Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an
approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer
Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it.
Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno,
but the symphonies’ sound is distinctively his. Popu lar elements do not appear out of
place in Glass’s classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies
and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a
composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to
attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the
classics.
Select only one answer choice.
1. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass’s use of
popular elements in his classical compositions?
A How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
B How it has affected the commercial success of Glass’s music
C Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers
in using popular elements in their compositions
D Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass’s reputation as a
composer of classical music
E Whether it has caused certain of Glass’s works to be derivative in quality
Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.
答案选E 但是我想问下A为什么错了,原文最后一句不是提到了listener 对Glass 的乐曲的印象是high art麽?
2. The passage suggests that Glass’s work displays which of the following qualities?
A A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
B An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely
approximating that of classical music
C A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently
disparate musical styles
答案选择AC 想问一下C为什么对,文中哪有说是long-standing tendency??作者: Trav_lin゛ 时间: 2011-10-9 20:16:19
1.A.
His music is high art for listeners 但不一定 listener 觉得 it is high art。?
2.C.
文章开头有说reviving……使……复活……说明应该long-standing,至于tendency……我还没发现作者: tanlly86 时间: 2011-10-9 22:26:39
第1题同沙发,原文没有正面 address listeners 的态度,尽管似乎可以很自然地infer出来。特别提一下最后一句里那个“for”应该理解成“provided for”,而不是“regard by ... as ...”,因为它得跟前一句里的“packaged to attract ... ”并列起来。
第2题的答案C出在这一句的从句部分:
Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music.作者: 瓶子要学习 时间: 2011-10-10 09:14:32
个人拙见
1A有点张冠李戴了??
Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.
music是high art,然而the use of popular elements不是high art,所以不能说是regarded作者: 以希 时间: 2019-4-26 22:06:32
ba1a糖儿 发表于 2019-4-26 21:35
个人拙见
1A有点张冠李戴了??
Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of po ...
并不是这个问题。
题目问的是address which issue,就是关注了什么问题。
全文没有说到听众对Glass音乐的态度,所以不选A,错在regarded by listeners作者: ba1a糖儿 时间: 2019-4-27 10:25:48
以希 发表于 2019-4-26 22:06
并不是这个问题。
题目问的是address which issue,就是关注了什么问题。
全文没有说到听众对Glass音乐 ...