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.