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    Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit．Write your answers on your answer sheet.
    Richard Wagner was a German musician who lived in the mid-19th century．He gained fame by writing opera, a form of performance combining singing, music on instruments, and drama.
    Wagner’s life and work have been very controversial(有争议的)．While he wrote excellent music, many people think his operas are too dark and serious, lacking tile fun common in operas written before his time.
    Wagner, on the other hand, thought the opera of his time was too simple．He wanted to make opera a serious form of art that combined drama and music to tell deep stories that would have a strong effect on the audience.
    Some people thought Wagner’s new kind of music was too different from the operas they were used to hearing．Wagner agreed with them．In fact, he didn’t call his works “operas” at all, using instead a German word that means “Musical Festival” or “Musical play”.
    While many people today still do not like Wagner’s operas, they cannot deny that Wagner had a lot of influence on opera as a form of art．Wagner invented the tradition of turning off the lights before starting a play．He also was the first person to make the whole audience sit down for an entire play．Today, almost all operas are performed in this manner.
    Wagner as a man was even more controversial than Wagner as a writer of music．He hated Jewish people, slept with his friends’ wives, and made many people angry, which we would today think of as evil．Some would say he was a good musician, while others would say that he was a bad musician．But it would be difficult to say he was not an important person in music and in the world.
    81．What is the best word that describes Wagner? (no more than one word)
    82．What does the underlined word “deep” in Para．3 mean? (no more than 3 words)
    83．Why does the author say “Wagner as a man was even more controversial”? (no more than 15 words)
    84．List two things that showed Wagner had a lot of influence on opera? (no more than 30 words)

    81．Controversial．
    82．Thought-provoking.
    83．Because he hated Jewish people, slept with his friends’ wives, and made many people angry.
    84．Wagner had a lot of influence on opera as a form of art．He was the first person to make the whole audience sit down for an entire play.
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