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湖北省随州市广水市
2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编
短文填空
2023年湖北省随州市广水市中考一模英语试题
六、短文填空(本题共10分, 每小题1分)
从方框中选择适当的单词, 并用其适当的形式完成短文, 每词只能用一次, 每空一词。
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Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece which was 71 __________ on the erhu especially moved me. The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong 72 ___________and pain. The piece had a simple name, Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring), but it was one of the most moving 73_______ of music that I’ve ever heard. The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it as I listened. Later I looked up the history of Erquan Yingyue, and I began to understand the sadness in the music.
The music was written by Abing, a folk musician who was bom in the city of Wuxi in 1893. His mother died when he was very young. Abing5s father taught him to play many musical 74__________, such as the drums, dizi and erhu, and by age 17, Abing was known for his musical ability. However, after his father died. Abing's life grew 75_________. He was very poor. Not only that, he developed a serious illness and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money. Even after Abing got married and had a home again, he continued to sing and play on the streets. He 76_________ in this way for many years.
Abing's amazing musical skills made him very popular during his lifetime. By the end of his life, he could play over 600 pieces of music. Many of these were written by Abing himself It is a 77 ________ that only six pieces of music in 78_______ were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continues to this day. Today, Abing's Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and 79_________. It has become one of China's national treasures. Its sad beauty not only paints a picture of Abing's own life but also makes people recall thei