Part III Reading Comprehension

Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions.For each question there are four answers marked A,B,C and D)Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(40 points)

Passage 1

The liturgical (礼拜仪式的)chants of the Russian and other Slavic Orthodox(正统的)Churches demonstrate a unique blend of traditions and are quite different from those of many other branches of Eastern Orthodoxy.Although the earliest Sources of Slavic chants were the Byzantine chants brought by missionaries nearly a thousand years ago,the Byzantine originals gradually underwent further development in the Slavic lands.What emerged was a combination of East and Westthe original Byzantine models redefined in Slavic terms,tempered by the Slavic choral tradition,and much influenced by Western European ideas of rhythm and harmony.It is the combination that makes Slav chants so different from those of Greeks,Syrians,and others from areas closer to the Byzantine homeland.

The chants of the Slav Churches,like those of other Orthodox traditions,are based on sets of eight “tones”melodic patterns of which there are many different types and many different variations.Unlike many other chant forms,however,those of Slavic Orthodoxy are harmonized.

In addition to chants,the Slav Churches also permit use of freely composed music;the Western influence is even more strongly seen in this area.Many of the religious works of such Slavic composers as Tchaikovsky,Arkhangelsky,Lvov,Bortniansky,Tcheshnokov,Rachmaninov,and even Stravinsky were originally written for use in Russian and other Slavic Orthodox Churches.

51. The point the author of this passage is trying to make is that _____ .

A)Slavic church music is performed without accompaniment

B)Slavic church music is European in origin,not Byzantine

C)Slavic church music is largely unaffected by European influence

D)Slavic church music has been influenced by both the East and the West

52. In the opinion of the author,the liturgical chants of the Slavic Orthodox Church are _____ .

A)Byzantine chants which have been harmonized

B)based on freely composed music written by Tchaikowsky.Arknangelsky,and others

C)basically Byzantine chants which were greatly influenced by contact with Western European music nearly 1000 years ago

D)a type of Byzantine chant which has been changed through the influence of Slavic and Western European musical traditions

53. Which of the following would be suitable as a title for the passage you have just read?

A)“Charting the Changes in Byzantine Church Chant”

B)“Slavic Church Music:A Marriage of East and West”

C)“Aspects of Free Composition in the Slavic Tones”

D)“The Liturgical Chants of the Russian Orthodox”

54. Which of the following generalizations could be made,based on the information found in the passage?

A)Slavic liturgical chants are a result of the variety of factors which influenced Byzantine Church music in the Slavic lands.

B)The development of Byzantine chant in the Slavic lands has been recent,sudden,and dramatic

C)The works of such composers as Tchailkovsky,Arknangelsky,Lvov,Bortiansky,Tcheshnorov,Rachmaninov,and Stravinsky have been greatly influenced by Byzantine chant.

D)Although slavic shant has developed over a preiod of nearly 1000 years,it is not much different now than it was in its earliest forms.

55. To what does those (line 11)refer?

A)rhythm and harmony

B)Slavic liturgical chants

C)Western European ideas

D)Greek.Syrian.and other chant forms

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