TheWaltz“Thisindecent(不文雅的)foreigndancewasintroducedattheEnglishcourtonFriday…WetrustitwillneveragainbetoleratedinanymoralEnglishsociety.”(TheTimes1816)Thewaltzwasthe

　　TheWaltz

　　“Thisindecent(不文雅的)foreigndancewasintroducedattheEnglishcourtonFriday…WetrustitwillneveragainbetoleratedinanymoralEnglishsociety.”(TheTimes1816)

　　ThewaltzwasthefirstcourtdancesinceShakespeare’stimewherethecouplewereallowedtospinroundholdingeachotherveryclosely.Thefactthatitwaslabeled“immoral”oreven“obscene(下流的)”nodoubthelpedtomakepeoplethinkitwasrathershockingfun.

　　ThewaltzoriginatedinGermanyfromtheenergeticfolk-dancesofthecountrypeople.Bythemid-18thcenturythesmarttownpeopleweretryingitandverysoonithadspreadthroughouttherestofEuropealthoughpartsofGermanyandSwitzerlandbanneditcompletely!InViennathewaltzbecameveryfastwiththecouplesracingeachothersevenoreighttimesroundtheballroomflooruntiltheywereinastateofcollapse.Sothepolicedecidedtoforbidtheextremeformsofthedanceasitwascreatingapublicdisturbance.

　　HoweveritwasalsoinViennathatLannerandStraussmadetheirfortunesasbandleadersandcomposers.Strauss'sonJohnStraussestablishedhimselfasthe“waltzking”inVienna.Chopincomplainedthatclassicalmusicwasbeingignoredinfavorofthewaltz.HealsocomplainedthatpiecesbyMozartandBeethovenwerebeing“waltzified”topleasethepublictaste.Butthisdidnotloweritspopularitywhichstillcontinueseventoday.

　　1.Themusicofwaltzwasfirstlyplayedin_______.

　　A.EnglandB.GermanyC.SwitzerlandD.Vienna

　　2.WhydidthepolicedecidetoforbidtheextremedanceofwaltzinVienna?

　　A.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancerswereholdingeachotherveryclosely.

　　B.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancerswerespendingtoomuchtimeindancing.

　　C.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancersofwaltzwerecreatingtroubleinthepublic.

　　D.Becausethepolicethoughtthedancersofwaltzwerealwaysinastateofbeingwornout.

　　3.AlthoughthewaltzwaswellpopularwithmostpeopleyetChopincomplained_______.

　　A.theclassicalmusicbyMozartandBeethovenwerebeingwaltzifiedandlookeddownuponsoastopleasethepublictate.

　　B.StraussJohannjuniormadehimselfasthe“waltzking”

　　C.thewaltzwasspr