已内伤T_T，求助官方150V里面的两道sample questions

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1. 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 1960’s, composer Philip Glass(born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies’ sound is distinctively his. 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. 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.

1. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass’s use of popular elements in his classical compositions?
How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
How it has affected the commercial success of Glass’s music
Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions
Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass’s reputation as a composer of classical music
Whether it has caused certain of Glass’s works to be derivative in quality

这道题，我选的A，就想问一下，最后一句：it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.
这个 listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics不是listeners who prefer rock to the classics？
it is high art，不是listener对于G music的评价（regard)？
解析里说这段文章根本没提到listener。这个真的不是listener吗？？？
答案选得E，说文章提到了G WORK的独特性。虽然我认为这个based on基本上就是derive from，但是解析说它不是derivative。但是我还可以接受这个E是对的，只是不明白A究竟错哪了？

2. The passage suggests that Glass’s work displays which of the following qualities?
A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music
A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical Styles

还有这道题，答案选AC，A我知道哪里对，B我知道哪里错
但是C，原文里哪里提到long-standing tendency了？不是直接就说了G reviving。没提到他有没有酝酿，酝酿了多久吧

3. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music.

这道题答案的解析，我就完全崩溃了
答案选这句：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.
解析曰：这体现了两种方法，一种是能吸引classical爱好者，一种是能吸引rock爱好者。
我的神马啊，这句话难道不是对上一句Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music的进一步解释吗？就是rock认为他太高雅了不是Pop，而他有不能吸引古典爱好者所以不完全是古典乐？？？

此刻只有暴漫表情才表达的了我的心情



还有一道三空题

It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)
__________by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities
on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii) _________his comprehensive
description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our
knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (iii) _________, calling attention to the
many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately
diagnose the condition of our planet.

overshadowed
invalidated
illuminated

enhance
obscure
underscore

plausibility of our hypotheses
certainty of our entitlement
superficiality of our theories

答案对第三空的解析是要选个贬义词，G H都是褒义。
plausibility是：well-spoken and apparently, but often deceptively, worthy of confidence or trust看起来真实际假，这怎么能是个褒义词？

另外第一空，为什么B不对呢？

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我刚刚也做了这个。。1. 我的理解是listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics并没有说明linsters的偏好，文章和选项比较的对象不同，一个是音乐本身，fock&classical，一个是linsters（他们也有可能两个都喜欢，比如某手机号称为“发烧友”而生，意味着他的目标受众是“发烧友”，然而真正的“发烧友”的喜好你并不知道。），it is high art 是作者的评价吧。
你先看看这个，有疑问再讨论讨论：http://blog.xuite.net/trenton205 ... C%E8%A9%B3%E8%A7%A3
填空的话，overshadow 和 obscure感觉更对应一些

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far2go 发表于 2015-6-16 17:29
我刚刚也做了这个。。1. 我的理解是listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics并没有说明linster ...

steep有一个意思是沉浸，可以引申为沉迷于吧？steep in rock rather than classics，这不是表明一种偏好吗？
评价的地方明白了
然后后两题是怎么回事啊？真的很内伤T_T
连接点不进去T_T

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无敌浩克One 发表于 2015-6-16 17:53
steep有一个意思是沉浸，可以引申为沉迷于吧？steep in rock rather than classics，这不是表明一种偏好吗 ...

可能因为我每次都是翻墙的所以不知道到底在不在墙外。。。给你复制下内容吧。

[析] 先逐句解剖這篇文章。

(1) 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.

作曲家 P. G. 復甦了在古典樂中使用流行樂元素的傳統，此傳統在美國 1960 年代沉寂至今，他擁抱了流行樂精神而非模仿它。

注意：筆記中人名用縮寫表示以節省時間，P. G. = Philip Glass

(2) Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies’ sound is distinctively his.

G. 有兩首交響樂源自搖滾樂手 D. B. 和 B. E. 的作品，但交響樂的聲音完全是他自己的。

(3) 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.

流行樂元素在 G. 的古典作品裡並未走調，G. 早期的交響樂作品就融合了搖滾樂的旋律。

(4) Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music.

然而，使用流行樂元素並未使 G. 成為流行樂作曲家。

(5) 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.

他不是將流行樂加以包裝以吸引古典樂聽眾，他的音樂對搖滾樂聽眾是高雅藝術。

文章主旨在說明作曲家 G. 使用流行樂 (搖滾) 元素在古典樂 (交響曲) 中，但並非流行樂手，而是做一種融合。

4. 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

[解] 題目問文章對 G. 在古典作品中使用流行元素說明了什麼？我們逐項解析：

(A) How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics

對喜歡搖滾甚於古典樂的聽眾這表示了什麼？

文章未提及喜歡搖滾樂更甚古典樂 (針對音樂做比較) 的聽眾，句 (5) 是針對搖滾樂聽眾和古典樂聽眾做比較 (針對聽眾群做比較)，對搖滾樂聽眾而非 (rather than) 古典樂聽眾來說，G. 的音樂是高雅藝術。注意括號裡比較對象的不同。

(B) How it has affected the commercial success of Glass’s music

這對 G. 音樂商業上成功有何影響？

未提到商業成功如 G. 的音樂是否賺錢。

(C) Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions

這對引發其他作曲家在他們作品中使用流行元素的復甦是否有貢獻？

句 (1) 提到 G. 復甦了此傳統，但未提到他和其他作曲家的關連。

(D) Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass’s reputation as a composer of classical music

這對 G. 作為古典樂作曲家的名聲是否有負面的影響？

句 (4) 只說他仍然是古典樂作曲家，而非流行樂作曲家。這是身分問題，並未提及名聲是否受損。仍然是古典樂作曲家可能有好名聲，也可能有壞名聲，文章未提。

(E) Whether it has caused certain of Glass’s works to be derivative in quality

這對 G. 的作品是否造成品質下降？

句 (3) 說流行樂元素在他的古典樂作品中並未走調 (out of place)，所以品質無下降。句 (5) 說他的音樂是高雅藝術是另一提示。答案選 (E)。

Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.

5. 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

[解] 再次出現複選題，題目問文章暗示 G. 的作品有下列何種特質。同樣地我們逐句解析：

(A) A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions

回到過去在流行樂作品中使用流行音樂的傳統。

這句話是文章的主旨，出現在句 (1)，return = revival，(A) 要選。

(B) An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music

嘗試提升搖滾樂的藝術地位，使其接近古典樂的藝術地位。

文章中沒有提到兩者藝術地位的比較，也沒有提到 G. 要提升搖滾樂的藝術地位。

(C) A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles

長期以來試圖結合兩個看似不同的音樂風格。

句 (3) 後半段提到 G. 早期作品就融合搖滾樂旋律在交響樂作品中，所以是 long-standing tendency，(C) 要選。

6. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music.

[答] 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.

[解] 選句子題型。題目問哪一句區分了兩種結合搖滾與古典樂的方式。光看字面可能不是很懂題目要問什麼？但重點在 two ways，文章主旨就是融合搖滾與古典，但哪一句話同時用了兩種方式 (表達) 呢？看來看去只有句 (5)，因為中間有分號，所以事實上是一句拆成兩句，前一小句是針對古典樂聽眾說的，作者說 G. 並非拿流行樂包裝來敷衍古典樂迷 (正面評價)，後一小句針對搖滾樂聽眾說的，作者說 G. 的音樂對搖滾樂迷也是高雅藝術 (還是正面評價)。所以句 (5) 作者用了兩種方式，針對不同族群對 G. 的音樂做了正面評價。

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无敌浩克One 发表于 2015-6-16 17:53
steep有一个意思是沉浸，可以引申为沉迷于吧？steep in rock rather than classics，这不是表明一种偏好吗 ...

我这篇也是全错。。

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far2go 发表于 2015-6-16 20:00
可能因为我每次都是翻墙的所以不知道到底在不在墙外。。。给你复制下内容吧。
[析] 先逐句解剖這篇文章。 ...

这都能解释得通
谢谢！！对于这种题，我只想对ETS说：变态了不起啊！！！
我也翻墙了，还是打不开→_→

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1. 第一题的A选项regard是view的意思，大意是喜欢rock超过classics的听众怎么看待G的music。 但是文中最后一句话说的是G的music没有吸引到喜欢classics的这些人，而是吸引到了喜欢rock的。A选项跳出了文章的大意
2. 至于这个long-standing tendency我觉得没什么太大问题。文章第一句话以reviving the practice of...开头。。还有后面an approach that had been in hibernation..都能看出其实这件事好像已经流传有一阵子了
3. 这题俺解释无能啊TAT但是看答案后我好像瞬间懂了。。文中唯一提到integrating rock and classics好像就只有最后一句
填空overshadow 和obscure是对应词。invalidate是disagree,disprove证明一个东西是错的啥的。。不太合适

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far2go 发表于 2015-6-16 20:01
我这篇也是全错。。

太了不起了，我做150也错的很惨，不知有没有150其它中文解释，能不能分享一下？非常感谢

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ally1213 发表于 2015-6-16 20:28
1. 第一题的A选项regard是view的意思，大意是喜欢rock超过classics的听众怎么看待G的music。 但是文中最后一 ...

非常感谢！！
总之ETS之变态，magoosh也望尘莫及。。。

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wfxmfwjw 发表于 2015-6-16 21:15
太了不起了，我做150也错的很惨，不知有没有150其它中文解释，能不能分享一下？非常感谢

150的题是不是和og 的有重复？我做的是og的题。。那个是我google搜那篇阅读搜出来的，好像没有成册的解答哦，要是我之后发现了和你说。

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plausibility是：well-spoken and apparently, but often deceptively, worthy of confidence or trust看起来真实际假，这怎么能是个褒义词？
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plausibility和hypothesis连用，表示合理性，可行性，在英语里很常见的搭配，而不是你选择的那个意思

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RevrieRiver 发表于 2015-6-18 23:42
plausibility是：well-spoken and apparently, but often deceptively, worthy of confidence or trust看起 ...

灰常感谢！！我这个翻译太差了T_T