OG阅读样题疑问 求解答

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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??

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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

tanlly86UID: 3148332

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.

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3# tanlly86 第二题你说的那一句话其实我没有看懂，能不能翻译一下...因为我看不出来它和C选项有什么关系啊

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3# tanlly86  第二题你说的那一句话其实我没有看懂，能不能翻译一下...因为我看不出来它和C选项有什么关系啊
瓶子要学习 发表于 2011-10-10 09:14

嗯，翻译可往往是个吃力不讨好的活啊，试试看吧。
选项C命题点出在那个非限制性从句上，该句形式主语which指代前面的“Glass's classical music”，全句翻译出来大概是：

流行元素在G的古典音乐作品中并不显得突兀，这些作品从早期开始就结合了一些摇滚乐的和弦与旋律。

既然G的古典乐曲从早期就运用了流行元素，如今他更以此知名，那么很显然他的作品有“a long-standing tendency”，一个长久的趋势来结合不同的音乐风格。
此题应该不难，harmony在这里以复数出现，意思是和弦，可能稍微生僻一点，不过你就是读成“分享了某种和谐”，显然对答案选择也不会造成什么影响。

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以下纯属个人见解：

我做了不少真题，感觉GRE的正确答案总喜欢添加一些“稍微扭曲”的修饰，但是这些修饰又不至于让答案偏离。我感觉long-standing tendency就有这种感觉，把这个修饰去掉这个C选项肯定完全对，加上这个修饰，C选项也对的程度也很大。

不过long-standing tendency也可以推断出来，就像前面几位G友说的。融入流行音乐以前一直就有这种作法，现在G又开始revive这种作法，所以应该说融入流行音乐是一直都有的一种趋势。

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5# tanlly86

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5# tanlly86
瓶子要学习 发表于 2011-10-11 10:20

怎么无语了，呵呵，我觉得解释得还比较清楚了吧。

不过看了6楼朋友的回复，我觉得还是有必要补充两句。
6楼的理解还是有偏差。选项C的命题点并不在文章第一句，第一句只能支持A，不能支持C。因为题目问的是G的作品体现出什么quality，所以选项A“体现了一个回归”没有问题，G的作品自身就是这个回归。这里确实表明音乐界有这么个传统，这没问题，但是如果把选项C里的a long-standing tendency就等同于这个传统，那它就不是G的作品自身所具备的性质了；换句话说，仅凭G的作品自身不能体现出这个长久的传统来，因为这个长久是人家的长久，不是G的作品自己的长久。所以选项C的命题点还是要到文中那句话去找。

这个题OG自己的解释很明确，貌似有一个网上流传的文档给分析错了，不要被误导。
大家共勉。

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8# tanlly86


没有啊，我回复的是3Q，，说看了你的分析就懂了...可能昨天寄托抽了吧，把我的话变成了无语，我现在才是无语了

kind03UID: 3004042

童鞋们，看ETS的官方分析吧，一看就懂，异常给力啊：http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_g ... on/sample_questions
不行还可以看新东方的，但我觉得新东方没ETS分析得清楚：http://gre.xdf.cn/201104/758185.html

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tanlly86 发表于 2011-10-11 12:33
怎么无语了，呵呵，我觉得解释得还比较清楚了吧。

不过看了6楼朋友的回复，我觉得还是有必要补充两句 ...

そうですね……@crazyrobin

ba1a糖儿UID: 3918923

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

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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

ba1a糖儿UID: 3918923

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 ...

明白了！是我对high art的理解有偏颇.... 感谢以希兄/姐