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  3. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【C1】

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【C1】

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问题        Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【C1】______ the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 【C2】______ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 【C3】______ , or by whom. But it began to be 【C4】______ in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to 【C5】______ music. In contrast to classical music, which 【C6】______ formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, 【C7】______ the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 【C8】______ like America, and 【C9】______ it does today.
     The 【C10】______ of this music are as interesting as the music 【C11】______ American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 【C12】______ They were brought to Southern States 【C13】______ slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long 【C14】______ When a Negro died his friend and relatives 【C15】______ a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the 【C16】______ On the way to the ceme-tery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 【C17】______ on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their 【C18】______ , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played 【C19】______ music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 【C20】______ ,at the funeral.
     This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. [br] 【C20】______
选项 A、whistled
B、sung
C、presented
D、showed
答案 C
解析 whistle意为“吹口哨”，sing意为“唱”，present意为“表演”，show意为“展示”，只有presented才能和improvising相搭配。
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