语言知识应用篇
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Hundreds of people got together last week for an unusual musical event: a small change in a piece of organ ( 风琴) music that 1. ________ (begin) playing in 2001. The last time the notes changed was seven years ago.
The piece is called “Organ / ASLSP”. The ASLSP stands 2. ________ “As Slow As Possible”. It was written by John Cage, 3. ________ was born in Los Angeles in 1912 and died in New York in 1992. He's known not only as a(n) 4. ________ (compose), but also as a music theorist, artist and philosopher. Mr. Cage developed many unusual musical ideas. In another piece, 5. ________ (call) “4′ 33″ ”, the musicians simply remain 6. ________ (silence) for four minutes and 33 seconds.
Though the music is just eight pages long, the current performance of “Organ / ASLSP” is expected 7. ________ (take) 639 years. If all goes well, it should end in 2640.
ASLSP is being played on a special organ, which isn't 8. ________ (complete) built. Pipes are added to the organ as they 9. ________ (need). Last Saturday, two new pipes were added.
The organ will keep playing 10. ________ same notes until the next change, on February 5th, 2022.
答案
1. began 2. for 3. who 4. composer 5. called
6. silent 7. to take 8. completely 9. are needed 10. the