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　　Music forms an important part of many cultural and social activities. People use music to 1 feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.

　　Music is a performing 2 . It differs from such arts as painting and poetry, in which artists create works and then display or publish them. Music composers need musicians to explain the meaning of their 3 and perform it. So musical performances are partnerships between composers and 4 .

　　Music is one of the oldest arts. People 5 started to sing as soon as language 6 Hunting tools struck 7 may have been the first musical instruments. By about 10000 BC, people had 8 how to make flutes （长笛） out of hollow（空的） bones. Many ancient people, 9 the Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians, and the people of India, used 10 in court and religious ceremonies （宫廷与宗教庆典）. The first written music dates from about 2500 BC.

　　Classical music, also called art music, is composed according to certain

11 and performed by musicians from 12 music. It includes symphonies （交响乐） and music for opera and ballet. Classical composers have written 13 styles of music during different periods of history.

　　 14 music includes many kinds of music, such as 15 music, jazz, rock music, and music from films. Popular music is generally much

16 than classical music.

　　 17 music is made up of the old 18 of a people. Most folk songs begin in distant areas. One person makes up a song, and other people

19 it and learn to sing it. Some folk songs have been passed on in this way for hundreds of years. Many 20 of classical music have used folk music in their works.

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 　　1 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe　　　 ___2　 .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been 　3　 for many years—often from 　4　 childhood. These stories may have no 　5　 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations　 6　 my development? I was never 　7　 to work on cars or be around　 8　 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,　 9　 , I was at California University, working on my doctors degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I　 10　 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the　 11　 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 　12 and told him about my 　13　 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “　 14　 is it that you can solve 　 15　 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 　16　 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 　17　 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been　 18　 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 　19　 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 　20　 we choose.

1. A. away 　　　　　 B. off 　　　　　　　 C. up 　　　　　　　　　 D. down

2. A. them 　　　　 B. myself 　　　　　 C. yourself 　　　　 D. others

3. A. said 　　　　　 B. spoken 　　　　　 C. spread 　　　　　 D. repeated

4. A. as long as 　 B. as far back as 　 C. as well as 　　　 D. as much as

5. A. basis 　　　　 B. plot 　　　　　　　 C. cause 　　　　　　　　　　 D. meaning

6. A. lead 　　　　　 B. improve　　　　　　 C. affect 　　　　　 D. change

7. A. encouraged B. demanded 　　 C. hoped 　　　　　 D. agreed

8. A. means 　　　 B. tools 　　　　　　 C. facilities 　　　　 D. hammers

9. A. therefore 　 B. somehow 　　　 C. instead 　　　　　 D. however

10. A. settled 　　 B. turned 　　　　　 C. took 　　　　　　　　　　 D. got

11. A. passive 　　　 B. active 　　　　　 C. negative 　　　　　 D. subjective

12. A. experiences 　　　 B. trips 　　　　　　　　　　 C. roads 　　　　　　 D. paths

13. A. unexpected B. poor 　　　　　　 C. excellent 　　　 D. average

14. A. When 　　　 B. What 　　　　　　 C. How 　　　　　　　 D. Why

15. A. complex 　 B. advanced　　　　　 C. common 　　　　 D. primary

16. A. arise 　　　　 B. separate　　　　　　 C. suffer 　　　　　 D. come

17. A. believe 　　 B. suspect 　　　　 C. adopt 　　　　　　 D. receive

18. A. weakening B. strengthening 　 C. abandoning 　 D. accepting

19. A. As a result 　　　 B. At the same time C. In addition 　　 D. On the contrary

20. A. anything 　　 B. something 　　 C. nothing 　　　　 D. all

Waiting with her mother at the check-out stand，a little girl saw a circle of white pearls in a box.“Oh，please，Mommy.Can I have them？”The mother __1__the back of the box.“A dollar ninety-five.If you really want them，I'll __2__some extra chores (杂活)for you and soon you can save enough money to buy them for __3__.”

After she got home，Jenny did __4__her share of chores，and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.She wore it everywhere—school，park，__5__ to bed.The only time she took it __6__ was when she had a bath.

Jenny had a very __7__ daddy and every night when she was ready for bed，he __8__ stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a fairy tale.One night when he finished the __9__，he asked Jenny，“Could you give me your __10__，darling？”“Oh，no，please，Daddy.But you can have my toy horse __11__.”Dad kissed her and said good night.About a week later，__12__ the story time，Daddy asked for pearls again.“Oh Daddy，you can have my babydoll，”was Jenny's reply.And __13__，Daddy kissed her good night.

A few nights later when Daddy came in，he __14__ Jenny was trembling on the bed，crying.She said __15__ but lifted her little hand up to Daddy.And，when she __16__ it，there was her pearl necklace.“It's for you，Daddy，”she said.Tears in eyes，Daddy reached out with one hand to __17__ the necklace，and with the other hand he pulled out from his pocket a blue case with a __18__ of beautiful genuine(真正的)pearls.He had had them all the time.He was just waiting for her to give up the false stuff(东西) __19__ he could give her genuine treasure.

In our life，how many false things are we holding on to that __20__ us from receiving God 's genuine treasures?

1．A.found B．turned

2．A.smooth away 　 B．think of

C．take over 　　 D．cut down

3．A.ourselves 　 B．yourself

C．themselves 　 D．myself

4．A.so much as　 　　 B．no more than

C．more than 　　 D．less than

5．A.hardly 　　　 B．still

C．almost 　 D．even

6．A.in　 　　 B．up　

C．away 　 D．off

7．A.humorous B．loving

8．A.would 　　　 B．might

C．could 　 D．should

9．A.housework 　　　 B．work

C．bath 　　 D．story

10．A.kiss B．greetings

C．pearls 　 D．toy

11．A.instead 　　 B．also

C．probably 　　　 D．actually

12．A.after B．during

C．before 　 D．until

13．A.surprisingly enough B．once again

C．in return 　　　 D．as usual

14．A.remembered 　 B．noticed

C．realized D．expected

15．A.something 　　　 B．all

C．nothing D．much

16．A.opened 　 B．closed

C．removed 　　　 D．showed

17．A.reject 　　　 B．touch

C．take 　　 D．put

18．A.pile 　 B．piece

C．circle 　 D．set

19．A.until B．so that

C．in case D．though

20．A.stop B．protect

C．save 　　 D．get