Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
对话开头,男士问女士: “你们的摇滚乐(唱片)售卖区在哪? ” 女士回答:“我们是一家爵士乐唱片店。我们店里没有摇滚乐唱片。” 即女士的唱片店只卖爵士乐唱片,因此A 项正确。女士提到在这家店可以买到伦敦市所有大型爵士音乐会的门票,而并未提及该店赞助大型爵士音乐会,因此B 项是对原文的曲解,故排除。对话中,女士提到:“我们是伦敦唯一一家爵士乐唱片专卖店。 ” C项与原文不符,故排除。女士提到“ 我们致力于培养新的音乐人才”,而并未提到展示新音乐人才的唱片专辑,故排除D项。
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Conversation 1
M: Excuse me. Where's your rock music section?
W: Rock music? I'm sorry, (1) we're a Jazz store. We don't have any rock and roll.
M: Oh, you only have Jazz music? Nothing else?
W: That's right. We're the only record store in London dedicated exclusively to Jazz. Actually, we're more than just a record store. We have a cafe and library upstairs and a ticket office down the hall where you can buy tickets to all the major Jazz concerts in the city. Also, we have our own studio next door, where we produce albums for up and coming artists. We are committed to fostering new music talent.
M: Wow! That's so cool. (2) I guess there's not much of a Jazz scene anymore. Not like they used to be, but here you're trying to promote this great music genre.
W: Yes, indeed, nowadays most people like to listen to pop and rock music. Hip hop music from America is also getting more and more popular. (3) So as a result, there are fewer listeners of Jazz, which is a great shame because it's an incredibly rich genre. But that's not to say there isn't any good new Jazz music being made out there anymore, far from it. It is just a much smaller market today.
M: So how would you define Jazz?
W: Well interestingly enough, there's no agreed upon definition of Jazz. Indeed, there are many different styles of Jazz. Some have singing, but most don't. Some are electric and some art, some contain live experimentation, but not always. While there's no simple definition for it. And while there are many different styles of Jazz, you simply know it when you hear it. (4) Honestly, the only way to know what Jazz is, is listen to it yourself. As the great trumpet player, Louis Armstrong said, if you gotta ask, you'll never know.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation. You have just heard.
Question 1: What do we learn about the woman's store?
Question 2: What does the man say about Jazz music?
Question 3: What does the woman say about Jazz?
Question 4: What should you do to appreciate different styles of Jazz according to the woman?
对话中,男士提到:“我想现在爵士乐的圈子已经不大了,不像它们过去那样。” 随后女士说: “ …… 听爵士乐的人更少了……只是它现在的市场要小得多。” 由此可知,爵士乐没有过去受欢迎, 其市场正在萎缩,结合选项可知,B项为正确答案,同时排除D项。A项和C项对话中并未提及,故均排除。
女士说“爵士乐是内容极其丰富的音乐流派”,“关于爵士乐,尚无大众一致认可的定义。事实上,爵士乐有很多不同的风格。”由此可知,爵士乐有很多不同的风格,因此人们对其的定义也是复杂多样的,所以A 项为正确答案,同时排除D项。B项和C项与女士所说的话不符,故均排除。
对话结尾处,女士说“鉴赏爵士乐的唯一方法就是亲自去听”,故C项为正确答案。A 项和B项对话中未提及,故均排除。由对话结尾处女士引用的路易斯·阿姆斯特朗所说的话“如果你只是问,你将永远不会知道”,可排除D项。