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— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 英语翻译中级口译模拟试题及答案解析(18) 英语翻译中级口译模拟试题及答案解析（18）  (1~20/共20题)SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST  A: Spot Dictation  Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.  Play00:0002:44  Volume  To the majority of us, music is an indispensable part of our daily life. It can be defined in this way, music is sound arranged into __1__ patterns. It forms an important part of many cultural and __2__ . People use music to express feelings and ideas. Music also serves to __3__ when we are exhausted.  Music is a performing art. It differs from such arts as __4__ , in which artists creates works and then display or publish them. __5__ need musicians to interpret and perform their work, just as playwrights need actors to __6__ . Thus, most musical performances are really __7__ between composers and performers.  Music also plays __8__ in other arts. Opera combines singing and orchestra music with drama. Ballet and __9__ need music to help the dancers with their steps. Motion pictures and __10__ use music to help set the mood and emphasize the action. Also, composers have __11__ to music.  Music is one of the oldest arts. People probably started to sing __12__ . Hunting tools struck together may have been the first __13__ . By about 10,000B.C, people had discovered how to make flutes out of hollow bones. __14__ , including the Chinese, Egyptians used music in court and __15__ . The first written music in the history can be dated back to 2500B.C.  Today, music __16__ around the world. The music of people in Europe and the __17__ is known as Western music. There are two kinds of Western music, __18__ . Classical music includes symphonies, operas and ballets. Popular music includes __19