【題目】Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(聯(lián)合) voice across cultures.

Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.

“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”

Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.

Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it’s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟) on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.”

【1】Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?

A. To remember the birth of jazz.

B. To protect cultural diversity.

C. To encourage people to study music.

D. To recognize the value of jazz.

【2】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Jazz becoming more accessible.

B. The production of jazz growing faster.

C. Jazz being less popular with the young.

D. The jazz audience becoming larger.

【3】What can we infer about Moran’s opinion on jazz?

A. It will disappear gradually.

B. It remains black and white.

C. It should keep up with the times.

D. It changes every 50 years.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Exploring the Future of Jazz.

B. The Rise and Fall of Jazz.

C. The Story of a Jazz Musician.

D. Celebrating the Jazz Day.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。文章講述了為提高人們對于爵士樂的重視程度，UNESCO把四月30號定為了國際爵士日。然而這一行為還是沒能挽救爵士樂。Jason Moran認(rèn)為時代在進步，為了將老一代人和年輕一代人聯(lián)接起來，爵士樂應(yīng)該也隨之進步。

【1】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(聯(lián)合) voice across cultures.可知，UNESCO把四月30號定為國際爵士日是為了讓人們重視爵士樂，意識到它的重要性以及它作為聯(lián)接各文化的紐帶之聲的潛在功能。也就是為了讓人們意識到爵士樂的價值。故選D。

【2】C 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)前文Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations可知，盡管UNESCO為爵士樂設(shè)了紀(jì)念日，但美國的爵士樂聽眾依然在減少，并且年齡在老化。爵士樂沒能將年輕一代人聯(lián)接起來。再結(jié)合It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that“是Jason Moran所做的事情幫助改變了那個情況”，所以可推測that指代的是前文中爵士樂在年輕一代人中失去吸引力的現(xiàn)象。故選C。

【3】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第五段中的The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same可知，Moran認(rèn)為爵士樂不能以1908或1958年的方式來呈現(xiàn)了，因為世界運轉(zhuǎn)的方式不同，所以爵士樂必須繼續(xù)前進才行。說明隨著時代的發(fā)展，爵士樂也要跟上時代才不會被年輕一代所拋棄。故選C。

【4】A 主旨要義題。通讀全文可知本文主要講UNESCO為提高人們對爵士樂的重視設(shè)立爵士日，但實際收效甚微。有人認(rèn)為爵士樂應(yīng)隨著時代的進步而進步，否則將失去吸引力。本文主要探索爵士樂的未來，故選A。

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