{{B}}Vienna{{/B}} Vienna was one of the
music centers of Europe during the classical period, and Haydn, Mozart, and
Beethoven were all active there. As the seat of the Holy Roman Empire (which
included parts of present-day Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Czech and
Slovakia), it was a{{U}} (51) {{/U}}cultural and commercial center{{U}}
(52) {{/U}}a cosmopolitan character. Its population of al most 250,
000 (in 1800) made Vienna the fourth largest city in Europe. All three{{U}}
(53) {{/U}}masters were born elsewhere, but they were drawn to Vienna
to study and to seek{{U}} (54) {{/U}}. In Vienna, Haydn and Mozart
became close friends and influenced each other’s musical{{U}} (55)
{{/U}}Beethoven traveled to Vienna at sixteen to play for Mozart; at
twenty-two, he returned to study with Haydn. Aristocrats from
all over the Empire spent the winter in Vienna, sometimes bringing their
private{{U}} (56) {{/U}}. Music was an important part of court life, and
a good orchestra was a{{U}} (57) {{/U}}of prestige. Many of the nobility
were excellent musicians. Much music was heard in private
concerts where aristocrats and wealthy commoners played{{U}} (58)
{{/U}}professional musicians. Mozart and Beethoven often earned money by
performing in these intimate concerts. The nobility{{U}} (59)
{{/U}}hired servants who could{{U}} (60) {{/U}}as musicians. An
advertisement in the Vienna Gazette of 1789{{U}} (61) {{/U}}: “Wanted,
for a house of the gentry, a manservant who knows how to play the violin
well.” In Vienna there was also outdoor music, light and popular
in{{U}} (62) {{/U}}. Small street bands of wind and string players
played at garden parties or under the windows of people{{U}} (63)
{{/U}}to throw{{U}} (64) {{/U}}money. Haydn and Mozart wrote
many outdoor entertainment{{U}} (65) {{/U}}, which they called
divertimentos or serenades. Vienna’s great love of music and its enthusiastic
demand for new works made it the chosen city of Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven.
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。recognition意为“承认，认可”，例如：Recognition of the now state is unlikely.那个新国家不大可能获得承认。原句意为：三位大师到维也纳的目的是为了study(学习)和seek(寻求)获得承认，故选项C recognition正确。选项A admission意为“入学，人场，入会许可，门票”，如：Admission to the exhibition will be by invitation only.(只有受邀者才可入内参观。)选项B acknowledgement意为“公开承认”，确认先前不愿承认的令人为难的或为人们所不知的事实，如：the acknowledgement of a mistake；选项D appraisal意为“估计，估价，评价”，例如：We undertake regular job appraisal.(我们负责日常的工作评估。)
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题属于词义辨析题。style尤指某一艺术家的特殊风格。文中需填一个由each other’s限制修饰的名词，可见应是个人风格，故选项A style正确。选项B genre意为“类型”，尤指文学、艺术、音乐的类型，如：What genre does the book fall into — comedy or tragedy?本书属什么类型——喜剧还是悲剧?选项C theme意为“主题，题目”；选项D emotion意为“情绪，感情”。
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。alongside意为“在……旁边，与……并肩”，此旬意为：贵族、富人以及专业音乐家一起演奏，故选项B alongside正确。其他选项：A along(沿着)，例如：along the road；C among；D between(在……之中)，均与句意不符。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。frequently意为“经常地”，根据句子结构，此处需要一个副词，前面提到Much music was heard in private concerts…，可见富人对仆人的需要应是频繁的，故选项c frequently符合题意。选项A likely是形容词，意为“可能的”；选项B presumably意为“推测地，也许地”；选项D considerably意为“非常地，相当地”，指程度，均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。double动词，意为“身兼两职”，如：doubling in the parts of king and siave.(兼演国王和奴隶)；从原句结构来看，这是一个定语从句且缺少谓语，故选项A double(动词)正确。其他选项；B both，C either和D neither均可排除。
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。tone意为“音调、音色、腔调”，如：in ringing tones(响亮的调子)；根据文章内容：室外音乐是轻快且通俗的调子，故选项B tone正确。选项A tune意为“旋律”，例如：Do you know the tune to this song? 选项C voice意为“嗓音”；选项D hue意为“色度，色调”，例如：The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.
【答案解析】此题属于词语搭配题。(throw)down意为“扔下”，根据文意：街头乐队在窗下演奏，上面的人有可能扔下钱来，故选项D down正确。选项A(throw)off意为“摆脱某人/某事，除去”；如：throw off a cold (伤风痊愈)；选项B(throw)away意为“抛弃，丢掉”，因愚蠢或疏忽而失去，如：throw away an advantage；选项C (throw)about意为“散布，乱抛”，如：Don’t throw about waste paper in the park.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题属于词义辨析题。pieces意为“(艺术品，音乐等的)篇、幅、首等”，文中指海顿、莫扎特写了许多室外音乐，故选项C pieces正确。选项A music意为“音乐”；选项B melody意为“旋律，歌曲”，属单数名词，不能与句中的many连用；选项D series意为“连贯的东西、事件、系列”，如：a television series(电视连续剧)。