Passage 2
It has been thought and said that Africans are born with musical talent. Because music is so important in the lives of many Africans and because so much music is performed in Africa, we are inclined to think that all Africans are musicians. The impression is strengthened when we look at ourselves and find that we have become largely a society of music spectators. Music is important to us, but most of us can considered consumers rather than producers of music. We have records, television, concerts, and radio to fulfill many of our musical needs. In most situations where music is performed in our culture it is not difficult to distinguish the audience from the performers, but such is often not the case in Africa. Alban Ayipaga, a Kasena semiprofessional musician from northern Ghana, says that when his flute and drum ensemble is performing,“Anybody can take part.”This is true, but Kasena musicians recognize that not all people are equally capable of taking part in the Music. Some can sing along with the drummers, but relatively few can drum and even fewer can play the flute along with the ensemble. It is fairly common in Africa for there to be an ensemble of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound. Performances often take place in an open area (that is, not on a stage) and so the lines between the performing nucleus and the additional performers, active spectators, and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from point of view.
1. The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that _____ .
［A］ we are the audience and they are the additional performers
［B］ we are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians
［C］ most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators
［D］ all of us are consumers while all of them are producers of music
2. The word “such”(line 8) refers to the fact that _____ .
［A］ music is performed with the participation of the audience
［B］ people tend to distinguish the audience from the performers
［C］ music performed without the participation of the audience
［D］ people have records, television sets and radio to fulfill their musical needs
3. The word “nucleus”(line 15) probably refers to _____ .
［A］ musicians famous in Africa
［B］ musicians at the centre
［C］ active participants in a musical performance
［D］ musicians acting as the core in a performance
4. The best title for this passage would be _____ .
［A］ The Importance of Musicians to African People
［B］ A Characteristic Feature of African Musical Performances
［C］ The Relationship Between Musicians and Their Audience
［D］ Differences Between African Music and Music of Other Countries
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