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In many developed countries，especially in the United States，racism(种族主义) was widespread in the early part of the twentieth African Americans were not given equal opportunities in education or an Anderson(1897～1993)was an African American woman who gained fame as a concert singer in this climate of was born in Philadelphia and sang in church choirs during her she applied for admission to a local music school in 1917，she was turned down because she was le to attend music school，she began her career as a singer for church 1929，she went to Europe to study voice and spent several years performing voice was widely praised throughout she returned to the US in 1935 and became a top concert singer after performing at Town Hall in New York City.

Racism again affected Anderson in it was arranged for her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington，DC，the daughters of the American Revolution opposed it because of her sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial for over 75,000 1955，Anderson became the first black soloist to sing in the Metropolitan Opera of New York famous conductor Toscanini praised her voice as “heard only once in a hundred years”．She was a US delegate to the United Nations in 1958 and won the UN peace prize in rson eventually triumphed over racism.

9．According to this passage，what did Marian Anderson do between 1917 and 1929?

A．She studied at a music school.

B．She sang for religious activities.

C．She sang at Town Hall in New York.

D．She studied voice in Europe.

10．Toscanini thought that Marian Anderson ________.

A．had a very rare voice

B．sang occasionally in public

C．sang only once in many years

D．was seldom heard by people

11．Anderson's beautiful voice was first recognized

________.