From the ETS worked passage on Philip Glass: 'Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition... composer Philip Glass embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians... but the symphonies' sound is distinctively his.' Which best maps the passage's first two sentences?
ASentence 1 sets up a contrasting view that sentence 2 then refutes outright
BSentence 1 states a general claim and sentence 2 offers a specific instance of it
CSentence 1 lists data and sentence 2 draws a sweeping moral conclusion from it
DSentence 1 names a critic and sentence 2 names a rival critic in opposition
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Sentence 1 states a general claim and sentence 2 offers a specific instance of it
Sentence 1 makes the general claim that Glass revived popular elements in classical composition without imitating popular music. Sentence 2 cites two symphonies based on Bowie and Eno as a specific instance whose sound remained distinctively his. This is general claim then specific evidence, matching the ETS-style organisation reading.
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