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Some of the world's most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It's Jason Moran's job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center's artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it's not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio's reporter Neal Conan. “What I'm hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and white anymore. It's actually color, and it's actually digital.”
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can't be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller's music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it's the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as humans，gaining any insight（感悟） on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran, “So I want to continue those dialogue. Those are the things I want to foster.”
（1）Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?
A.To remember the birth of jazz.
B.To protect cultural diversity.
C.To encourage people to study music.
D.To recognize the value of jazz.
（2）What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Jazz becoming more accessible.
B.The production of jazz growing faster.
C.Jazz being less popular with the young.
D.The jazz audience becoming larger.
（3）What can we infer about Moran's opinion on jazz?
A.It will disappear gradually.
B.It remains black and white.
C.It should keep up with the times.
D.It changes every 50 years.
（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.Exploring the Future of jazz.
B.The Rise and Fall of jazz.
C.The Story of a jazz Musician.
D.Celebrating the Jazz Day.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）C
（3）C
（4）A
【解析】本文主要讲联合国教科文组织为提高人们对爵士乐的重视设立爵士日，但实际收效甚微。有人认为爵士乐应随着时代的进步而进步，否则将失去吸引力。
⑴细节理解。A.铭记爵士乐的诞生；B.保护文化的多样性；C.鼓励人们学习音乐；D.认识爵士乐的价值。根据第一段set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.可知联合国教科文组织把四月30日作为爵士乐日是为了提高对爵士乐、它的重要性以及它作为一种跨文化的音乐的潜能的意识。故选D。
⑵词义猜测。A.爵士乐变得更容易接近；B.爵士乐产品增长的更快；C.爵士乐不太受年轻人欢迎；D.爵士乐的听众变得更多。通常that指代上文提到的内容。根据第二段可知，尽管有爵士乐节这样的庆祝活动，在美国爵士乐的听众在不断减少，并且在老龄化。爵士乐已经联系不上青年一代了。所以that指爵士乐在青年一代人中变得那么受欢迎。故选C。
⑶推理判断。A.爵士乐会逐渐消失；B.爵士乐仍然是黑白的（陈旧的）；C。爵士乐应该与时具进；D.爵士乐每50年改变一次。根据第五段中的The music can't be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same可知Moran认为爵士乐不能以1908或1958年的方式来表达当代，因为世界运转的方式不同，所以爵士乐必须继续前进才行。说明随着时代的发展，爵士乐也要跟上时代才不会被年轻一代所抛弃。故选C。
⑷主旨大意。A.探索爵士乐的未来；B.爵士乐的辉煌与没落；Ｃ.爵士音乐人的故事；D.庆祝爵士乐日。通读全文可知本文主要讲联合国教科文组织为提高人们对爵士乐的重视设立爵士日，但实际收效甚微。有人认为爵士乐应随着时代的进步而进步，否则将失去吸引力。可知本文主要探索爵士乐的未来，故选A。