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课时作业(五)Unit7ArtPartⅤLesson3AMusicalGenius

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Intheearlypartofthetwentiethcentury,racism(种族卑视)waswidespreadintheUnitedStates.ManyAfricanAmericanswerenotgivenequalopportunitiesineducationoremployment.MarianAnderson(1897-1993)wasanAfricanAmericanwomanwhogainedfameasaconcertsingerinthisclimateofracism.ShewasborninPhiladelphiaandsanginchurchchoirsduringherchildhood.Whensheaskedforadmissiontoalocalmusicschoolin1917,shewasrefusedbecauseshewasblack.Unabletoattendmusicschool,shebeganhercareerasasingerforreligiousactivities.In1929,shewenttoEuropetostudyvoiceandspentseveralyearsperformingthere.HervoicewaswidelypraisedthroughoutEurope.ThenshereturnedtotheUSin1935andbecameatopconcertsingerafterperformingatTownHallinNewYorkCity.

RacismagainaffectedAndersonin1939.WhenitwasarrangedtosingatConstitutionHallinWashingtonD．C.,theDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolutionopposed(反对)itbecauseofhercolor.ShesanginsteadattheLincolnMemorialforover75，000people.In1955,Andersonbecamethefirstblacksoloist(独唱)tosingintheMetropolitanOperaofNewYorkCity.ThefamousconductorToscaninipraisedhervoiceas“heardonlyonceinahundredyears”.ShewasaUSdelegate(代表)totheUnitedNationsin1958andwontheUNpeaceprizein1977.Andersoneventuallytriumphedoverracism.

1．Accordingtothispassage,whatdidMarianAndersondobetween1917and1929?

A．Shestudiedatamusicschool.

B．Shesangforreligiousactivities.

C．ShesangatTownHallinNewYork.

D．ShestudiedvoiceinEurope.

2．ToscaninithoughtthatMarianAnderson________．

A．hadaveryrare(稀有的)voice

B．sangoccasionallyinpublic

C．sangonlyonceinmanyyears

D．wasseldomheardbypeople

3．Andersonsbeautifulvoicewasfirstrecognized________．

A．attheLincolnMemorial

B．inWashingtonD．C.