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In 1956, when the cold war was at its peak, America deployed a "secret sonic weapon", as a newspaper headline put it at the time
In 1956, when the cold war was at its peak, America deployed a "secret sonic weapon", as a newspaper headline put it at the time
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2015-10-20
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In 1956, when the cold war was at its peak, America deployed a "secret sonic weapon", as a newspaper headline put it at the time. That weapon was Dizzy Gillespie, a famed jazz musician, who was given the task of changing the world’s view of American culture through rhythm and beat. Crowds poured into the street to dance. Cultural diplomacy died down after the cold war ended. But the attacks of September 11th 2001 convinced the State Department to send out America’s musicians once again to woo hearts and minds with melody.
Rhythm Road, a program run by the State Department and a non-profit organization, Jazz at Lincoln Centre, has made informal diplomats out of both musicians and audiences. Since it began in 2005, musicians have travelled to 96 countries. One band went to Mauritania, a country in northwestern Africa, after last year’s coup; many depart for countries that have strained relationships with America. The musicians travel to places where some people have never seen an American.
Jazz, so participants in the program, is
well-suited
to diplomacy. It is collaborative, allowing individuals both to harmonize and play solo—much like a democracy, says Ari Roland, who plays bass for a band that left New York to tour the Middle East on March 31st. Jazz is also a reminder of music’s power. It helped break down racial barriers, as enthusiasts of all colors gathered to listen to jazz when segregation was still the law of the land.
The State Department spent 10 million US dollars on cultural diplomacy programs in the year to September 30th 2008. But most expect funding for the initiative to increase under Barack Obama, who pledged his support for cultural diplomacy during his campaign. Rhythm Road now sends out hip-hop and bluegrass bands as well.
There are some dissenters. Nick Cull, the director of the Public Diplomacy Program at the University of Southern California, thinks that these diplomatic projects would be more productive if they were not administered by the same agency that oversees the country’s foreign-policy agenda. And there is also clamor for Mr. Obama to appoint a secretary of culture in his cabinet. What good, they ask, is sending American culture abroad, when the country is not giving it proper attention at home?
Why was Dizzy Gillespie regarded as a "secret sonic weapon" in 1956?
选项
A、He was deployed to help the U.S. gain the victory of the cold war.
B、He was assigned to beat enemies at the peak of the cold war.
C、He had the power to influence the world during the cold war.
D、He could help to reshape a new image of American culture to the world.
答案
D
解析
事实细节题,考查因果细节。根据Dizzy Gillespie定位到第一段,该题难点是段中并没有明显的因果信号词,而是用who引导的定语从句来表达因果逻辑,强调了由于迪兹·吉莱斯皮通过节奏和拍子来改变世界对美国文化的看法,所以他就是“秘密声音武器”,故选D项。
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考研英语一
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