{{B}}
Text{{/B}} Music is an important way of expressing
people's feelings and emotions. The {{U}}(26) {{/U}}, for
instance, from 1960 to 1969 will be {{U}}(27) {{/U}} by many people as a
period of social and political unrest in America. {{U}}(28) {{/U}} this
time, many people despaired {{U}}(29) {{/U}} the music favored by the
American teenagers. {{U}}(30) {{/U}}, we must now admit that the music
they loved was {{U}}(31) {{/U}} a sign of the period and a {{U}}(32)
{{/U}} of the tensions and changes that were {{U}}(33) {{/U}}
American society. In the early sixties, {{U}}(34) {{/U}} about social
justice and equality were {{U}}(35) {{/U}} by the song "Blowing in the
Wind" which {{U}}(36) {{/U}} the civil rights song "We Shall Overcome".
The conflict concerning military {{U}}(37) {{/U}} in Vietnam was sung
about in 1965 in the {{U}}(38) {{/U}} song "Eve of Destruction" and in
the song "Ballad of the Green Beret". A few years {{U}}(39) {{/U}}, a
gradual shift in mood became {{U}}(40) {{/U}}in one of the most popular
songs which suggested calmer questions and possible answers even as some pop
stars protested loudly {{U}}(41) {{/U}} the draft. Finally, music as a
{{U}}(42) {{/U}}of the political and social process in America was
highlighted at Woodstock, New York, where half of a million young people came
{{U}}(43) {{/U}} in 1969 to spend three days listening to songs that
spanned the decade. This event was a symbol of the desire for {{U}}(44)
{{/U}} within a time of unrest. Woodstock was a {{U}}(45) {{/U}}of
hope in days of rage.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[精解] 本题考查文章的意思，后面的from 1960 to 1969是此处的同位语，由此可知，这里的时间是“十年”。decade是“十年，十”的意思，符合题意，故选A。