95年1月TOEFL阅读真题
95年1月TOFEL阅读EXERCISE TWENTY-EIGHT (Page247-251)
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Passage 1
The Cajun people, descendants of the French Acadians who rettled in south Louisiana in the mid-1700's, have been producing their own traditional style of music for nearly two centuries. However, by the late 1940's, commercially recorded Cajun music had begun to lo its individual character in favor of new sounds heavily influenced by hillbilly music and western swing. Then, in 1948, Iry Lejeune recorded "La Val du Pont d'Amour." Greatly inspired by the recordings of Amede Ardoin and by his own relatives and neighbors in Pointe Noire, Louisiana. Lejeune went against the grain to perform in the old, traditional style long forced underground. Some said the young singer from rural Louisiana who carried his accordion in a flour sack didn't know better, but crowds rushed to hear his highly
emotional music. His unexpected popular success focud attention on cultural values that Cajuns had begun to fear losing.
Iry Lejeune became a pivotal figure in the revitalization of Cajun music; his untimely death in 1955 only added to his legendary stature. Following his lead, musicians like Joe Falcon, Lawrence Walker. Austin Pitre, and Nathan Abshire dusted off long - abandoned accordions to perform and record traditional - style Cajun music. Interest and demand were especially strong after the Second World War among returning soldiers, tired of foreign wars and foreign affairs, who wanted only to get back to the comfort and curity of their own culture. Local music store owners pioneered their own local recording industry since national record companies had abandoned regional traditional styles and were only producing music with a broader, national appeal.
1. Cajun music recordings in the 1940's were
(A) imitations of Amede Ardoin's work
(B) performed in the traditional style
(C) influenced by other forms of American music
(D) a huge commercial success
2. To say that Lejeune went "against the grain" (line 7) when performing in the
old, traditional style suggests which of the following?
(A) He played music most other musicians weren't playing.
(B) He preferred to play modern music.
(C) He performed badly when he played traditional music.
(D) He could not make a living playing music.
3. The word "who" in line 8 refers to which of the following?
(A) Neighbors狠狠干电影
(B) Crowds
(C) Ardoin
(D) Lejeune
4. The word "revitalization in line 12 is clos in meaning to which of the following.
(A) Interpretation
(B) Introduction
(C) Rebirth
(D) Relevance
5. It can be inferred from the passage that when Lejeune died
(A) his popularity incread
(B) people stopped playing accordions水上运动项目
湖南教师发展中心(C) musicians lost interest in traditional music
(D) local music store owners lost money
6.Why did interest in traditional Cajun music increa after the Second World War?
(A) It had a broad, national appeal.
41ticket(B) Returning soldiers had misd their culture.
(C) The recording industry became more interested in it.
(D) Modern music had become distasteful.
Passage 2
资料资料One of the most remarkable of migrations is that taken each fall by the North American monarch butterfly. Often called "the wanderer", it is tough and powerful as butterflies go, and is capable of long flights at speeds of 20 miles per hour or more. Monarch butterflies have been obrved within 200 miles of the coast of England, although they are not native to Europe. They are now also found in Asia and Australia, perhaps having been ca
rried there by the wind.
The monarch produces as many as four generations a year, each one of which ventures a little farther north. It is the last of the that migrates before the ont of winter. From as far north as Canada, swarms of butterflies begin gathering from their homes in the fields, clinging to trees and bushes by the thousands. Then, on just the right breeze, they ri in a red cloud and head south. Not all get there. But enough do to ensure the survival of the species until the following spring.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
(A)The migration of incts to Europe
(B) A butterfly with extraordinary powers of flight
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(C) The reproductive cycle of the monarch butterfly
(D) Remarkable incts of the Western Hemisphere
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2.The phra "as butterflies go" (line 2) could best be replaced by which of the following?
