2020考研英語(yǔ)閱讀沖刺模擬題及答案解析（4）

　　眼瞅著已經(jīng)進(jìn)入2020考研沖刺階段，現(xiàn)階段對(duì)于大部分2020考研新手來(lái)說(shuō)肯定是無(wú)比緊張的，在這里跨考教育小編想提醒大家，穩(wěn)住心態(tài)，沖到最后!距離考研初試時(shí)間所剩無(wú)幾，如何能夠更好地做好英語(yǔ)閱讀呢?下面分享2020考研英語(yǔ)閱讀沖刺模擬題及答案解析 ，希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。

　　Proponents of different jazz styles have always argued that their predecessor''s musical style did not include essential characteristics that define jazz as jazz. Thus, 1940''s swing was belittled by beboppers of the 1950''s who were themselves attacked by free jazzes of the 1960''s. The neoboppers of the 1980''s and 1990''s attacked almost everybody else. The titanic figure of Black saxophonist John Coltrane has complicated the arguments made by proponents of styles from bebop 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 the other hand, this dogged student and prodigious technician &mdash who insisted on spending hours each day practicing scales from theory books &mdash 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” where 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 Coltrane''s 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 &mdash an organizing principle unlike that of free jazz saxophone player Ornette Coleman, 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. Coltrane''s 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 results were astounding. With the soprano''s 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 JimiHendrix, 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 to

　　[A] discuss the place of Coltrane 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 Coltrane''s style and their influence on his work.

　　[D] acknowledge the influence of Coltrane''s music on rock music and rock musicians.

　　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 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 EXCEPT

　　[A] improvise 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 the

　　[A] degree to which Coltrane''s 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 as

　　[A] dogmatic explanation.

　　[B] indignant denial.

　　[C] enthusiastic praise.

　　[D] speculative study.

　　[答案與考點(diǎn)解析]

　　「答案」A

　　「考點(diǎn)解析」本題是一道中心主旨題。第一段的倒數(shù)第一、二句是全文的中心主旨句，全文就是根據(jù)這兩句話展開論述的。抓住這兩句話就可以找出本題的正確選項(xiàng)A.考生在解題時(shí)，尤其是破解中心主旨題時(shí)，一定要先找出全文的中心主旨句。

　　「答案」C

　　「考點(diǎn)解析」 這是一道例(舉)證與細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第四段第一句明確指出“三張唱片為科爾特蘭尼富有活力的探索提供了證明”。這說(shuō)明第四段將講述三個(gè)例子用來(lái)說(shuō)明在前一段即第三段所提出的論點(diǎn)。另外這三個(gè)例子是按著先后順序給出的，因此本題的正確選項(xiàng)是C.考生在解題時(shí)要注意段落之間的相互關(guān)系，更要注意句子之間的相互關(guān)系。

　　「答案」D

　　「考點(diǎn)解析」這是一道細(xì)節(jié)理解題型。本題屬于比較難的題型，因?yàn)楸绢}的涉及面比較廣。本題A、B、C選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容分別在第二段第一句、第四段第三四句和第二段第二句提到過(guò)。故本題的正確選項(xiàng)應(yīng)該是D.其實(shí)這道題表面上非常難，但是對(duì)于善于捕捉全文中心主旨句的同學(xué)來(lái)講確比較容易，因?yàn)閺牡谝欢蔚谒木涞脑驙钫Z(yǔ)從句中就可以推導(dǎo)出本題的正確答案D.考生在解題時(shí)應(yīng)時(shí)時(shí)牢記全文的中心主旨句。

　　「答案」A

　　「考點(diǎn)解析」本題是一道審題定位題型。根據(jù)本題題干中的“other jazz musicians”可將本題的答案信息來(lái)源定位在第一段的第一至四句，因?yàn)樵谶@四句話中提到了其它的爵士音樂(lè)家。第一段第四句的狀語(yǔ)從句明確指出了“Coltrane”與其它音樂(lè)家的不同在于他吸收了各種風(fēng)格的爵士音樂(lè)。故本題的正確答案應(yīng)該是A.考生在解題時(shí)應(yīng)重視審題定位。

　　「答案」C

　　「考點(diǎn)解析」本題是一道歸納推導(dǎo)題型。細(xì)心的同學(xué)可從本文作者在論述時(shí)使用的詞語(yǔ)中推導(dǎo)出本題的正確答案C.例如作者在第一段第四句的主語(yǔ)上使用了“titanic figure”在第五句使用了“his influence…was immeasurable”在最后一段的第三句使用了“his influence… was enormous”，這都反映了作者的“enthusiastic praise”。考生在解題時(shí)要重視原文作者在表達(dá)觀點(diǎn)時(shí)的遣詞造句。

　　[參考譯文]

　　不同的爵士樂(lè)風(fēng)格的支持者一貫認(rèn)為他們前輩的音樂(lè)風(fēng)格沒(méi)有包括那些使爵士樂(lè)之所以成為爵士樂(lè)的本質(zhì)特征。這樣，二十世紀(jì)五十年代的比波普派輕視二十世紀(jì)四十年代的搖擺音樂(lè)派，而他們自己又受到二十世紀(jì)六十年代的自由爵士派的抨擊。二十世紀(jì)八十至九十年代的新比波普派幾乎對(duì)任何其他人都進(jìn)行抨擊。而黑人薩克斯管巨匠約翰?科爾特蘭尼使這些從比波普派到新比波普派的支持者所提出的主張更加復(fù)雜化，因?yàn)樵谒约旱囊魳?lè)例程中，他經(jīng)歷了所有這些風(fēng)格。他對(duì)所有爵士音樂(lè)的風(fēng)格的影響是不可估量的。在他最受歡迎的時(shí)期，科爾特蘭尼基本上放棄了比波普風(fēng)格的演奏以便探索爵士樂(lè)更深的處延，然而正是比波普風(fēng)格的演奏使得他成名。

　　科爾特蘭尼自己可能認(rèn)為爵士樂(lè)的本質(zhì)特征就是即興創(chuàng)作，這是他從比波普風(fēng)格到對(duì)形式音樂(lè)、印度音樂(lè)、非洲音樂(lè)的自由即興演奏的歷程中一直沒(méi)有改變的。另一方面，這個(gè)頑強(qiáng)的學(xué)生和異常的技巧家每天花幾個(gè)小時(shí)用以練習(xí)理論書籍上的曲譜，從未能完全拋棄比波普的影響，在他的旋律中可以找到帶有比波普特點(diǎn)的快速和精細(xì)的音符以及修飾效果。

　　有兩種風(fēng)格特征影響了科爾特蘭尼演奏男高音薩克斯管的方式：他喜歡對(duì)建立于一種旋律上的音符進(jìn)行快速的演奏，同時(shí)也依賴于強(qiáng)有力的、有規(guī)律的重音節(jié)奏。前者引導(dǎo)科爾特蘭尼走向“片狀聲響”的境界，在那里科爾特蘭尼的演奏越來(lái)越快，將音符成堆互相累放起來(lái)以表達(dá)一種堆疊起來(lái)的和諧感。而后者意味著，他的節(jié)奏感之接近于搖滾樂(lè)幾乎就像其接近于比波普風(fēng)格一樣。

　　三張唱片為科爾特蘭尼富有活力的探索提供了證明。和馬爾斯?戴維斯合作錄制《有幾分憂傷》時(shí)，科爾特蘭尼發(fā)現(xiàn)他已離開了波普風(fēng)格，對(duì)形式音樂(lè)進(jìn)行探索。在這中間，他演奏那些跌宕起伏的冗長(zhǎng)的獨(dú)奏，而這些獨(dú)奏基本上是圍繞著一個(gè)重復(fù)主題展開的。該種主題是用以組織其音樂(lè)的原則，它和自由派爵士樂(lè)薩克斯管演奏家奧尼迪?科爾曼采用的組織方式不同。后面這位音樂(lè)家在他的獨(dú)奏中會(huì)對(duì)其旋律進(jìn)行調(diào)節(jié)改變。在《大踏步》中，科爾特蘭尼初次以領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者角色出現(xiàn)，對(duì)他自己的作品進(jìn)行了介紹。在這中間，“片狀聲響”、強(qiáng)拍重音、重復(fù)回旋和極快的速度組成了每一段獨(dú)奏的各個(gè)部分，各樂(lè)章的形式的多樣性是獨(dú)一無(wú)二的?？茽柼靥m尼深刻的探索獲得了穩(wěn)固的成就。《我的鐘愛(ài)之物》是另一種意義上的分水嶺。在這里，科爾特蘭尼演奏了爵士樂(lè)演奏家很少使用的女高音薩克斯管，所產(chǎn)生的音樂(lè)上的效果是驚人的。伴隨著女高音薩克斯管的尖音，那些顯得昏暗及帶有沉思意味的主題獲得了一種令人眼花繚亂的夢(mèng)幻感覺(jué)。

　　當(dāng)科爾特蘭尼開始為沖動(dòng)唱片公司進(jìn)行音樂(lè)錄制時(shí)，他仍然在探索。他的音樂(lè)變得沙啞而感性。搖滾樂(lè)手受到他的巨大影響，其中包括吉米?亨德瑞克斯這位吉它手。后者仿效科爾特蘭尼，使基于重復(fù)主題的大段吉他獨(dú)奏上升成為一種搖滾藝術(shù)形式。

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