When someone says, well, 1 guess I will have to face the music. It does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this or that. Terrible music indeed, but it has to be faced. At some time or another, every one of us had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father's angry voice, I want to talk to you! and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase to face the music is familiar to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression e from?
The first explanation es from the American novelist James Penimore Cooper. He said in 1851 that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage . When they got their signal to go on, they often said, Well, it's time to go to face the music. And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra which was just below the stage.
46. The passage mainly tells us .
A. how the phrase “to face the music” developed in its own way
B. what the phrase “ to face the music ” means
C. when the phrase to face the music came into being
D. all the above
47. A person has to face the music especially as he is .
A. a child B. a young man C. a grown-up D. a player
48. used the phrase to face the music for the first time.
A. Actors B. The boss C. The director D. Cooper
49. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A. The actor stayed on the stage to enjoy the music.
B. To face the music is usually an unpleasant thing.
C. The original meaning of the phrase “to face the music ” is to face the orchestra.
D. The phrase “to face the music” has been used for more than one century.
50. According to the passage the connotation of the phrase “to face the music” is
A. to listen to the music B. to go through something unpleasant
C. to stand in front of the stage D. to go to the concert 46-50：DAAAB
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