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  3. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【21】______ the turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐) was bor

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【21】______ the turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐) was bor

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问题     Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.  【21】______ the turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominent  【22】______ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was  【23】______ , or by whom. But it began to be  【24】______ in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to  【25】______ music. In contrast to classical music, which  【26】______ formal European traditions. Jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, 【27】______ moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s, jazz  【28】______ like America. And  【29】______ it does today.
    The  【30】______ of this music are as interesting as the music  【31】______ , American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today were the Jazz  【32】______ . They were brought to the Southern states  【33】______ slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long  【34】______ . When a Negro died, his friends and relatives  【35】______ a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the  【36】______ . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion,  【37】______ on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their  【38】______ , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played  【39】______ music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes  【40】______ at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz.
选项 A、Before
B、At
C、In
D、On
答案B
解析 此题考查介词短语搭配。A项表示“某一时间之前”，B项表示“一个时间点”，C项表示“在未来一段时间之内”，D项表示“恰好在某时”，如on his arrival，意为“当他到来时”。在世纪之交指一个时间点，所以用at。
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