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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 b

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 b

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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.  
【38】
选项 A、number
B、members
C、body
D、relations
答案B
解析 他们中的一员用“member”。A项意为“数字”，C项意为“身体”，这两项明显不对。D项意为“亲属”。从语法角度，B项和D项都可，但因为人群中还有朋友，所以不能选D。
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