第一节(共15小题,每小题2分,共30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给出的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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When someone told 85-year-old Johnny Long that he was called a living legend(传奇,传说), he replied, “I don’t know about that, but I’m living, and that’s important.”
Starting in 1949 as a high school band director and later as director of the Troy University band, Johnny Long became known as one of the most inspirational band directors in America. More than three hundred of his students went on to become band directors themselves. “I have been a band director for more than 60 years and all I know about the word‘band’is that you spell it F-U-N,” Long said. “And if you change that, it’s over.”