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Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies’ sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass’s classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.
词汇伴侣
*请各位注意：少量生词不是阅读的绊脚石，理解才是。
Hibernation n. 动词 hibernate，冬眠
Ethos n. the set of ideas and moral attitudes belong to a person or group 精神特质
Steep v. (一般作 be steeped in) surround or fill with a quality or influence 使沉浸
[解析] 长句心法
1. Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it.
【类型 1】层次鲜明。仔细品味英语句子的逻辑性。
第一个逗号前：PG 使流行元素混在古典风里这种方式得以复兴;第二个逗号前：这样的方式却在美国 1960s 一直沉睡(第一部分 why);最后的句号前：PG 采纳了流行音乐的特质，但不模仿(第一部分 how)。
2. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass’s classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music.
【类型 2】双重否定。GRE 中经常使用的手法。
Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass’s classical music
= Popular elements appear in place in Glass’s classical music
流行元素在 G 的古典音乐中得以呈现。
全文一共五句话，一个句首大转折 yet 将文章分成了两个层次。
[解析] 题目解答
Select only one answer choice.
1. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass’s use of popular elements in his classical compositions?
A. How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
B. How it has affected the commercial success of Glass’s music
C. Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their composition
D. Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass’s reputation as a composer of classical music
E. Whether it has caused certain of Glass’s works to be derivative in quality
【技巧 1】关键词排除法。
一般出错的位置：1. 定状语添油加醋(如 AC)2. 关键词排除法(如 BD)关键词排除法可以迅速排除答案，而不需要阅读琐碎的句子。
B.这篇文章并没有提到 PG 音乐的商业价值 D.这篇文章并没有提到 PG 风格的负面影响正确答案 E，第二句话解答了这个问题，derivative(衍生的)有点隐晦，需要好好体会。
Select only one answer choice.
2. The passage suggests that Glass’s work displays which of the following qualities?
A. A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
B. An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music C. A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles
【技巧 2】 比较级排除法。
将文章本无联系的两样东西进行无谓的比较，是 ETS 的出题一大手法。
比如 B 这句话间接的比较了两种音乐风格(genre)，似乎 rock music 没有 classical music 来的有艺术性，文章只说了 PG 将两种艺术形式混合，根本没有对这两种音乐风格进行比较。今后关于比较级的选项，请多斟酌比较的两者是否在文章中有对比，否则即为错误选项。 A 和 C 均是第一句话第一部分的改写。
3. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music.
由于写得关键名词是 rock and classical music，所以一定最后三句筛选。由于文章还有关键词 two ways，所以一定是最后一句话。
答案：His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.