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  3. The tango has probably traveled further and gone through more changes than almost 【21】______ . African slaves brought the tan

The tango has probably traveled further and gone through more changes than almost 【21】______ . African slaves brought the tan

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问题    The tango has probably traveled further and gone through more changes than almost  【21】______   . African slaves brought the tango to Haiti and Cuba in the 18th century; in Cuba, the tango was influenced by the local Cuban dance,  【22】______   "the Havana". From there  【23】______   took the tango in Argentina in the 19th century,   【24】______   it was changed once again and became popular in the  【25】______   . It was an erotic dance of working class people by this time.  【26】______   made it difficult for middle-class Europeans to accept.【27】______   at the beginning of this century, the tango was refined, so that it  【28】______   its erotic features. It was preformed in  【29】______   casino ballrooms. The tango, in its sophisticated European  【30】______   , became popular in England and in the USA. Once  【31】______   , the tango became the rage in London and Paris. People began to  【32】______   the Viennese waltz custom of dancing in restaurants between the  【33】______   of a meal  Proprietors  【34】______   this, "for the pleasure of the customers and for the benefit of their digestion"! After "tango teas"  【35】______   everywhere, even in private houses, Latin American music was played for the tango,  【36】______   more and more people owned gramphones.
     The tango returned in  【37】______   in a freer, more exotic form than  【38】______   . Rudolph Valentino, the Holly-wood film star, began his  【39】______   as a professional tango partner in American tea-rooms. Valentino  【40】______   immortalized the dance on film.  
【34】
选项 A、had been encouraged by
B、had encouraged
C、was encouraged by
D、encouraged
答案D
解析 考查动词时态和语态。本题关键是理解主语proprietors(店主)的意思和宾语this的指代。由上下文可以看出，this应当是指代前一句所说的在两道菜之间跳舞的习俗，所以店主才那么说；而店主应当是主动地鼓励这种习俗的，所以应用主动语态。又因全文用的是一般过去时态，故此处也用一般过去时态。
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