regret that the original music and texts were altered
concern that many of the revisions altered the plots of the original work
approval for the intentions that motivated the revisions
puzzlement, since the revisions seem largely insignificant
enthusiasm, since the revisions were aimed at reducing the conventionality of the operas plots
25. According to the passage, one of Verdi s achievements within the framework of nineteenth-century opera and its conventions was to
limit the extent to which singers influenced the musical compositions and performance of his operas
use his operas primarily as forums to protest both the moral corruption and dogmatic rigidity of the political leaders of his time
portray psychologically complex characters shaped by the political environment surrounding them
incorporate elements of folklore into both the music and plots of his operas
introduce political elements into an art form that had traditionally avoided political content
26. Which of the following best describes the relationship of the first paragraph of the passage to the passage as a whole?
It provides a group of specific examples from which generalizations are drawn later in the passage.
It leads to an assertion that is supported by examples later in the passage.
【GRE阅读练习每日一篇(四十八)】相关文章:
最新
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01
2016-03-01