中国银行2010笔试阅读真题及答案解析

1、本文为 2010 年笔试的阅读的一篇，并提供答案解析以供参考。Proponents of different jazz styles have always argued that their predecessors musical style did not include essential characteristics that define jazz as jazz. Thus, 1940s swing was belittled by beboppers of the 1950s who were themselves attacked by free jazzes of the 1960s. The neoboppers of the 1980s and 1990s attacked almost everybody else. The titanic figure of Black saxophonist John Coltrane has complicated the arguments made by proponents of styles from bebo

2、p through neobop because in his own musical journey he drew from all those styles. His influence on all types of jazz was immeasurable. At the height of his popularity, Coltrane largely abandoned playing bebop, the style that had brought him fame, to explore the outer reaches of jazz.Coltrane himself probably believed that the only essential characteristic of jazz was improvisation, the one constant in his journey from bebop to open-ended improvisations on modal, Indian, and African melodies. On

3、 the other hand, this dogged student and prodigious technician who insisted on spending hours each day practicing scales from theory books was never able to jettison completely the influence of bebop, with its fast and elaborate chains of notes and ornaments on melody.Two stylistic characteristics shaped the way Coltrane played the tenor saxophone: he favored playing fast runs of notes built on a melody and depended on heavy, regularly accented beats. The first led Coltrane to sheets of sound” w

4、here he raced faster and faster, pile-driving notes into each other to suggest stacked harmonies. The second meant that his sense of rhythm was almost as close to rock as to bebop.Three recordings illustrate Coltranes energizing explorations. Recording Kind of Blue with Miles Davis, Coltrane found himself outside bop, exploring modal melodies. Here he played surging, lengthy solos built largely around repeated motifs an organizing principle unlike that of free jazz saxophone player Ornette Colem

5、an, who modulated or altered melodies in his solos. On Giant Steps, Coltrane debuted as leader, introducing his own compositions. Here the sheets of sound, downbeat accents, repetitions, and great speed are part of each solo, and the variety of the shapes of his phrases is unique. Coltranes searching explorations produced solid achievement. My Favorite Things was another kind of watershed. Here Coltrane played the soprano saxophone, an instrument seldom used by jazz musicians. Musically, the res

6、ults were astounding. With the sopranos piping sound, ideas that had sounded dark and brooding acquired a feeling of giddy fantasy.When Coltrane began recording for the Impulse！ Label, he was still searching. His music became raucous, physical. His influence on rockers was enormous, including Jimi Hendrix, the rock guitarist, who, following Coltrane, raised the extended guitar solo using repeated motifs to a kind of rock art form.The primary purpose of the text is toA discuss the place of Coltra

7、ne in the world of jazz and describe his musical explorations.B examine the nature of bebop and contrast it with improvisational jazz.C analyze the musical sources of Coltranes style and their influence on his work. D acknowledge the influence of Coltranes music on rock music and rock musicians.中国银行 2010 笔试阅读真题及答案解析Which of the following best describes the organization of the fourth paragraph？A A thesis referred to earlier in the text is mentioned and illustrated with three specific examples.B A

8、 thesis is stated and three examples are given each suggesting that a correction needs to be made to a thesis referred to earlier in the text.C A thesis referred to earlier in the text is mentioned, and three examples are presented and ranked in order of their support of the thesis. D A thesis is stated, three seemingly opposing examples are presented, and their underlying correspondence is explained.According to the text, John Coltrane did all of the following during his career EXCEPTA improvis

9、e on melodies from a number of different cultures.B perform as leader as well as soloist.C spend time improving his technical skills. D eliminate the influence of bebop on his own music.According to the text a major difference between Coltrane and other jazz musicians was theA degree to which Coltranes music encompassed all of jazz.B repetition of motifs that Coltrane used in his solos.C number of his own compositions that Coltrane recorded. D indifference Coltrane maintained to musical technique.In terms of its tone and form, the text can best be characterized asA dogmatic explanation.B indignant denial.C enthusiastic praise.D speculative study.答案与考点解析答案A考点解析本题是一道中心主旨题。第一段的倒数第一、二句是全文的中心主旨句，全文就是根据这两句话展开论述的。抓住这两句话就可以找出本题的正确选项 A.考生在解题时，尤其是破解中心主旨题时，一定要先找出全文的中心主旨句。答案C考点解析 这是一道例（举）证与细节理解题。第四段第一句明确指出“三张唱片为科尔特兰尼富有活力的探索提供了证明”。这说明第四段将讲述三个例子用来说明在前一段即第三段所提出的论点。另外这三个例子是按着先后顺序给出的，因此本题的正确选项是 C.

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