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  3. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.【C1】the turn of the last century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, A

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.【C1】the turn of the last century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, A

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问题     Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.【C1】the turn of the last century when jazz (爵士乐) 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 a spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy,【C7】the mood, interest, 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 friends 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 cemetery 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.
【C7】
选项 A、expressing
B、explaining
C、exposing
D、illustrating
答案A
解析 语义衔接题。所填词的宾语为“mood，interest，and emotions of the people”，B)explaining“解释，说明”、C)exposing“暴露”、D)illustrating“用图片、实例比较或说明”这三项的宾语都不能是表示心理活动的名词；只有A)expressing“表达”符合语义，并且，各种艺术形式都是用于表达思想、观点和感情的，爵士乐也不例外，故答案为A)。空前的bubbles with energy意为“充满激情”。
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