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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, Ameri

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

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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 【C1】______ 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.
【C12】
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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