Passage Three
[32]Music which is original is individual and personal. That is to say, it can be identified as belonging to a particular composer. It has particular qualities, or a style, which are not copied from another. If you can recognize the style of a composer, you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition belongs to him or her even though you have never heard it before. A basket-maker has the skill of weaving his materials to create colorful patterns, and an expert carpenter has the skill of joining together different shapes and sizes of wood to make a beautiful piece of furniture. These skills may be referred to as "workmanship". Similarly, in music a composer organizes his melodies and rhythms and combines sounds to create harmony. A composer may be capable of thinking up very good and original tunes, yet if tunes are poorly organized the final result will not be standard. [33]Good music expresses feelings in a way that is suitable to those feelings. There may be joy, sorrow, fear, love, anger, or whatever. Bad music, on the other hand, may confuse unrelated feelings, it may not express any important feelings at all, or it may exaggerate some feelings and make them vulgar. [34]Good music will stand the test of time. It will gain a kind of permanent status while bad music will disappear and be forgotten quickly. [35]In pop music, where the general rule seems to be "the newer the better", the test of time is the hardest test of all to pass.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What is the feature of a piece of original music?
正確答案:A
解析:細節題。短文開篇就對original music作了解釋:“原創音樂是個性和個人的表現。”之后還進一步解釋說“這樣的音樂很容易被識別出屬于某個作曲者”。因此,A為正確答案。B未提及;C、D與原文不符。
33. How are feelings expressed in a piece of good music?
正確答案:D
解析:細節題。短文提到,好的音樂以一種適合情感的方式來表達情感,由此推斷D為正確答案。A未提及;B、C有所提及,但更像是bad music的特征。
34. What does the passage say about the relationship between time and music?
正確答案:C
解析:細節題。短文提到,好的音樂能經受住時間的考驗。故C為正確答案。A、B均未提及,D與原文不符。
35. What do we learn about pop music according to the passage?
正確答案:A
解析:細節題。講到流行音樂時,作者說“時間是對流行音樂最大的考驗”。其余各項都是對原文細節內容的張冠李戴。預讀選項時可知,題目問的一定是流行音樂的特點,注意聽原文中提到流行音樂的地方。