Self Check

　　Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。

　　1．The family lost two sons in that war(战争)．

　　2．The music sounds so smooth(悦耳的)，which makes us feel relaxed.

　　3．In my spare(空余的) time，I often go to the cinema with my sister.

　　4．E－mail is short for electronic(电子的) mail.

　　5．Andy is the pride of his family. He has never let his parents down(沮丧)．

　　Ⅱ.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。

　　Australia，direct，prefer，suppose，dialog

　　6．When I was young，I preferred Hong Kong movies to Hollywood ones.

　　7．The writer is not good at writing dialogs．

　　8．James Cameron's Titanic made him a top director.

　　9．Who do you suppose will win the award for Best Actor next year?

　　10．The man speaks Australia English. It is a bit hard to understand what he says.

　　Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。

　　11．一共有20位歌手在慈善演出上表演。

　　Twenty singersin total performed at the charity show.

　　12．阿炳生活贫苦，所以他对人生和音乐有更深的感触。

　　Abing lived a hard and poor life.For this reason，he had a deeper understanding of life and music.

　　13．这首歌反映了生活，直触人的心灵。

　　The song reflects life and touches the hearts of people.

　　14．朴树是一个对中国校园民谣影响很大的歌手。

　　Pu Shu is a singer who/that has greatly influenced Chinese campus folk.

　　15．这是我所听过的最动人的音乐。

　　This is the most moving music．

　　Ⅳ.完形填空。

　　How important is music? When they are asked this question，students and parents usually answer that music is nice，__16__ not very important.It is often only __17__ to be entertainment，but not the first choice for education.This __18__ is wrong.__19__，music education is necessary for all students.

　　Music tells us __20__ we are.Music __21__ the musicians' thoughts and ideas，and the social environment they came from.For example，just as Mozart's music represents(代表) a lifestyle，rock music __22__ represents a lifestyle. George Gershwin's music is another __23__．He introduced jazz style into his music.

　　Music __24__ a kind of ability to know the world in a different way.Science __25__ how the sun rises and sets.Music explores(探索) emotional(情绪的) meanings.People need every __26__ way to learn our world.

　　Music __27__ people's thoughts.We can "talk" to each other in this amazing way.__28__ the language we express our feelings，discoveries，ideas and hopes so that they can be __29__ with others.When we do not let our children receive good music education，we take __30__ away from the meanings that music expresses.So music education is much more necessary than people usually think.

　　(C)16.A.and B．so

　　C．but D．though

(A)17.A.considered B．divided