克漏字選擇 22% Asa pianist, I was invited to perform with a cellist at theInternational Cello Festival

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克漏字選擇 22% Asa pianist, I was invited to perform with a cellist at theInternational Cello Festival in Manchester, England. Theopening-night performance (34) works for theunaccompanied cello. The world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma was one of theperformers that night, and there was a moving story behind themusical composition he would play. OnMay 27, 1992, in Sarajevo, one of the few bakeries that still hadflour (35) making and (36) bread to the starving people in this (37) city. At 4 p.m., a long line formed and reached the street outsidethe bakery. Suddenly, a mortar shell fell directly into the middle ofthe line (38) 22 people and splatteringflesh, blood, bone, and rubble everywhere. Notfar away (39) named Vedran Smailovic. When hesaw the massacre outside his window, he could endure it (40). (41) was his anguish (41) he determined to do the one thing he did best: make music. Foreach of the next 22 days, at 4 p.m., Smailovic put [!--empirenews.page--] (42) his full, formal concert dress, picked up his cello, and walkedout of his apartment and into the battle raging around him. Placing aplastic chair beside the crater, he played one of the most mournfuland haunting pieces in the repertoire. He played to the abandonedstreets, the burning buildings, and the terrified people (43) while the bombs fell and bullets flew. (44) masonry (44) around him, he courageouslyfought for human dignity, for (45) had died inwar, for civilization, for compassion, and for peace. Though theshelling went on, he was never hurt. Afternewspapers picked (46) the story of thisextraordinary man, an English composer, David Wilde, was so movedthat he wrote a composition for an unaccompanied cello entitled TheCellist of Sarajevo, (47) he pouredhis feelings of outrage and love, and brotherhood with VedranSmailovic. The Cellist of Sarajevo was the piece that Yo-Yo Mawas to play that evening in England. Ma (48) his performance, no one in thehall moved or made a sound for a long time. It was as though we ([!--empirenews.page--]49) that horrifying massacre ourselves.Finally, Ma stood up, looked across the audience and stretched outhis hand, signaling someone to come to the stage. An indescribableelectric shock (50) us as we realizedwho it was: Vedran Smailovic, the cellist of Sarajevo! Smailovicrose from his seat and walked down the aisle as Ma left the stage tomeet him. They threw their arms around each other in an embrace. Inthe center of it (51), hugging andcrying unashamedly: Yo-Yo Ma, an elegant prince of classical music,flawless in appearance and performance; Vedran Smailovic, (52) a stained and tattered leather motorcycle suit. His wild, longhair and huge mustache framed a face that looked old beyond hisyears, (53) with tears and lined withpain. Itwas then (54) I realized music is agift we all share equally. (55) wecreate it or simply listen to it, it's a gift that can soothe,inspire, and unite us, especially when we need it most─and expectit least.

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答案：C
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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