填空题

A: Spot Dictation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.
To the majority of us, music is an indispensable part of our daily life. It can be defined in this way, music is sound arranged into (1) patterns. It forms an important part of many cultural and (2) . People use music to express feelings and ideas. Music also serves to (3) when we are exhausted.
Music is a performing art. It differs from such arts as (4) , in which artists creates works and then display or publish them. (5) need musicians to interpret and perform their work, just as playwrights need actors to (6) . Thus, most musical performances are really (7) between composers and performers.
Music also plays (8) in other arts. Opera combines singing and orchestra music with drama. Ballet and (9) need music to help the dancers with their steps. Motion pictures and (10) use music to help set the mood and emphasize the action. Also, composers have (11) to music.
Music is one of the oldest arts. People probably started to sing (12) . Hunting tools struck together may have been the first (13) . By about 10,000 B.C, people had discovered how to make flutes out of hollow bones. (14) , including the Chinese, Egyptians used music in court and (15) . The first written music in the history can be dated back to 2500 B.C.
Today, music (16) around the world. The music of people in Europe and the (17) is known as Western music. There are two kinds of Western music, (18) . Classical music includes symphonies, operas and ballets. Popular music includes (19) , folk music, jazz, and rock music. The cultures of Africa and Asia have (20) of classical and popular music.