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[B]If there's any song that doesn't need an introduction, it's got to be this one. Imagine isfamous the world over as an anthem for peace, embodying the spirit of harmony that bothJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono promoted through their music and art. It is a basic message,asking for freedom from hunger, religion, and suffering.Imagine is still as relevant as ever, but it's also clearly a product of its time. The songemerged fresh from the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, and was released in the midst of theVietnam War, in 1971. Lennon, like many young people at the time, found the staggeringloss of life in the war tragic and unnecessary. He vigorously advocated that there werealways alternatives to conflict and violence and that it was unwise to blindly accept thingsthe way they were. Aware of the influence Lennon could exert over his huge number of fans,the United States government felt extremely ill at ease about Lennon’s protests andagitations. It even attempted to deport Lennon from the country.The day John Lennon was assassinated, the world stood still. As journalist Pete Hamillremembered, “The telephones ringing, back and forth across the city…and then the dialsbeing flipped from channel to channel. Yes. It was true. Somebody had murdered JohnLennon…. It made no sense, like a cruel trick. This was the guy who sang ‘Give peace achance,’ shot down in cold blood…. Not a politician. Not a man whose abstract ideas couldsend people to wars; not someone who could marshal millions of human beings in the nameof justice; not some actor on the stage of history. This time, the object of attack was a manwho had made art, someone who had made us laugh, who had taught young people how tofeel, who had helped change and shape an entire generation, from inside out. This timesomeone had murdered a song.”Of all the songs that were murdered along with John Lennon, none is more relevant atthis moment than his anthem that has changed the world, Imagine. Just take a look at theImagine Tower in Iceland or the John Lennon Wall in Prague to see the lasting impact thissong has had worldwide and across generations. It is gorgeous, profound, and transcendent,and will remain many people's fondest memory of John Lennon.
64. 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.

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答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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