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  3. Music comes in many forms; most countries have style of their own. 【C1】______ the turn of the century when jazz was born, Americ

Music comes in many forms; most countries have style of their own. 【C1】______ the turn of the century when jazz was born, Americ

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问题     Music comes in many forms; most countries have style of their own. 【C1】______ the turn of the century when jazz 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 190Os. Jazz is America’s contribution to  【C5】______  music. In contrast to classic music, which 【C6】______  formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous amt free-form. It bubbles with energy, 【C7】______  the moods, interests, 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 the 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. Spirit lifted. Death had removed one of their 【C18】______  , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played【C19】______  music, improvising 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.
【C16】
选项 A、demonstration
B、procession
C、body
D、march
答案D
解析 据上—F文“…9procession．．．”，“on the way to the cemetery”和下文的“…On the way home…”，乐队是伴随送葬的队伍在进行，故选用march。
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