2009年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT 12

1．Future musicologists will lose much sleep over Philip Glass because_____.

1．未来的音乐学家会在菲利普·格拉斯身上耗费许多不眠之夜，因为_____。

[A] Philip Glass' works are consistently changing based on the different context and various external conditions.

[A] 菲利普·格拉斯的作品在不同的情景和各种外部下不断地发生变化。

[B] Philip Glass's music is characterized by its unintelligibility.

[B]菲利普·格拉斯作品的重要特点就是非常难以理解。

[C] Philip Glass is ignorant of establishing an immutable, sacrosanct urtext.

[C] 菲利普·格拉斯不屑于创立不变的、神圣的原始文本。

[D] Philip Glass's works are totally alien to modern and even future audience.

[D] 菲利普·格拉斯的作品对于现代甚至是未来的观众来说是完全陌生。

2. To make the opera become a concert, Mr. Glass trimmed _____.

2. 为了让这部歌剧变为协奏曲，格拉斯先生删节了_____。

[A] the tale of the multicolored bathing cap

[A] 彩色游泳帽的故事

[B] the quotations form Carole King

[B] 引用Carole King的话

[C] Mr. Bojangles' scene

[C] Bojangles先生的场景

[D] Lucirda Childe's adventure

[D] Lucirda Childe的冒险经历

3. Which one of the following is NOT true of the new version of "Einstein on the Beach" ?

3. 关于"爱因斯坦在海滩"下列哪个陈述是错误的？

[A] The former structure and format was kept constantly for the majority part.

[A] 原来的结构和形式大部分没有改变。

[B] The version was changed into a concert with a more formal procedure and a more fixed setting.

[B] 这个版本被改成了一个协奏曲，形式更加正式、同时环境也更加固定。

[C] The version was a success partly because of the advantage brought by trims.

[C] 这个版本获得成本部分在于所作的删节。

[D] The version was tighter than its ancestor.

[D] 这个版本比其原作要更紧凑。

4． The contrary elements which added charm to the new version were_____.

4. 为这个新版本增添了魅力的相矛盾的元素是_____。

[A] the soporific repetition of phrases and invigorating music

[A] 催人入睡的重复的短语和令人振奋的音乐

[B] the streams numbers and symphonic energy

[B] 数字串和交响乐力量

[C] the classical violin solo passage and electrifying workout

[C] 经典的小提琴独奏和电子化的加工

[D] inventiveness and real beauty

[D] 创造性和真正的美

5．The passage is mainly  _____.

5．这篇文章主要是_____。

[A] a comparison of two versions of "Einstein on the Beach"

[A] "爱因斯坦在海滩"两个版本的比较

[B] an introduction of a new art form

[B] 介绍一种新的艺术形式

[C] a study on the influence of trims on musical works

[C] 对音乐作品删节影响的研究

[D] an analysis of Mr. Glass' works

[D] 对格拉斯先生作品的分析