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1、阅读理解(外研版)八上：1.P36ViennaisabeautifuloldcityontheriverDanube.It’sthecapitalcityofAustriaandthecentreofEuropeanclassicalmusic.From1750alotofcomposersandmusicianscametostudyandworkinVienna.ThemostfamousfamilyofmusicianswastheStraussfamily.ThereweretwocomposerscalledJohannStrauss:afatherandason.Thefathe

2、r,JohannStrausstheelder,wroteandplayedmusicforaclassicaldance—awaltz.HiswaltzesmadehimfamousalloverEurope.Theson,JohannStrausstheyounger,wasevenmoresuccessfulandpopularthanhisfather.Hewrotemorethan400waltzesandhismostfamousonewasTheBlueDanube.Hewroteitin1867.StraussandMozartweretwoofthemostimportan

3、tcomposers.MozartwasborninAustriain1756.beforehewassixheplayednotonlythepiano,butalsotheviolinandtheorgan.HisfamilytookhimaroundEuropeandhegaveconcertsinmanycities.Hewrotehisfirstoperaattheageof12andhundredsofbeautifulpiecesofmusicfortheclassicalorchestra.Buthediedin1791whenhewasonly35.Somepeoplesa

4、yhewasthegreatestEuropeancomposer.Readthepassageandchoosethecorrectwordtocompletethesentences.1.BeforeMozartwassixhe_____theviolin,thepianoandtheorgan.a)madeb)boughtc)drewd)played2.Hewrotehisfirst_____attheageof12.a)operab)storyc)bookd)report3.Healsowrote_____ofbeautifulpiecesofmusicfortheorchestra

5、.a)hundredb)hundredsc)ahundredd)sixhundred4.SomepeoplesayMozartwasthegreatestEuropean_____.a)violinistsb)composerc)singerd)pianist5.TheStraussfamilywasthe_____familyofmusiciansinVienna.a)bestb)strongerc)mostfamousd)biggest2.P130Readthepassageandchoosethecorrectanswers.Vanessa-MaeTheyoungviolinistVa

6、nessa-Maewasthefirstmusiciantousetechno,danceandrockmusicintraditionalclassicalmusic.Vanessa-Maelovedpopmusic,andshewasalsoaverygoodclassicalviolinist,andshebroughtthetwokindsofmusictogether.Vanessa-MaewasborninSingaporeonOctober27,1978.ShemovedtoLondonwithherfamilywhenshewasfour.Ayearlater,shestar

7、tedtolearntheviolin.Whenshewaseight,shewenttoBeijingtostudyviolin.Whenshewasten,sheplayedwithaveryfamousgroupofclassicalmusicians.ButVanessa-Maedoesn’tonlyplaytheviolin.Shelearntthepianobeforeshestartedtopl