26. A. Thus B. However C. Besides D. And

　　27. A .joins B. associates C. connects D. combines

　　28. A. with B. for C. after D. upon

　　29. A. force B. effect C. influence D. impact

　　30. A. greatest B. easiest C. oldest D. best

　　31. A. agriculture B. society C. humanity D. language

　　32. A. performers B. events C. instruments D. notes

　　33. A. previous B. old C. early D. ancient

　　34. A. light B. background C. classical D. experimental

　　35. A. accepts B. includes C. explains D. illustrates