Americans have contributed to many art forms, but Jazz a type of music, is one that was not started in the United States. Blacks, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.
Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang and religious(宗教的) music. Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played
Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially in New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world came to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, But in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.
1.What can be the best title of the passage?
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A．American Art Forms |
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B．The Development of Jazz |
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C．The Music of Black Americans |
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D．The Birthplace of Jazz |
2.Which of the following is true?
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A．Jazz is now popular all over the world. |
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B．Jazz is now a kind of religious music. |
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C．Jazz is now played only in bars and clubs. |
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D．Jazz is now played in the same way as before. |
3.From the text it can be inferred that
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A．New Orleans is the place where jazz was first produced |
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B．the American people are all jazz lovers |
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C．jazz is merely sung by the black when working |
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D．jazz may become more popular as time goes on |
4.It took about _____years to make jazz popular in the United States.
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A．200 |
B．120 |
C．80 |
D．40 |
American cities are 1 other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 2 of the culture. Cities contain the very 3 side of a society: opportunities for education, employment and so on. They also 4 the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial discrimination and poverty. American cities are changing, just 5 American society.
After World War Ⅱ， the population of 6 large American cities decreased; ___7 , the population in many Sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities 8__ population increased. These population moving to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society.
During this time, in the 9 1940s and early 1950s, city people became wealthier. They had more children. They needed more 10 . They moved out their flats in the city to buy their own houses. They bought houses in the 11 , areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American “dream” was to have a house on the outskirts.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who 12 the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, 13 their parents, want to live in the cities. 14 continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are 15 and the population is increasing in 16 states as Texas, Florida and California. Others are moving to more 17 cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.
Many young professionals, doctors and lawyers are moving back into the city. They prefer the city 18 the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just 19 the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities---a wealthier, 20 mobile class.
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— I must apologize for ________ ahead of time.
— That's all right.
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A．letting you not know |
B．not letting you know. |
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C．letting you know not |
D．letting not you know |
He _________ the country record at the sports meeting.
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A．failed to break |
B．failed to breaking |
C．failed breaking |
D．failed broken |
________ the normal condition, he can read 150 words a minute.
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A．Below |
B．Under |
C．With |
D．In |
The schoolboy regretted ________ after he didn't pass his exam.
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A．the time on TV |
B．to spend too much time on TV |
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C．taking most of his time on TV |
D．spending too much time on TV |
