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  3. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【B1】______ the turn of the century when jazz was born, Amer

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【B1】______ the turn of the century when jazz was born, Amer

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问题     Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【B1】______ the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 【B2】______ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was【B3】______, or by whom. But it began to be 【B4】______ in the early 1900s. Jazz is Americas contribution to 【B5】______ music. In contrast to classical music, which 【B6】______ formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, 【B7】______the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 【B8】______ like America, and 【B9】______ it does today. The【B10】______of this music are as interesting as the music【B11】______. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz【B12】______. They were brought to Southern States【B13】______slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long【B14】______. When a Negro died his friend and relatives【B15】______a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the【B16】______.On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.【B17】______on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their【B18】______, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played【B19】______music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes【B20】______at the funeral.This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
【B12】
选项 A、players
B、followers
C、fans
D、pioneers
答案D
解析 考查名词辨析。本句意为“美国的黑奴是爵士乐的先锋”。D．pioneers意为“先锋，开拓者”，符合句意，为正确答案。players意为“演奏者”，followers意为“追随者”，fans意为“(爵士乐)迷”，均不符合题意。
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