Do you play a musical instrument? Would you like to share a stage with world class famous composer(作曲家)? Do you dream of becoming the next Lang Lang? Now is your chance to make it big in the classical music world, thanks to a video-sharing we can see.

    In collaboration with(與合作)orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and several others, the video-sharing site has launched the “You Tube Symphony Orchestra Project”.

    Billed as the world’s first collaborative online orchestra.the site wants users to submit videos sharing their musical talent.

    Beijing Olympics theme music composer Tan Dun has written the audition(試聽)piece.He told me BBC his latest composition was inspired by walking around the streets of New York and hearing the sounds of mechanics.

“The Internet is all invisible Silk Road,joining people across the world.Anyone can download a score of my Internet Symphony No.1’Eroica’,pick any part of it and play it with any instrument or object,in any style,”he said.

In addition to Tan Dun’s piece.users will also have to perform a famous classical piece of their choice showing their musical and technical abilities.A team of experts will then whittle(減少)the field down to a shortlist of semi—finalists who will then be voted on by You Tube viewers.

    The competition hopes to inspire musicians from all over the world.“music means so much to different people,in different countries.It’s not just about the note of music,it’s about discovery,”said the music director of the San Francisco Symphony,Michael Tilson Thomas,

    With just three months till the competition deadline in February next year,anyone hoping to perform on the world stage and be part of musical history must act quickly.

    As New York Carnegie Hall’s director Clive Gilinson puts it.“This will be a one-of-a-kind moment in classical music,bringing musicians together in a totally new, modern and unique way”.

1.What is the best tide for this passage?

    A.Online Orchestra.                          B.Collaboration with orchestras.

    C.Video-sharing.                            D.Talent show.

2.What does the underlined phrase“to make it big’’in paragraph 1 mean?

    A.To become successful.                   B.To talk big.

    C.To be positive.                          D.To show off.

3.We can know from the passage that the video-sharing site               

      A.owns many famous orchestras working together

      B.is said to be the first collaborative online orchestra

      C.has sponsored many performances around the world

      D.has discovered many talented persons in music

4.How did Tang Dun compose his latest music according to his own words?

      A.The invisible Silk Road affected him greatly.

      B.The Internet joins people across the world,which helped him a lot.

      C.The sounds of mechanics around New York streets gave him an inspiration.

      D.The video-sharing website encouraged him.

5.What is true about the competition?

      A.The online competition deadline is in January 2009.

      B.The final winners will be chosen by some experts.

      C.The competition hopes to pick out the top composers from the whole world.

      D.Users are encouraged to submit videos of themselves playing music instruments.

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  A basketball star who plays for the PLA has been picked for a team in Northern America’s National Basketball Association and made his first visit to Dallas on April, 2001.

  Wang Zhizhi, who just turned 22, averaged 13.5 points at the 2000 Olympics, eighth-best in Sidney scoring. He became the first Asian player to be drafted into the NBA. When he was picked by the Dallas Mavericks (小牛隊(duì)). Wang is 2.12 metres tall and weighs 115kg. He is known as “Big Zhi.”He was chosen as the 36th pick in annual draft of NBA.

  Mavericks special assistants Morlon Wiley and Greg Dreiling, both big men, have worked with Wang and assistant coach Donnie Nelson in practice scrimmages (爭搶) designed to simulate (模擬) conditions Wang will face in games.

  Wiley said, “Fundamentally, his jump shot is perfect for a big guy. Really we have nothing to lose. He is a diamond in the rough.

  “He looks great,” Donnie Nelson said. But this is a long term process. I’ve got to stay here with him because he needs that connection right now.

  “Wang Zhizhi is a young basketball player with great talent.” says Mavericks’ head coach Don Nelson, who spent nine days in Beijing and Shanghai in 2000 carrying out a series of basketball clinics.“How many 7’1” guys do you see as athletic as Wang Zhizhi? None that I can think of. I’m very happy China has produced the first Asian player to make the NBA.”

1.Which is not the proper description to Wang Zhizhi?

[  ]

A.He is known as “Big Zhi” just because he is as tall as 2.12 metres, like a giant.

B.He is the first Chinese player drafted into the NBA.

C.Besides his coach, there are two other big assistants working with Wang now.

D.7’1” was the best score of Wang in the 2000 Sidney Olympics.

2.What’s the proper understanding of the underlined sentence?

[  ]

A.His athletic talent has nearly come to an end.

B.His talent in basketball can hardly be developed.

C.He is a talented basketball player. But it needs time to train him great.

D.All the above.

3.What is the incorrect reason for Wang being drafted by the Mavericks ?

[  ]

A.He is so tall and is perfect at jump shot.

B.He has the talent in basketball and act wonderfully in the 2000 Sidney Olympics.

C.He has the experience of playing in the PLA.

D.He is so athletic as a 7’1” guy.

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