Part Ⅲ The Use of English(占总分的.15%)お
Cloze (占总分的10%)
Directions:
There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE with a single line through the centre.
Music comes in many forms; most countries have style of their own. ______54 the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent ______55 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was ______56, or by whom. But it began to be ______57 in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’ s contribution to ______58 music. In contrast to classic music, which ______59 formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, ______60 the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz ______61 like America. And ______62 it does today.
The ______63 of this music are as interesting as the music ______64. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz______65. They were brought to the Southern states ______66 slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long ______67. When a Negro died his friends and relatives ______68 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the ______ the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.
______70 on the way home the mood changed. Spirit lifted. Death had removed one of their ______71, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played ______72 music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes ______73 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
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