問題詳情
If there’s any song that doesn’t need an introduction, it’s got to be this one. Imagine is famousthe world over as an anthem for peace, embodying the spirit of harmony that both John Lennon andYoko Ono promoted through their music and art. It is a basic message, asking for freedom fromhunger, religion, and suffering.Imagine is still as relevant as ever, but it’s also clearly a product of its time. The song emergedfresh from the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, and was released in the midst of the Vietnam War, in1971. Lennon, like many young people at the time, found the staggering loss of life in the war tragicand unnecessary. He vigorously advocated that there were always alternatives to conflict andviolence and that it was unwise to blindly accept things the way they were. Aware of the influenceLennon could exert over his huge number of fans, the United States government felt extremely ill atease about Lennon’s protests and agitations. It even attempted to deport Lennon from the country.The day John Lennon was assassinated, the world stood still. As journalist Peter Hamillremembered, “The telephones ringing, back and forth across the city…and then the dials beingflipped from channel to channel. Yes. It was true. Somebody had murdered john Lennon…It made nosense, like a cruel trick. This was the guy who sang ‘Give peace a chance,’ shot down in coldblood…Not a politician. Not a man whose abstract ideas could send people to wars; not someonecould marshal millions of human beings in the name of justice; not some actor on the stage ofhistory. This time, the object of attack was a man who had made art, someone who had made uslaugh, who had taught young people how to feel, who had helped change and shape an entiregeneration from inside out. This time someone had murdered a song.”Of all the songs that were murdered along with John Lennon, none is more relevant at thismoment than his anthem that has changed the world, Imagine. Just take a look at the Imagine Towerin Iceland or the John Lennon Wall in Prague to see the lasting impact this song has had worldwideand across generations. It is gorgeous, profound, and transcendent, and will remain many people’sfondest memory of John Lennon.
【題組】39. What is the purpose of the passage?
(A) To introduce the life and music of John Lennon.
(B) To promote freedom of speech and artistic creation.
(C) To pay tribute to a classic song and the artist who created it.
(D) To explore the historical background of the Beatles generation.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.533333
統計：A(2),B(2),C(8),D(2),E(0)
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