核心素养 弘扬中国传统文化; 树立文化自信; 增强爱国意识; 了解外国文化
高考链接 2019·全国卷Ⅲ·书面表达; 2017·全国卷I·C; 2016·全国卷Ⅲ·C; 2016·四川高考·短文改错
Ⅰ. 话题与高考阅读理解
(2017·全国卷I·C)
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 (语境重构). 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.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段的“to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across cultures”可知, UNESCO把4月30日定为国际爵士音乐节的目的是提高人们对爵士乐以及它的重要性和潜力的认识。故选D。
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.
【解析】选C。词义猜测题。that指代第二段中提到的爵士乐观众减少, 不能得到年轻一代的青睐。故选C。
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.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第四段Moran说的“. . . jazz is not black and white anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital. ”及第五段“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, 他认为世界在变, 爵士乐应该与时俱进。故选C。
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
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。第一段提到了国际爵士音乐节的目的是让人们认识到爵士乐的价值。然后, 根据Moran, 一位爵士乐顾问说的话可知, 他想探索爵士乐的未来, 让它与时俱进, 继续发扬光大。故选A。
