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;