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Section B (2a — 2d)
Unit 9
I like music that I can dance to.
1
Do you know the name of the music?
What is the name of the musical instrument?
Guess
Moon Reflected on Second Spring
How do you feel when listening the piece?
sense a strong sadness and pain
moving, moved
sad but strangely beautiful
It's Chinese folk music _________(name) Moon Reflected on Second Spring, which is played on the erhu. It's one of the ______ moving pieces of music that I have heard. The music is __________(strange) beautiful, but under the beauty I sense a strong ___________(sad) and pain. I almost cried along with it as I listened for the _______ (one) time.
The music reflects the writer's feeling.
named
most
strangely
sadness
first
I looked up the history, the strangely beautiful music was __________(write) by a folk musician who is called Abing. He lived a hard life. His mother died, his father taught him to play many musical instruments. He was very talented in playing them. By age 17, he was known for _________(music) ability. After his father's ________(die), his life grew ________ (bad). He developed a serious illness and got blind.
written
musical
death
worse
For several years, he was homeless and lived on the streets, he played music to make a living. After getting married, he performed ____ this way for many years.
Q1. How did he make money for a living?
in
His musical skills made _____(he) popular during his lifetime. B______ the end of his life, he could play 600 pieces. It's a pity that only 6 pieces i_____ total were recorded for the future world to hear. Its sad beauty not only paints a picture of Abing's own life but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from sad or _________(pain) experiences.
Only ____ pieces of music can be heard now.
By
him
6
in
painful
Which musician does the reading passage mainly talk about?
What is the name of his most famous piece of music?
How does the writer feel about this piece of music?
2b Read and answer the questions.
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