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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.
【C19】
选项 A、sad
B、solemn
C、happy
D、funeral
答案C
解析 语法类试题；上下文类试题。solemn：deeply earnest，serious，and sober．funeral：the ceremonies heldin connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person．从上文可以看出，由悲伤的旋律改变而来，则应当是悲伤的反义词，即“喜悦”。
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