文档介绍：2013年全国各地市中考英语试卷分类解析——阅读理解
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【2013江苏常州】(共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分)
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How important is music? When they are asked this question, students and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very important. It is often considered only as entertainment, but not the first choice for education. This opinion is shortsighted (短视的). In fact, music education is necessary and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Music reflects (反映) the creators’ thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. For example, just as Mozart music represents a lifestyle, rock music (摇滚乐) represents a lifestyle, too. The jazz(爵士乐) influence that e Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came form American musical traditions.
Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different way. Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music explores the emotive(情感的) meanings. We need every possible way to discover and respond (回应) to our world because no one way can get it all.
Music is a form of thought, as powerful as science. It is a way we human beings “talk” to each other. Through the language we express our feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes so that they can be shared with others. When we do not let our children receive good music education, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses. Science does not tell us what it means to be human. Music does.[中国教育出版@^&网*%]
So music education is much more necessary than people generally realize.[来@源:中国#教育^%出版~网]
Title: Music education is of great 36
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Introduction
·Shortsighted opinion; Music is only a way of entertainment, not the top choice for education.
·Truth: Music education is important for all students.
Main Body
A way to tell who we are
Music not only reflects the social environment it came from but also expresses peop