Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. __1__the turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐 was born, America had no prominent__2__of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was__ 3__, or by whom. But it began to be__4__in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to__5__music. In contrast to classical music, which__6__ formal European traditions. jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy,__7__ moods, interests and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz__8__like America. And__9__it does today.

The__10__of this music arc as interesting as the music__11__, American Negroes , or blacks, as they are called today were the Jazz__12__. They were brought to the Southern states__ 13__ slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long__14__. When a Negro died his friends and relatives__15__a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In http://www.thea.cn/kcnet1480/ New Orleans, a band often accompanied the__ 16__. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.__17__on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their__18__, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played__19__music, improvising(即兴表演 on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes__20__at the funeral. This music made everyone wan to dance. It was an early form of Jazz .

1. A By B At C In D On

2. A music B song C melody D style

3. A discovered B acted C invented D designed

4. A noticed B found C listened D heard

5. A classical B sacred C Popular D light

6. A forms B follows C approaches D introduces

7. A expressing B explaining C exposing D illustrating

8. A appeared B felt Cseemed D sounded

9. A as B so C either D neither

10. A origins B originals C discoveries D resources

11. A concerned B itself C available D oneself

12. A Players B fo llowers C fans D pioneers

13. A for B as C with D by

14. A months B weeks C hours D times

15. A demonstrated B composed C hosted D formed

16. A demonstration B procession C body D march

17. A Even B Therefore C Furthermore D But

18. A number B members C body D relations

19. A sad B solemn C happy D funeral

20. A whistled B sung C presented D showed

参考答案：

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.A

11.B 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.C