三、完形填空（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

选择最佳答案完成句子，错选、多选或未选均无分。

 All life is sound. We are constantly surrounded by sounds and noises made by nature and everything in   41  . For thousands of years man   42   speaking and singing，and thanks to his wonderfully constructed ears，perceiving sounds and noises，  43   they are but a small part of the inconceivable(难以想象的)wealth of sounds filling the universe.  Children everywhere and almost without  44   are born with musical abilities，with voices，and with hearing. The difference lies merely   45   what they do with these gifts. That   46   according to temperament，upbringing，nationality，and time.

Nature itself is full of   47  ，full of music. Musical sounds existed millions of years   48   there was a human ear to hear   49  ：the soft bubbling of the water，the roll(隆隆声)of   50  ，the whispering and rustling of leaves in the wind and   51   knows how many other audible(听得见的)manifestations of nature. Man was  52  into a world of sound.  Thunder filled him with fear and became a   53   of supernatural powers. In the roar of the wind he heard the voice of demons. Dwellers at the seashore judged the temper of the gods by the sound of the waves. Religious rites(仪式)and music   54   inseparable   55   the dawn of humanity.

41. A. this                         B. it                          C. there                    D. here

42. A. has been                  B. had been                C. have                    D. has

43. A. yet                          B. even                      C. so                        D. although

44. A. experience               B. knowledge             C. exception             D. foundation

45. A. beyond                    B. at                          C. on                       D. in

46. A. varies                      B. differs                   C. contradicts           D. contrasts

47. A. noise                       B. sounds                   C. music                  D. gifts

48. A. when                      B. before                   C. ago                      D. while

49. A. sound                      B. music                    C. them                    D. it

50. A. valley                     B. lightning                C. light                    D. thunder

51. A. who                        B. whoever                 C. somebody             D. anybody

52. A. sent                        B. brought                 C. got                      D. born

53. A. sigh                        B. symbol                  C. sight                    D. sign

54. A. is                            B. was                       C. were                    D. are

55. A. in                           B. on                         C. by                       D. at