C．The firemen didn’t believe a dog would know the way.

　　D．The firemen didn’t know what the dog was trying to tell them at first.

　　60．What’s the purpose of the ceremony?

　　A．To honor the dog Buddy.

　　B．To honor the firemen.

　　C．To honor Ben.

　　D．To encourage people to keep dogs.

　　B

　　Robert Todd Duncan was born in 1903 in the southern city of Danville，Kentucky.His mother was his first music teacher.As a young man，he continued his music study in Indianapolis，Indiana.

　　In 1930，he completed more musical education at Columbia University in New York City.Then he moved to Washington.For fifteen years，he taught music at Howard University in

　　Washington.At that time，not many black musicians were

　　known for writing or performing classical music.Teaching

　　at Howard gave Duncan the chance to share his knowledge

　　of classical European music with a mainly black student population.He taught special ways to present the music.These special ways became known as the Duncan Technique.

　　Besides teaching，Duncan sang in several operas with performers who were all black.But it seemed that he always would be known mainly as a concert artist.However，his life took a different turn in the middle 1930s.At that time，the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work Porgy and Bess.The music critic (评论家) of the New York Times newspaper suggested Todd Duncan.Duncan had almost decided not to try for the part as he knew it would not be easy to get it.But he changed his mind.He sang a piece from an Italian opera for Gershwin.He had sung only a few minutes when Gershwin offered him the part.He became famous because of the part in Porgy and Bess.

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