单选题 Scholars often fail to see that music played an important role in the preservation of African culture in the United States. They correctly note that slavery stripped some cultural elements from Black people—their political and economic systems—but they underestimate the significance of music in sustaining other African cultural values. African music, unlike the music of some other cultures, was based on a total vision of life in which music was not an isolated social domain. In African culture, music was pervasive, serving not only religion, but all phases of life, including birth, death, work and play. The methods that a community devises to perpetuate itself come into being to preserve aspects of the cultural legacy that community perceives as essential. Music, like art in general, was so inextricably a part of African culture that it became a crucial means of preserving the culture during and after the dislocations of slavery.

单选题 The primary purpose of the passage is to______.

A、 analyze the impact that slavery had on African political and economic systems
B、 Review the attempt of recent scholarship to study the influence of African music on other music
C、 Correct the failure of some scholarship to appreciate the significance of music in African culture
D、 Survey the ways by which people attempt to preserve their culture against the effects of oppression

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：本题是主旨题。由文章的第一句话“Scholars often fail to see that…”和第二句话中的“butthey underestimate the significance of music in sustaining other African cultural values．”可知，选项C是作者写本文的主要目的。选项A、B、D太片面且不符合文意。

单选题 In para. 1, line 5 the phrase "isolated social domain" refers to______.

A、 African music in relation to contemporary culture as a whole
B、 Music as it may be perceived in non-African cultures
C、 Feature of African music that aided in transmitting African cultural values
D、 An aspect of the African cultural legacy

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：很明显，题目已经把问题锁定在第五行，即第三句话。理解此句话的意思是解题的首要任务。此句中含有两个否定意义的词，即“unlike the music of some other cultures”和“…based on a totalvision of life in which music was not an isolated social domain”，由此可知，此处的an isolated socialdomain应指前一个否定意义词的内容。故选B。

单选题 Which of the following statements concerning the function of African music can be inferred from the passage?

A、 It preserved cultural values because it was thoroughly integrated into the lives of the people.
B、 It was more important in the development of African religious life than in other areas of culture.
C、 It was developed in response to the loss of political and economic systems.
D、 Its pervasiveness in African culture hindered its effectiveness in minimizing the impact of slavery.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：由文中第四句“In African culture music was pervasive，serving not only religion，but all phases oflife…”和文章最后一句“…it became a crucial means of preserving the culture…”可以推测出非洲音乐的作用。选项A符合文意。

单选题 According to the author, scholars would err in drawing which of the following conclusions? I. Slavery stripped the slaves of their political and economic systems. II. African music was similar to all other traditions of music in that it originated in a total vision of life. III. Music was a crucial part of the African cultural legacy.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：根据第一句话中的“…they correctly note that slavery stripped some cultural elements from Blackpeople--their political and economic systems…”可知学者们得出了I的结论；根据“unlike the music ofsome other cultures”可知II的内容表述错误；根据文章最后一句话可知，III的内容是正确的。根据题意，故选B。