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The career of trumpeter Miles Davis was one of the
most astonishingly productive that jazz music has ever
seen. Yet his genius has never received its due. The
impatience and artistic restlessness that characterized
(5) his work spawned one stylistic turn after another and
made Davis anathema to many critics, who deplored
his abandonment first of bebop and then of “coolâ€



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None?
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My pick is:
1/ B
2/ E
3/ C (didn't get much support for this from paras)
4/ E
5/ B
6/ B
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The career of trumpeter Miles Davis was one of the most 20 May 2005, 03:27
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My answers

1. B
2. E
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. B
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The career of trumpeter Miles Davis was one of the most 20 May 2005, 19:49
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Ok, guys, my turn to post the OAs.

1. B
2. E
3. A
4. E
5. D
6. B
How did you find this paassage? easy, medium or difficult or most difficult?
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I would rate this from simple to medium. Can any one who has already taken the test confirm?
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The essay seems to be of medium to simple difficulty level....

however, one request is not to give out the answers too quickly...
maybe wait for 2 days after the question has been posed.

Also, what I have been noticing over the last 2 weeks is that some of the OAs
are not being given at all.
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Thowever, one request is not to give out the answers too quickly...maybe wait for 2 days after the question has been posed.
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I waited almost for the whole week.
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oh...

I am extremely sorry.... I had the date of some other posting in mind while answering this one.
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Can someone please mark the lines for Q.3. I am not able to find the relevant part in the paragraphs. :?
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Can someone please mark the lines for Q.3. I am not able to find the relevant part in the paragraphs. :?
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3. The passage suggests which one of the following about the kind of jazz played by Miles Davis prior to 1948?
(A)It was characterized by rapid tempos and an emphasis on solo playing.
(B) It equally balanced ensemble and solo playing.
(C) It was a reaction against more restrictive jazz styles.
(D) It is regarded by purist jazz critics as the only authentic jazz style.
(E) It was played primarily in New York City jazz clubs.

Having begun his career studying bebop, Davis pulled the first of many stylistic surprises when, in 1948, he became a member of an impromptu musical think tank that gathered in a New York City apartment. The work of this group not only slowed down tempos and featured ensemble playing as much as or even more than solos—in direct reaction to bebop—it also became the seedbed for the “West Coast coolâ€
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I get it now. Thanks Himalaya.



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