Americans have contributed to many art forms, and jazz, a type of music, is one of the art forms that were started in the United

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问题     Americans have contributed to many art forms, and jazz, a type of music, is one of the art forms that were started in the United States. Black Americans, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.
    Jazz is a mixture of music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious music. Improvisation(即兴)is an important part of jazz. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.
    Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.
    Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.
The statement that______is NOT true.

选项 A、jazz is a mixture of African music, the work songs, the slave songs and religious music
B、in the late 1800s jazz bands made their first appearance
C、new Orleans lies in the North of America
D、it is Black Americans who has invented Jazz

答案C

解析 事实细节题。题目询问下列哪个判断是错误的。根据文章第三段第二句话中的“…many towns and citiesof the South,especially New Orleans.”可推测出新奥尔良位于美国南部,而选项C中说新奥尔良位于北部。因此,选项C符合题意,为正确答案。
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