Passage Three
[32]Charlie Parker is one of America's greatest jazz musicians. He influenced the direction of jazz music during his short lifetime. He developed a new style of jazz called bebop. [33]Performers of bebop left the traditional musical melody and played a song freely, with the music and rhythm that was felt at the time. So, the same song could be played in a different way each time it was performed. Charlie Parker was born in 1920 and had his first saxophone in 1933. Charlie developed as a musician by playing with different groups in public eating and drinking places called nightclubs. Meanwhile, Charlie developed serious problems that were to affect him the rest of his life. He became dependent on alcohol and the illegal drug, heroin. In 1939, Charlie went to New York City, where he began to develop his own style of jazz. Charlie Parker's name first appeared in the press reports about music in 1940. During the next five years, he joined different bands. He apparently did not feel at ease playing with a big band, [34]so he returned to New York City in 1947. The following four years are considered his most successful. He formed his own small bands and played with other groups. [35]He visited Europe three times, where he recorded about half of the albums he ever made. His last public appearance was on March 5th, 1955, at Birdland. It was not a success. He died seven days later of a heart attack.

答案解析：
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What is the passage mainly about?
[B]解析：開頭兩句是主題句，點明文章的中心人物是美國音樂家Charlie Parker。通篇都在講他的生平和對美國爵士樂的影響，故主題概括為B。短文第1句往往提示主旨，幫助解題，要格外注意。萬一漏聽第1句，則全文多次重復的主題詞也可以幫助提示主題。文中不斷地提到Charlie，句子的主語多是he，his...，也可推知本文是人物傳記。
33. Which of the following is true about Charlie's music style?
[C]解析：原文中說，“同一支歌每一次演唱方式都不一樣”，可見C正確。聽到原文中的freely或者聽懂So后面的句子，通過邏輯推理，即能得到正確答案。
34. Which of the following is considered one of Charlie's most successful years?
[D]解析：短文說：所以他在1947年回到了紐約。其后的4年被認為是他最輝煌的歲月。因此本題選D。
35. Where did he record about half of the albums he ever made?
[A]解析：短文說，他3次去歐洲，他有幾乎一半的唱片是在那里錄制的。因此選A。本題毫無懸念，豎起耳朵都聽不到其他選項所說的地名，當然絕不會出錯。“聽到什么選什么”。