Ever since Edison invented the phonograph cylinder(留声机spokesman for the party of doom; in the opposite corner are the utopians(乌托邦liberated it. Before Edison came along, Beethoven’s symphonies could be heard only in select concert halls. Now the recordings carry the man from Bonn to the corners of the earth. Glenn Gould, after renouncing live performance in 1964, predicted that within the century the public concert would disappear into the electronic air.

　　Having discovered much of my favorite music through LPs and CDs, I am not about to join Sousa’s party. Modern urban environments are often so soulless or ugly that I’m grateful for the humanizing touch of electronic sound. But neither can I accept Gould’s slashing futurism. I want to be aware of technology’s effects, positive and negative. Fortunately, scholars and critics have been methodically exploring this terrain for many decades, trying to figure out exactly what happens when we listen to music with no musicians in the room.

　　57. The first paragraph is intended to

　　A. defend an argument

　　B. make a prediction

　　C. criticize an attitude

　　D. summarized a viewpoint

　　58. The author’s attitude towards the recorded music may best be described as

　　.

　　A. dissatisfied

　　B. defensive

　　C. optimistic

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