考研英语的阅读理解精读100篇高分版TEXT12
<p> <span word="TEXT">TEXT</span> <span word="TWELVE">TWELVE</span></p><p> <span word="Imagine">Imagine</span> <span word="howmuch">howmuch</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="musicologists">musicologists</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Philip">Philip</span> <span word="Glass">Glass</span>. <span word="Throughout">Throughout</span> <span word="hiscareer">hiscareer</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="scores">scores</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suit">suit</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span>, <span word="trimming">trimming</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="forrecordings">forrecordings</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="believes">believes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nonvisual">nonvisual</span> <span word="performancesbenefit">performancesbenefit</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="concision">concision</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="notion">notion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="immutable">immutable</span>, <span word="sacrosancturtext">sacrosancturtext</span> -- <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="musicologists">musicologists</span> <span word="sift">sift</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="toestablish">toestablish</span> -- <span word="is">is</span> <span word="entirely">entirely</span> <span word="alien">alien</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span>.</p><p> <span word="Still">Still</span>, <span word="youwould">youwould</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Glass">Glass</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="sacred">sacred</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="structureand">structureand</span> <span word="format">format</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Einstein">Einstein</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beach">Beach</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="operas">operas</span> <span word="premiere">premiere</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1976, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> 1984 <span word="and">and</span> 1992 <span word="revivals">revivals</span>, <span word="Einstein">Einstein</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nointermission">nointermission</span>. <span word="Free">Free</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="narrative">narrative</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="associations">associations</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="imagery">imagery</span> --<span word="Einstein">Einstein</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="madly">madly</span> <span word="ecstatic">ecstatic</span> <span word="violinist">violinist</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="power">power</span>-- <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="unfolded">unfolded</span> <span word="inexorably">inexorably</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="repeated">repeated</span> <span word="musical">musical</span> <span word="phrases">phrases</span> <span word="creating">creating</span> <span word="rhythmicwheels">rhythmicwheels</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="wheels">wheels</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="libretto">libretto</span>, <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>, <span word="solfege">solfege</span> <span word="syllables">syllables</span> <span word="andquirky">andquirky</span>, <span word="stream">stream</span>-<span word="of">of</span>-<span word="consciousness">consciousness</span> <span word="spoken">spoken</span> <span word="texts">texts</span>, <span word="works">works</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="hypnotic">hypnotic</span> <span word="spell">spell</span>.<span word="Listeners">Listeners</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="pleased">pleased</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="itsrelentlessness">itsrelentlessness</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quirkiness">quirkiness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Wilsons">Wilsons</span> <span word="staging">staging</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="versionthat">versionthat</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Glass">Glass</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="ensemble">ensemble</span> <span word="presented">presented</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Carnegie">Carnegie</span> <span word="Hall">Hall</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="eveningswept">eveningswept</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elements">elements</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="happening">happening</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="transformed">transformed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="intoa">intoa</span> <span word="concert">concert</span> <span word="piece">piece</span>: <span word="three">three</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="long">long</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="intermission">intermission</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="seatingrules">seatingrules</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="force">force</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="breadth">breadth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="presented">presented</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="sweep">sweep</span>.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="trim">trim</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="accomplished">accomplished</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="deleting">deleting</span> <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fewscenes">fewscenes</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="trims">trims</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="noticeable">noticeable</span>: <span word="Lucinda">Lucinda</span> <span word="Childss">Childss</span> <span word="tale">tale</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="multicolored">multicolored</span> <span word="bathingcap">bathingcap</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="intact">intact</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quotations">quotations</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Carole">Carole</span> <span word="Kings">Kings</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="Feel">Feel</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> <span word="Move">Move</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Bojangles">Bojangles</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="evictedfrom">evictedfrom</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="version">version</span>.</p>
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