Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportancethemusicartsare50atthebottomofthelist.Toooftenmusicisviewedasmereentertainment

　　Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportancethemusicartsare 50 atthebottomofthelist.Toooftenmusicisviewedasmereentertainmentbutcertainlynotaneducationwhichshouldbefirsttakenintoaccount.Thisviewis 51 .Infactmusiceducationisbeneficialandimportantforallstudents.

　　Musictellsuswhoweare.Becausemusicisanexpressionofthebeingswhocreateitit 52 theirthinkingandvaluesaswellasthesocial 53 itcamefrom.Rockmusic 54 alifestylejustassurelyasdoesaSchubertsong.ThejazzinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintroducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefromAmericanmusical 55 .Musicexpressesourcharacterandvalues.Itgivesusidentityasasociety.

　　Musicprovidesakindoffeelingthatcannotbe 56 anyotherway. 57 canexplainhowthesunrisesandsets.Theartsexploretheemotionalmeaningofthesamephenomenon.Weneedeverypossiblewaytodiscoverand 58 toourworldforonesimplebutpowerfulreason:Noonewaycangetitall.

　　Theartsareformsofthoughtaspowerfulinwhattheycommunicateasmathematicalandscientificsymbols.Theyarewayswehumanbeing“talk”toeachother.Theyarethe 59 ofcivilizationthroughwhichweexpressourfearsourcuriositiesourhungersourdiscoveriesourhopes.Theartsarewayswegiveformtoourideasandimaginationsothattheycanbe 60 others.Whenwedonotgivechildren 61 toanimportantwayofexpressingthemselvessuchasmusicwe 62 fromthemthemeaningsthatmusicexpresses.

　　Scienceandtechnologydonottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman.The 63 do.Musicisanimportantwayweexpressthemeaningandvalueofpeaceandlove.

　　Somusiceducationisfarmore 64 thanpeopleseemtorealize.

　　50.A.embarrassedly B.doubtfully C.unavoidably D.unexpectedly

　　51.A.aggressive B.shortsighted C.reasonable D.instructive

　　52.A.reflects B.promotes C.dominates D.changes

　　53.A.position B.benefit C.standard