二. 完形填空(15分)

阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

How important is music? Students, teachers and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very    16   . It is often only thought to be entertainment (娱乐的), but not the    17    choice for education. This opinion is wrong. In fact, music education is necessary for    18    students.

Music tells us who we are. Music    19    the musicians’ thinking and values, and the social environment it was    20    in. For example, just as Mozart music represents (代表) a lifestyle, rock music    21    represents a lifestyle. George Gershwin’s music is another    22   .

He introduced jazz influence into his music. The influence was of course part of American lifestyle and culture    23    it came from American musical traditions.

Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different    24   . Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music works to explore (探索) emotive (情绪的) meanings. All people in the world    25    every possible way to learn about our world.

Music is a form of thought. We can “   26   ” to each other in this amazing way.    27    the language we express our feelings, discoveries, ideas and hopes. All of these can be    28    with others. When we do not let our children    29    good music education, we take    30

away from the meanings that music expresses. So music education is much more necessary than people generally think.

(   )16. A. interesting    B. exciting      C. important     D. boring

(   )17. A. last   B. third     C. first       D. only

(   )18. A. some      B. any       C. few      D. all

(   )19. A. reflects    B. w rites      C. sounds   D. thinks

(   )20. A. born        B. played      C. sung      D. showed