【单选题】
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
Vienna was one of the music centers ofEurope during the classical period, and Haydn, Mozart, andBeethoven were all active there.As the seat of the Holy RomanEmpire (which included parts of present-dayAustria, 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 inEurope.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 theEmpire 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 andBeethoven 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 andBeethoven.
B．orchestra
C．court
D．troupe
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
此题属于语义搭配题。orchestra意为“管弦乐队”，本句提到从各地来的贵族到维也纳过冬，下句说宫廷生活的一个重要部分就是音乐，拥有一支good orchestra是名望的象征，利用原词复现技巧，可知此处选项B orchestra正确。其他选项：A theatre(戏院)；C court(宫廷)；D troupe意为“(演员，马戏等的)一班”，均不符合原文意思。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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