GRE阅读理解绿皮书答案及翻译： Exercise 64
This is not to deny that the Black gospel music of the
early twentieth century differed in important ways from the
slave spirituals. Whereas spirituals were created and
disseminated in folk fashion, gospel music was composed,
published, copyrighted, and sold by professionals.
Nevertheless, improvisation remained central to gospel music.
One has only to listen to the recorded repertoire of gospel
songs to realize that Black gospel singers rarely sang a song
precisely the same way twice and never according to its exact
musical notation. They performed what jazz musicians call
head arrangements proceeding from their own feelings and
from the way the spirit moved them at the time. This
improvisatory element was reflected in the manner in which
gospel music was published.
1.The author mentions folk fashion most likely in order to
counter an assertion about the role of improvisation
in music created by Black people
compare early gospel music with gospel music
written later in the twentieth century
make a distinction between gospel music and
slave spirituals
introduce a discussion about the dissemination of
slave spirituals
describe a similarity between gospel music and
slave spirituals
10.Of the following sentences, which is most likely to
have immediately preceded the passage?
Few composers of gospel music drew on traditions
such as the spiritual in creating their songs.
Spirituals and Black gospel music were derived
from the same musical tradition.
The creation and singing of spirituals, practiced by
Black Americans before the Civil War, continued
after the war.
Spirituals and gospel music can be clearly
distinguished from one another.
Improvisation was one of the primary characteristics
of the gospel music created by Black musicians.
1.文章在做两者的比较，提出其中一种的特点，目的也还是为了比较;答案C;
B 选项无中生有的多了一个限定;
2. 一直说丌同点，那么前一段正常来讲会说相同点，答案B;
This is not to deny that the Black gospel music of the
early twentieth century differed in important ways from the
slave spirituals. Whereas spirituals were created and
disseminated in folk fashion, gospel music was composed,
published, copyrighted, and sold by professionals.
Nevertheless, improvisation remained central to gospel music.
One has only to listen to the recorded repertoire of gospel
songs to realize that Black gospel singers rarely sang a song
precisely the same way twice and never according to its exact
musical notation. They performed what jazz musicians call
head arrangements proceeding from their own feelings and
from the way the spirit moved them at the time. This
improvisatory element was reflected in the manner in which
gospel music was published.
1.The author mentions folk fashion most likely in order to
counter an assertion about the role of improvisation
in music created by Black people
compare early gospel music with gospel music
written later in the twentieth century
make a distinction between gospel music and
slave spirituals
introduce a discussion about the dissemination of
slave spirituals
describe a similarity between gospel music and
slave spirituals
10.Of the following sentences, which is most likely to
have immediately preceded the passage?
Few composers of gospel music drew on traditions
such as the spiritual in creating their songs.
Spirituals and Black gospel music were derived
from the same musical tradition.
The creation and singing of spirituals, practiced by
Black Americans before the Civil War, continued
after the war.
Spirituals and gospel music can be clearly
distinguished from one another.
Improvisation was one of the primary characteristics
of the gospel music created by Black musicians.
1.文章在做两者的比较，提出其中一种的特点，目的也还是为了比较;答案C;
B 选项无中生有的多了一个限定;
2. 一直说丌同点，那么前一段正常来讲会说相同点，答案B;
