单选题 The history of Western music properly begins with the music of the Christian Church. But all through the Middle Ages and even to the present time men have continually turned back to Greece and Rome for instruction, for correction, and for inspiration in the several fields of work; this has been true in music, though with some important differences. Roman literature, for example, never ceased to exert influence in the Middle Ages, and this influence became much greater in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when more Roman works became known; at the same time, too, the surviving literature of Greece was gradually recovered. But in literature, as well as in some other fields (notably sculpture), medieval or Renaissance artists had the advantage of being able to study and, if riley so desired, imitate the models of antiquity. The actual poems or statues were before them. In music this was not so. The Middle Ages did not possess a single example of Greek or Ro man music--nor, it may be added, are we today much better off. About a dozen examples--half of them were fragments of Greek music have been discovered, nearly all from comparatively late periods, but there is no general agreement as to just how they were meant to sound; there are no authentic remains of ancient Roman music. So we, as well as the men of medieval times, derive nearly all our knowledge of this an in the ancient civilizations at second hand from a few rather vague accounts of performances, but mostly from theatrical treatises and literary descriptions.

单选题 The influence of Greece and Rome became greater in the fourteenth and fifteenth century because ______.
A. Roman and Greek works were better than the those of medieval Christian church
B. Roman and Greek works were different from Medieval works
C. the Roman and Greek music became known
D. a lot of Roman and Greek works were discovered

单选题 Artists in the period of Renaissance had the advantage of being able to study Roman and Greek literature and sculpture because ______.
A. they could obtain the first-hand materials
B. they could understand Greek and Latin
C. they were more intelligent than modem men
D. they were inspired by Roman and Greek literature

单选题 In the passage the author implied that ______.
A. music did not exist before the Middle Ages
B. we were not better off than the Greek and Roman men
C. there was not enough evidence to prove that Western music was originated from the ancient Greece and Rome
D. there were no authentic remains of the ancient Roman music

单选题 Men could directly turn back to Greece and Rome for instruction, for correction, and for inspiration in the following fields of their work except ______.
A. sculpture B. drama C. poetry D. music