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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 Organisation) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the US the jazz audience continues to drop 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 Centre's artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more easy to enjoy, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it's not really a part of the American appetite(大众爱好),” 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 white anymore. It's actually colour, and it's actually digital and modern.”
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 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(语境重构). 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 develop.”
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A. To remember the birth of jazz.
B. To protect cultural diversity.
C. To encourage people to study music.
D. To recognise the value of jazz.
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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.
(
A. To make Waller's music easier to play.
B. To show jazz can be both art and dance music.
C. To create a new style of jazz.
D. To attract older audiences back.
(
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.
(
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
Despite the celebrations, though, in the US the jazz audience continues to drop 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 Centre's artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more easy to enjoy, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it's not really a part of the American appetite(大众爱好),” 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 white anymore. It's actually colour, and it's actually digital and modern.”
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 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(语境重构). 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 develop.”
(
D
)61. 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 recognise the value of jazz.
(
C
)62. 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.
(
B
)63. Why did Moran rearrange Waller's music for a dance party?A. To make Waller's music easier to play.
B. To show jazz can be both art and dance music.
C. To create a new style of jazz.
D. To attract older audiences back.
(
C
)64. 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.
(
A
)65. 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
61.D 62.C 63.B 64.C 65.A
解析
【分析】
这是一篇英语阅读理解题，涵盖细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断、主旨大意四类核心题型。解题思路如下：
1. 61题（细节理解）：定位原文中UNESCO设立国际爵士日的目的，匹配对应选项；
2. 62题（词义猜测）：代词that通常指代前文提及的问题，定位第二段的问题表述，对应选项；
3. 63题（细节理解）：定位第六段Moran改编Waller音乐的具体目的，结合原文内容匹配选项；
4. 64题（推理判断）：定位Moran关于爵士呈现方式的观点，推断其对爵士发展的看法；
5. 65题（主旨大意）：梳理全文核心内容，确定最贴合的标题。
【解析】
61题：根据第一段“UNESCO recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across cultures”，可知设立该日是为了提升对爵士音乐及其价值的认知，对应选项D。
62题：第三段的that指代前文第二段提到的问题“the jazz audience continues to drop and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations”，即爵士不受年轻人欢迎，对应选项C。
63题：根据第六段“arranged Waller's music for a dance party...put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music”，可知Moran此举是为了说明爵士既是音乐会音乐也是舞曲，对应选项B。
64题：根据第五段“The music can't be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move”，可推断Moran认为爵士应与时俱进，对应选项C。
65题：全文围绕Moran致力于改变爵士不受年轻人欢迎的现状，推动爵士发展，核心是探索爵士的未来，对应选项A。
【答案】
61.D 62.C 63.B 64.C 65.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、主旨大意
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解的核心题型，需要学生精准定位原文信息，结合上下文逻辑分析，难度适中，适合中等水平学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6
这是一篇英语阅读理解题，涵盖细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断、主旨大意四类核心题型。解题思路如下：
1. 61题（细节理解）：定位原文中UNESCO设立国际爵士日的目的，匹配对应选项；
2. 62题（词义猜测）：代词that通常指代前文提及的问题，定位第二段的问题表述，对应选项；
3. 63题（细节理解）：定位第六段Moran改编Waller音乐的具体目的，结合原文内容匹配选项；
4. 64题（推理判断）：定位Moran关于爵士呈现方式的观点，推断其对爵士发展的看法；
5. 65题（主旨大意）：梳理全文核心内容，确定最贴合的标题。
【解析】
61题：根据第一段“UNESCO recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across cultures”，可知设立该日是为了提升对爵士音乐及其价值的认知，对应选项D。
62题：第三段的that指代前文第二段提到的问题“the jazz audience continues to drop and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations”，即爵士不受年轻人欢迎，对应选项C。
63题：根据第六段“arranged Waller's music for a dance party...put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music”，可知Moran此举是为了说明爵士既是音乐会音乐也是舞曲，对应选项B。
64题：根据第五段“The music can't be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move”，可推断Moran认为爵士应与时俱进，对应选项C。
65题：全文围绕Moran致力于改变爵士不受年轻人欢迎的现状，推动爵士发展，核心是探索爵士的未来，对应选项A。
【答案】
61.D 62.C 63.B 64.C 65.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、主旨大意
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解的核心题型，需要学生精准定位原文信息，结合上下文逻辑分析，难度适中，适合中等水平学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6
