北京2015年成人学士学位英语新预测试题及答案(8)
56、根据材料,回答56-75题。
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage.You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage.Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Musiccomesinmanyforms;mostcountrieshaveastyleoftheirown.56thetumofthecenturywhenjazzwasborn,Americahadnoprominent57ofitsown.Nooneknowsexactlywhenjazzwas58,orbywhom.Butitbegantobe59intheearly1900s.JazzisAmerica'scontributionto60music.Incontrasttoclassicalmusic,which61formalEuropeantraditions,jazzisspontaneousandfreeform.Itbubbleswithenergy,62themoods,interests,andemotionsofthepeople.Inthe1920sjazz63likeAmerica,and64itdoestoday.
The65ofthismusicareasinterestingasthemusic66.AmericanNegroes,orblacks,astheyarecalledtoday,werethejazz67.TheywerebroughttoSouthernStates68slaves.Theyweresoldtoplantationownersandforcedtoworklong69.WhenaNegrodiedhisfriendandrelatives70aprocessiontocarrythebodytothecemetery.InNewOrleans,abandoftenaccompaniedthe71.Onthewaytothecemeterythebandplayedslow,solemnmusicsuitedtotheoccasion.72onthewayhomethemoodchanged.Spiritslifted.Deathhadremovedoneoftheir73,butthelivingweregladtobealive.Thebandplayed74music,improvising(即兴表演)onboththeharmonyandthemelodyofthetunes75atthefuneral.This music made everyone want to dance.It was an early form of jazz.
第56题答案为A.By
B.At
C.In
D.On
57、 第57题答案为
A.music
B.song
C.melody
D.style
58、 第58题答案为
A.discovered
B.acted
C.invented
D.designed
59、 第59题答案为
A.noticed
B.found
C.listened
D.heard
60、 第60题答案为
A.classical
B.sacred
C.popular
D.light
61、 第61题答案为
A.forms
B.follows
C.Approaches
D.introduces
62、 第62题答案为
A.expressing
B.explaining
C.exposing
D.illustrating
63、 第63题答案为
A.appeared
B.felt
C.seemed
D.sounded
64、 第64题答案为
A.as
B.so
C.either
D.neither
65、 第65题答案为
A.origins
B.originals
C.discoveries
D.resources