Tài liệu Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 27 potx

Reading comprehension -TOEFL- Lesson 27 (Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 27)

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Marian Anderson's brilliant singing career began at age six when she sang

spirituals at the Union Baptist Church in her hometown of Philadelphia. She toured

Europe in the 1920s, drawing vast acclaim; however, when she returned to the

United States she was still barred from performing 5 on the American operatic

stage. After she was prevented from singing in Washington's segregated

Constitution Hall in 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt intervened and arranged for Miss

Anderson to perform at the Lincoln Memorial. A crowd of 75,000 people came to

watch her sing before the Memorial. Marian Anderson's beautiful contralto voice

broke down 10 racial barriers, showing white Americans that blacks had a

profound contribution to make to America's cultural life. Eventually, in 1955, she

became the first African- American singer to perform at New York's Metropolitan

Opera. In her many years of touring she had to endure a racism that forced her to

enter concert halls and hotels through 15 service entrances. Her grace under this

stress showed a moral perseverance that paralleled that of the famous Martin

Luther King, Jr.

1. We can conclude from the passage that Marian Anderson first toured

Europe instead of the United States because

(A) it was too expensive to tour in the United States

(B) she was paid more in Europe

C