A.To cover up his own nervousness.B.To create
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A.To cover up his own nervousness.
B.To create a warm personal atmosphere.
C.To enhance the effect of background music.
D.To allow the audience to better enjoy his slides.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：B
WhydidLarrydimthelightsandturnedupthesoundsystembeforepeopleenteringthehall?B)。PassageTwoPhilliesWheatleywasayoungAfrican-AmericanslavewhobelongedtolandownerJohnWheatleyinColonialAmerica.(20)ShewasalsoapoetandthefirstAfrican-Americanevertopublishabook.Herpoemsonvarioussubjects,religiousandmoral,wereprintedinBostonin1773,threeyearsbeforethesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependence.Earlyslaveswere,generallydeniededucation,butWheatleywasallowedbyherownertostudypoetry,LatinandtheBible.Andbythetimeshereachedherlateteens,shehadwrittenenoughpoetrytoputtogetheraslenderbookofverse.Evenso,publicationwasdifficult.(21)Thepublisher,fearfulofbeingcheated,forcedhertosubmittohisscholarlyexaminationbyaboardofeducatedmen,includingthecolonialgovernor.TheboardofjudgesquestionedWheatleyextensivelyandruledthatshewaseducatedenoughtohavewrittenthebook.Onlythenwaspublicationpermitted.Wheatleymayhavebeenthefirst,hutshewasnottheonlyslavetowritebooksduringthegrowingdaysoftheRepublic.Unfortunately,mostoftheearlypopularAfrican-Americanwritershavebeenallbutforgotteninmoderntimesuntilnow.Achronicleprofessor,HenryLouisGates,recentlystudiedaresearchprojectlookinginto19thcenturyAfrican-Americanfictionandpoetry.(22)Intheprocessheuncoverednumerouslostworks,almosthalfofwhichwerewrittenbyAfrican-Americanwomen.Inveryliterarystyles,thenewlyresurfacedmanuscriptsofferedarichstockofAfrican-Americanculture,recreatingamongotherthingstheearlydaysofslaveryandtheimportanceofreligiontotheslaves.
