IntheearlypartofthetwentiethcenturyracismwaswidespreadintheUnitedStates.ManyAfricanAmericanswerenotgivenequalopportunitiesineducationoremployment.MarianAnderson(1897-1993)wasanAfricanAmericanwomanwhogained
IntheearlypartofthetwentiethcenturyracismwaswidespreadintheUnitedStates.ManyAfricanAmericanswerenotgivenequalopportunitiesineducationoremployment.MarianAnderson(1897-1993)wasanAfricanAmericanwomanwhogainedfameasaconcertsingerinthisclimateofracism.ShewasborninPhiladelphiaandsanginchurchchoirsduringherchildhood.Whensheappliedforadmissiontoalocalmusicschoolin1917shewasturneddownbecauseshewasblack.Unabletoattendmusicschoolshebeganhercareerasasingerforchurchgatherings.In1929shewenttoEuropetostudyvoiceandspentseveralyearsperformingthere.HervoicewaswidelypraisedthroughoutEurope.ThenshereturnedtotheUSin1935andbecameatopconcertsingerafterperformingatTownHallinNewYorkCity.
RacismagainaffectedAndersonin1939.WhenitwasarrangedforhertosingatConstitutionHallinWashingtonDCtheDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolutionopposeditbecauseofhercolor.ShesanginsteadattheLincolnMemorialforover75000people.In1955AndersonbecamethefirstblacksoloisttosingwintheMetropolitanOperaofNewYorkCity.ThefamousconductorToscaninipraisedhervoiceas“heardonlyonceinahundredyears”.ShewasaUSdelegatetotheUnitedNationsin1958andwontheUNpeaceprizein1977.Andersoneventuallytriumphedoverracism.
1.AccordingtothispassagewhatdidMarianAndersondobetween1917and1929?
A.Shestudiedatamusicschool. B.Shesangforreligiousactivities.
C.ShesangatTownHallinNewYork. D.ShestudiedvoiceinEurope.
2.ToscaninithoughtthatMarianAnderson .
A.hadaveryrarevoice B.sangoccasionallyinpublic
C.sangonlyonceinmanyyears D.wasseldomheardbypeople
3.Anderson’sbeautifulvoicewasfirstrecognized .
A.attheLincolnMemorial B.inWashingtonDC.
C.inEurope D.attheUnitedNations
4.ThispassageshowsthatAndersonfinallydefeatedracismintheUSby .
A.protestingtothegovernment B.appealingtotheUnitedNations
C.demonstratinginthestreets D.workin