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Question

An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out .

So “to face the music” came to mean : having to go through something no matter how unpleasant the experience might be because you knew you had no choice .

The other explanation comes from the army . Men had to face inspection（检阅）by their leader . The soldiers worried about how well they looked . Was their equipment clean—shiny enough to pass 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 ?

60．The phrase “to face the music” was first used by             .

       A．all the Americans   B．the American writer James Fenimore Cooper

       C．American actors    D．the American orchestra

61．An actor might feel frightened or nervous when going on stage .One of the reasons is    that             .

       A．his performance might not satisfy most of the audience

       B．he might not remember what he should say on stage

       C．he had to face the unfriendly audience

       D．the audience might be mostly his friends

62． “To face the music” is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing             .

       A．to be examined about their equipment    B．to be found weak

       C．to show themselves by their leader       D．to be inspected by their leader

63．This passage is mainly about             .

       A．the meaning of the phrase “to face the music”

       B．how to deal with something unpleasant

       C．the origin（起源）of the phrase

       D．how to go through difficulty

Answer 1

C  BDC