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Module 3 Music Ⅰ.阅读理解A 词数 260 难度系数 建议用时 7′ (2011·河西区检测)Isaac Stern was more than a great violin player.He was one of the most honored musicians in the world，an international cultural ambassador.And he was also a teacher and activist.For more than sixty years，Mr.Stern performed excellent music.He performed in concerts around the world and on recordings. Isaac Stern was born in 1920 in Ukraine.His parents moved to California the following year.He began taking violin lessons after hearing a friend play the instrument.Later，he began studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory(旧金山音乐学院)．He progressed quickly.When he was sixteen，he played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.The next year，he performed in New York and was praised by music critics. Isaac Stern became one of the busiest musicians of his day.He played more than one hundred concerts a year.He also became one of the most recorded musicians in history.Isaac Stern also supported artistic development and freedom. In 1979，Isaac Stern visited China.He met with Chinese musicians and students.He taught them about classical Western music.His visit was made into a film.It is called From Mao to Mozart：Isaac Stern in China.It won an Academy Award for best documentary film. In 1984，Isaac Stern received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for his gifts to American culture through music.He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life.He said music is an important part of a civilized life.He said people need music as much as they need bread. Isaac Stern died in 2001 at the age of eighty-one.He was a major influence on music in the twentieth century.He leaves the world richer with his many recordings. 一、新新单词 ambassador/?mb?s?d?/ n．大使 instrument/Instr?m?nt/ n．器具，仪器 critic/krItIk/ n．评论家；评论员 二、常用短语 play a part in在……中发挥作用 be made into被制成…… 三、靓点句式 He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life. 句中that引导定语从句。 句意：他表达了关于音乐在生活中所起的作用的想法。语篇解读：本文主要介绍了著名的小提琴演奏家Isaac Stern的一些经历。1．What did Isaac St