Question

  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 a^s entertainment,but not the first choice for education. This opinion is shortsighted. In fact,music education is necessary and important for all students.

Music tells us who we are. Music reflects (反映) the creators’ thinking and values,as well as the social environment it comes from. For example,just as Mozart music represents a lifestyle,rock music (搖滾樂) represents a lifestyle too. The jazz (爵士樂) influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it comes 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 (情感的) meanings. We need every possible way to discover and respond (回應) to our world because there isn’t a way that 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 the 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 keep them away from the meanings that music expresses. Science does not tell us what it means to be a human. But music does.

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

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的表格。

Music   education is of great 51
Passage   outline	Detailed   information
Introduction	• Shortsighted opinion： Music is only a way of entertainment, not the top choice for   education. • Truth： Music education is important to all students.
Main body	A way to tell   who we are	Music not only   reflects the social environment it comes from but also expresses people’s thinking and 52 .
	A way to know   the world	We can’t   discover and respond to our world in just one way. • Science explains how nature 53 . • Music explores the emotive meanings of nature.
	A way to   communicate with   each other	• We use music to 54 our feelings, discoveries, ideas， imagination and hopes with others. • Music， 55 from science, tells us what it means to be a human.
Conclusion	Music   education is necessary.

51. 52.53. 54. 55.

Answer 1

 51. importance   52. values   53. goes   54. share   55. different