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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 【C4】_____ in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s 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】_____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. 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 wan 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 词汇类试题；上下文类试题。联系上下文，知道这里在探讨爵士乐的起源问题，因此要用早期开拓者一类的词汇，所以选择D项。pioneer：one who opens up new areas of thought，research，or development。
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