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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 15
First of all, you need to know what is TOEFL listening Pattern.
Second, in the course of listening, just pay attention on what you know, if you missed something, just let it go . don't try to figure out what you missed .
Finally, after finishing the passage, don't go answers immediately. use about 5 seconds to review the passage specially last two sentence. then go answers one by one. don't saty in one question for a long time.
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1. What are the students mainly discussing?
Special qualities of jazz music
How jazz music is similar to classical music
How Louis Armstrong influenced jazz music
Reasons why jazz music is so popular
2. What does the man say he learned when he took a
course in music appreciation?
How jazz has changed over time
How jazz was influenced by classical music
What to listen for in classical music
What makes jazz sound different from classical
music
3. What point does the woman try to make by mentioning
short stories and poems?
They are both types of artistic expression.
They should not be judged by the same standards.
They have both inspired a lot of jazz.
They can be analyzed by the same rules as music.
4. According to the woman, how can the ground beat
be identified in jazz music?
It is part of the melody.
It is tapped by the musicians' feet.
It is played by the strongest musicians.
It is established by a separate rhythm section.
5. What does the woman say about a blues scale?
It is part of a major scale.
It is easily produced on classical instruments.
It is the basis for most European music.
It is dfferent from a major or minor scale.
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