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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 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 white 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 dialogue. 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.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）C
（3）C
（4）A
【解析】本文主要講聯(lián)合國教科文組織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。有人認為爵士樂應(yīng)隨著時代的進步而進步，否則將失去吸引力。
⑴細節(jié)理解。A.銘記爵士樂的誕生；B.保護文化的多樣性；C.鼓勵人們學(xué)習(xí)音樂；D.認識爵士樂的價值。根據(jù)第一段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.可知聯(lián)合國教科文組織把四月30日作為爵士樂日是為了提高對爵士樂、它的重要性以及它作為一種跨文化的音樂的潛能的意識。故選D。
⑵詞義猜測。A.爵士樂變得更容易接近；B.爵士樂產(chǎn)品增長的更快；C.爵士樂不太受年輕人歡迎；D.爵士樂的聽眾變得更多。通常that指代上文提到的內(nèi)容。根據(jù)第二段可知，盡管有爵士樂節(jié)這樣的慶祝活動，在美國爵士樂的聽眾在不斷減少，并且在老齡化。爵士樂已經(jīng)聯(lián)系不上青年一代了。所以that指爵士樂在青年一代人中變得那么受歡迎。故選C。
⑶推理判斷。A.爵士樂會逐漸消失；B.爵士樂仍然是黑白的（陳舊的）；C。爵士樂應(yīng)該與時具進；D.爵士樂每50年改變一次。根據(jù)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認為爵士樂不能以1908或1958年的方式來表達當代，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。
⑷主旨大意。A.探索爵士樂的未來；B.爵士樂的輝煌與沒落；Ｃ.爵士音樂人的故事；D.慶祝爵士樂日。通讀全文可知本文主要講聯(lián)合國教科文組織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。有人認為爵士樂應(yīng)隨著時代的進步而進步，否則將失去吸引力�？芍�本文主要探索爵士樂的未來，故選A。