[简答题]People listen to music for different reasons and at different times.Why is music important to many people Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.

[简答题]Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life. It might be poetic, philosophical, sensual, or mathematical, but in any case it must, in my view, have something to do with the soul of the human being. Hence it is metaphysical; but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical: sound. I believe it is precisely this permanent coexistence of metaphysical message through physical means that is the strength of music.46) It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself. Beethoven’s importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity. The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected, as in the la

[填空题]People listen to news on it.

[填空题] (36) devices are changing the way people listen to music, but studies show the devices may be (37) hearing loss in many people. Some experts say people may be (38) them too loud and for too long.
A study (39) three hundred high school students and one thousand adults. They were asked about their use of (40) . music devices.
Forty percent of students and adults said they set the sound levels, or volume, at high. Students were two times more likely to play the music at a very loud volume. More than half of the students said they would (41) not limit their listening time, and about a third said they were not likely to reduce the volume.
The study found that more than half of the students and less than forty percent of the adults had at least one kind of heating loss. Some (42) difficulty heating parts of a (43) between two people. (44) . Hearing loss may not be apparent fo

[填空题] You will hear five different business people talking about cultural differences in doing business in different countries. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the dos described from the list A—H. For Task Two, choose the don’’ts described from the list A—H. You will hear the recording twice.