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Material culture refers to the touchable, material"things"—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture pr
Material culture refers to the touchable, material"things"—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture pr
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2018-09-25
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Material culture refers to the touchable, material"things"—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture produces. Examining a nation’s material culture can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us understand the music culture. The most vivid way, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music culture, their remote past and their development.
Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and pictures of instruments in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as preserved paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of the influence of the eastern countries to Europe that results in the development of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra.
Sheet music or printed music, too is material culture. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet folk music stimulates people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation(乐谱)has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole.
One more important part of music’s material culture is the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and video cassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the" information revolution, " a twentieth century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations:they have affected music cultures all over the globe. They have brought about changes to traditional music instruments.
Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because______.
选项
A、it helps produce new cultural tools and technology
B、it can reflect the way of life of the nation
C、it helps understand the nation’s past and present as well as its way of life
D、it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization
答案
C
解析
此题问的是为什么研究一个民族的物质文化非常重要,属于细节事实题。文章第一段的第二句话“Examining a nation’s material culture can tell us about the group’s history and way of life”可知,研究一个民族的物质文化可以帮助我们了解这个民族的历史和生活方式,C项是对这句的正确理解。
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