单选题
{{I}} You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to
each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While
listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C, or D. After listening, you
will have time to choose your answers. You will hear each piece only
once.{{/I}} {{I}}Questions 11 -13 are based on the following
passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 11 -13.{{/I}}
单选题
What is the main purpose of the talk?
A. To explain the importance of learning rhythm and harmony in jazz.
B. To show that jazz is not really music at all.
C. To point ont similarities between jazz and classical music.
D. To describe what makes a good jazz performance.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 11-13
To play their music well, jazz musicians don't really need to know a lot about the rules of harmony and rhythm. Of course they might have some knowledge of both harmony and rhythm, but that kind of knowledge isn't what makes them good musicians. What does make them good is having an intuitive feeling for how the music works. For artists in the medium of jazz, the music comes naturally. It flows almost spontaneously through them. Their music performance is not planned in advance. As they play, they don't monitor themselves in term of a formal theory of performance. As a result, jazz is a natural expression of the self. Now you are in for a treat. I brought some recordings of my favorite jazz artists. We'll spend some time listening to some good examples of really good jazz.
单选题
What does the speaker say as a distinctive character of Jazz musician?
A. They memorize their music before performing it.
B. They are more famous than performers of other kinds of music.
C. They perform their music as a means of self-expression.
D. They possess detailed knowledge of the rules of jazz
performers.