Question 2 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

Conversation One

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M: Excuse me. Where’s your rock music section?

W: Rock music? I’m sorry, (1) we’re a jazz store. We don’t have any rock and roll.

M: Oh, you only have jazz music? Nothing else?

W: (1) That’s right. We’re the only record store in London dedicated exclusively to jazz. Actually, we’re more than just a record store. We have a café and library upstairs and a ticket office down the hall, where you can buy tickets to all the major jazz concerts in the city. Also, we have our own studio next door, where we produce albums for up-and-coming artists. We are committed to fostering new music talent.

M: Wow! That’s so cool! (2) I guess there’s not much of a jazz scene anymore, not like they used to be, but here you’re trying to promote this great music genre.

W: Yes, indeed, nowadays most people like to listen to pop and rock music. Hip hop music from America is also getting more and more popular. (2) So as a result, there’re fewer listeners of jazz, which is a great shame, because it’s an incredibly rich genre. But that’s not to say there isn’t any good new jazz music being made out there anymore. Far from it. It’s just a much smaller market today.

M: So how would you define jazz?

W: (3) Well, interestingly enough, there’s no agreed-upon definition of jazz. Indeed, there are many different styles of jazz. Some have singing, but most don’t. Some are electric and some aren’t. Some contain live experimentation, but not always. While there’s no simple definition for it, and while there’re many different styles of jazz, you simply know it when you hear it. (4) Honestly, the only way to know what jazz is, is listen to it yourself. As the great trumpet player, Louis Armstrong said, if you gotta ask, you’ll never know.

2. What does the man say about jazz music?

解析：B。录音中男士说到，他觉得现在已没有多少爵士乐的活动圈子了，比不上从前了。后面女士接着说到，所以现在爵士乐的听众更少了，也就是说爵士乐的市场与过去相比是缩小了的，因此选B。录音中女士提到，美国的嘻哈乐也越来越受欢迎，而爵士乐的市场已经变小，因此二者并非同样受欢迎，故D项错误。A项和C项在录音中未提及，故排除。解析：B。录音中男士说到，他觉得现在已没有多少爵士乐的活动圈子了，比不上从前了。后面女士接着说到，所以现在爵士乐的听众更少了，也就是说爵士乐的市场与过去相比是缩小了的，因此选B。录音中女士提到，美国的嘻哈乐也越来越受欢迎，而爵士乐的市场已经变小，因此二者并非同样受欢迎，故D项错误。A项和C项在录音中未提及，故排除。