1 . 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 write 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 dialogues. 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
2 . Have you seen the incredible guitar-playing of man born with no arms? The musician who was born without arms is being
Mark Goffeney, 46, of San Diego, who is
Mark devoted every waking hour to searching his town and trying to join a
Things were
“When I
Today, Mark
A.named | B.chosen | C.congratulated | D.recognized |
A.fingers | B.feet | C.hands | D.arms |
A.served | B.known | C.ignored | D.treated |
A.disability | B.courage | C.belief | D.pain |
A.picked out | B.set aside | C.took up | D.dealt with |
A.drum | B.violin | C.piano | D.guitar |
A.serious | B.curious | C.confident | D.particular |
A.family | B.party | C.band | D.society |
A.chances | B.difficulties | C.activities | D.comments |
A.tough | B.easy | C.interesting | D.encouraging |
A.formed | B.happened | C.changed | D.paused |
A.finished | B.enjoyed | C.began | D.stopped |
A.going | B.looking | C.working | D.spotting |
A.acts | B.performs | C.travels | D.moves |
A.raised | B.charged | C.thrown | D.donated |
The lion dance is a
Two dancers dress up as the lion. One dancer holds the large head of the brightly colored costume and the other dancer is the body. The dancers have to be very fit as they perform lots of moves. They dance to music
People will often hang the head of a lettuce (生菜) from ceilings or doorways. The lion will go in search
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician,
Indeed, the guqin — the favored instrument of Confucius — was
In April, when President Xi Jinping
A group of musicians from China, Germany and Switzerland joined hands in a special concert to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The event, also known as China Media Group(CMG) China-Europe Music Festival,
It’s part of a program of special events running up to the Winter Olympics, which will begin on February 4, 2022. Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),
The concert
Bach added, “The beautiful performances by this talented group of international artists show that inspirational moments are possible when we are dreaming together. This is
CMG President Shen Haixiong said, “Sport and music are the common language of all mankind. Artists from different countries perform wonderfully
A.Boring. | B.Wonderful. | C.Confusing. |
7 . Dancing is fun, creative and can affect the way you think and feel. Whether you are a star dancer or find it hard to feel the beat, moving with music can be great for both your body and your mind.
Why do you dance? If you love dancing with your friends or jumping around to music on your own, you'll know that dancing makes you feel good
What should you do? If you don't feel confident dancing in front of other people, try practicing some moves on your own first, like trying a free online dance class. Before you start, stretch to warm up your muscles, which helps maintain the flexibility and strength so that you don't get any injuries.
A.How is dancing good for you? |
B.After that, keep practicing your moves. |
C.How does dancing change your lifestyle? |
D.After that, remember to control your breathing. |
E.The following may guide you into the dancing world if you still hesitate. |
F.Thus dancing can bring you more happiness than any other social activities. |
G.Humans have used dance to make bonds with each other for thousands of years. |
8 . Sara Kays, a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Indiana, US, is a(n)
“It’s been cool to engage with people that way, and sometimes I’ll
Kays has been using online platforms to pursue her music dream to
Different from other content creators who update their content
Now, Kays has
A.developing | B.upcoming | C.rising | D.singing |
A.sell | B.promote | C.offer | D.provide |
A.argument | B.emotion | C.profit | D.feedback |
A.lead | B.talk | C.research | D.respond |
A.maximum | B.convenient | C.poor | D.numerous |
A.broke out | B.went viral | C.came forward | D.took up |
A.practiced | B.understood | C.shared | D.included |
A.dance | B.write | C.shoot | D.sing |
A.Eventually | B.Actually | C.Gradually | D.Fortunately |
A.post | B.take | C.serve | D.compose |
A.fluently | B.regularly | C.relaxingly | D.peacefully |
A.committed | B.related | C.pleased | D.loved |
A.entered | B.dealt | C.operated | D.signed |
A.but | B.while | C.because | D.though |
A.joys | B.needs | C.struggles | D.efforts |
9 . In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge(挑战) to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little -- known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator(行政人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?A.To bring Europe together again. | B.To honor heroes of World War II. |
C.To introduce young theatre groups. | D.To attract great artists from Europe. |
A.They owned a public house there. | B.They came to take up a challenge. |
C.They thought they were also famous. | D.They wanted to take part in the festival. |
A.unpopular groups | B.non-official groups |
C.foreign groups | D.local groups |
A.has become a non-official event | B.has gone beyond an art festival |
C.gives shows all year round | D.keeps growing rapidly |
1.简单介绍表演;
2.观看感受;
3.表达期待。
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An Amazing Performance of Chinese Classical Dance
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