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

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 【C1】______ 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. 【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 1900s. Jazz is Americas contribution to 【C5】______ music. In contrast to classical music, which 【C6】______ formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and 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 Southern States【C13】______slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long【C14】______. When a Negro died his friend 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 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.
【C2】
选项 A、music
B、song
C、melody
D、style
答案D
解析 考查名词辨析。根据上文所说的大多数国家都有自己的音乐风格(style)，而美国却没有自己突出的______，后面也应该是风格，故选D．style。
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