2014年公共英语四级考试完形填空练习及答案(26)

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　　Music comes in many forms;most countries have style of their own.__1_ the turn of the country 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 America’s contribution to __5_ music.In contrast to classic music,which __6_ formal European traditions,jazz is spontaneous and free in form.It bubble with energy,__7_ the modds,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 the 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 charged.Spirits lifted.Death had remove one of their __18_,but the living were glad to be alive.The band played _19__ music,improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes __20_ at the funeral.This music made everyone want to dance.It was an early form of jazz.

　　1) A at B in C by D on

　　2) A music B song C melody D style

　　3) A discovered B acted C designed D invented

　　4) A noticed B found C listened D heard

　　5) A classical B sacred C light D popular

　　6) A forms B follows C approaches D introduces

　　7) A expressing B explaining C exposing D illustrating

　　8) A appeared B felt C sounded D seemed

　　9) A so B as C either D neither

　　10) A originals B origins C discoveries D resources

　　11) A concered B itself C available D oneself

　　12) A players B followers C pioneers D fans