2012年大學(xué)英語四級完形填空專項(xiàng)練習(xí)(14)

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 1 the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent  2  of its own.No one knows exactly when jazz was  3  ,or by whom.But it began to be  4  in the early 1900s.Jazz is Americas contribution to  5  music.In contrast to classical music, which  6  formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form.It bubbles with energy,  7  the moods, interests, and emotions of the people.In the 1920s jazz  8  like America, and  9  it does today.The  10  of this music are as interesting as the music  11  .American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz  12  .They were brought to Southern States  13 slaves.They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long  14  .When a Negro died his friend and relatives  15  a procession to carry the body to the cemetery.In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the  16 .On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.  17  on the way home the mood changed.Spirits lifted.Death had removed one of their  18  ,but the living were glad to bealive.The band played  19  music, improvising(即興表演) on both the harmony andthe melody of the tunes  20  at the funeral.This music made everyone want to dance.It was an early form of jazz.轉(zhuǎn)自:考試網(wǎng) - [Examw.Com]
　　1.A.By                B.At             C.In              D.On
　　2.A.music             B.song           C.melody          D.style
　　3.A.discovered        B.acted          C.invented        D.designed
　　4.A.noticed           B.found          C.listened        D.heard
　　5.A.classical         B.sacred         C.popular         D.light
　　6.A.forms             B.follows        C.approaches      D.introduces
　　7.A.expressing        B.explaining     C.exposing        D.illustrating
　　8.A.appeared          B.felt           C.seemed          D.sounded
　　9.A.as                B.so             C.either          D.neither
　　10.A.origins          B.originals      C.discoveries     D.resources
　　11.A.concerned        B.itself         C.available       D.oneself
　　12.A.players          B.followers      C.fans            D.pioneers
　　13.A.for              B.as             C.with            D.by
　　14.A.months           B.weeks          C.hours           D.times
　　15.A.demonstrated     B.composed       C.hosted          D.formed
　　16.A.demonstration    B.procession     C.body            D.march
　　17.A.Even             B.Therefore      C.Furthermore     D.But
　　18.A.number           B.members        C.body            D.relations
　　19.A.sad              B.solemn         C.happy           D.funeral
　　20.A.whistled         B.sung           C.presented       D.showed