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                                                       To face the music
      Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the
day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is "to face the music".
When someone says, "well, I guess I'll have to face the music," it does not mean he's planning to go to
the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this
and did that, and why you didn't do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime
or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father's angry voice, "I want to talk to you." and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business
it was!
     The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years
old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist,
James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in
the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they often said, "Well, it's time to face
the music."  And that was exactly what they did - facing the orchestra which was just below them. And
an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be
friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there
would be no play.  So the expression "to face the music" come to mean "having to go through something,
no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice."
     Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection by
their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean,
shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well
as the inspection. What else could they do?  
     Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the
responsibility for something that should not have been done. As, for example, when a man is forced out
of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums
tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his
horse.

1. How many ways does the phrase "to face the music" comes from?

A. 1        
B. 2        
C. 3      
D. 4

2. What's the meaning of "to face the music?"

A. To face something far less pleasant.
B. To face the stage.
C. To face the back of one's horse.
D. To face one's leader.

3. Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?

A. When we are playing basketball.  
B. When we are making a speech.
C. When we are having a party.
D. When we are talking with somebody.  

4. The underlined word "hostile" means _______.  

A. unfriendly
B. useless
C. unkind
D. unnecessary
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To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, or listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone’s life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot(情節(jié))，and the greatest interests, be as exciting or dramatic(戲劇性)？I’m not sure about it.

   Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in  our everyday life too—in the rhythm(旋律)of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.

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A. Life full of music.

B. Life without music.

C. Importance of music.

D. Development of music.

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A. don’t realize the importance of music

B. get along quite well without music

C. go to the concert instead of enjoying films

D. think music would be less exciting than films

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A. the cinema and theatre would be quiet

B. we would lose some of the audience

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D. it would be hard to imagine the result

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A. Flying　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. Looking

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To face the music

　　Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way．Our expression today is “to face the music”．

　　When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert．It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that．Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced．At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children．We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you．”and only because we did not obey him．What an unpleasant business it was!

　　The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old．It is at least 100 years old．And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper．He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage．When they got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music．”And that was exactly what they did－facing the orchestra which was just below them．And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines．But he had to go out．If he did not, there would be no play．So the expression “to face the music” come to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice”．

　　Other explanations about the expression go back to the army．When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked．Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection．What else could they do?

　　Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done．As, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored．The band does not play．Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat．The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse．

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How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” come from?

[　　]

A．

1．

B．

2．

C．

3．

D．

4．

(2)

What’s the meaning of “to face the music”?

[　　]

A．

To face something far less pleasant．

B．

To face the stage．

C．

To face the back of one’s horse．

D．

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[　　]

A．

When we are playing basketball．

B．

When we are making a speech．

C．

When we are having a party．

D．

When we are talking with somebody．

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The underlined word “hostile” means ________．

[　　]

A．

unfriendly

B．

dislike

C．

unkind

D．

unnecessary

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