AbbieConantamusicianlivinginItalywaslookingtomoveonfromplayingthetrombone(长号)fortheRoyalOperaofTurin.Shewrotealotoflettersbutonlygotonereply.ItwasfromtheMunichPhilharmonicOrchestra(慕尼黑爱乐乐

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Abbie Conant a musician living in Italy was looking to move on from playing the trombone(长号) for the Royal Opera of Turin. She wrote a lot of letters but only got one reply. It was from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra(慕尼黑爱乐乐团).

The audition(试音) in June 1980 took place in a museum since the orchestra’s cultural center was unavailable. There were over 30 players and each one played their piece behind a screen meaning the selection committee(评选委员会) could only hear them play. Conant played Ferdinand David’s Konzertino for Trombone a standard piece for auditions. Being a perfectionist Conant was angry with herself for missing a note in the piece and was seen packing the trombone away soon after the audition in preparation to leave.

But the selection committee knew immediately that Conant was the best of all the people they’d heard that day. They asked the other players to leave and someone went to find Conant and told her the good news.

However events took an unexpected turn: the selection committee were waiting sure they were going to be introduced to Mr. Conant when in walked a woman! The whole idea of a woman-lead trombonist went against tradition.

But Conant passed the other two auditions. She joined the orchestra and played her first year successfully. But then she found out that she would be playing second trombone basically because she was a woman.

Conant took the orchestra to court(法庭). Though the orchestra said that Abbie Conant was not strong enough to play first trombone she won. It took her years to prove herself in the eyes of the law but she did it.

The orchestra then refused to pay Conant the same as men players so she took them to court again. She knew she would win and the result? She did.

29．Abbie Conant wrote those letters to .

A．leave Italy B．find a better job C．show her skills D．improve her living

30．What can we learn about the audition from Paragraph 2?

A．It was held in the orchestra’s cultural center.

B．All players were highly skilled musicians.

C．The players could choose their pieces freely.

D．The selection team couldn’t see the players.

31．Conant chose to leave after the first round of auditions because .

A．she was dissatisfied with her performance B．she played worse than the other players

C．she had no interest in the orchestra

D．she wanted to prepare for the rest of the auditions