Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.__66__the turn of the century when jazz(爵士乐)was born, America had no prominent__67 __of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was__ 68__,or by whom. But it began to be__69__in the early 1900s. Jazz is America's contribution to__70__music. In contrast to classical music, which__71__ formal European traditions. jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy,__72__ moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz__73__like America. And__74__it does today.
66. A) By B) At C) In D) On
67. A) music B) song C) melody D) style
68. A) discovered B) acted C) invented D) designed
69. A) noticed B) found C) listened D) heard
70. A) classical B) sacred C) Popular D) light
71. A) forms B) follows C) approaches D) introduces
72. A) expressing B) explaining C) exposing D) illustrating
73. A) appeared B) felt C)seemed D) sounded
74. A) as B) so C) either D) neither
The__75__of this music arc as interesting as the music__76__ ,American Negroes , or blacks, as they are called today. were the Jazz__77__. They were brought to the Southern states__ 78__ slaves .They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long__79__. When a Negro died his friends and relatives__80__a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the__ 81__. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.__82__on the way home the mood changed. Spirrits lifted. Death had removed one of their__83__, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played__84__music, improvising（即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes__85__at the funeral. This music made everyone wan to dance. It was an early form of Jazz .
75. A) origins B) originals C) discoveries D) resources
76. A) concerned B) itself C) available D) oneself
77. A) Players B) followers C) fans D) pioneers
78. A) for B) as C) with D) by
79. A) months B) weeks C) hours D) times
80. A) demonstrated B) composed C) hosted D) formed
81. A) demonstration B) procession C) body D) march
82. A) Even B) Therefore C) Furthermore D) But
83. A) number B) members C) body D) relations
84. A) sad B) solemn C) happy D) funeral
85. A) whistled B) sung C) presented D) showed
Paper One 试卷二
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Part I Error Detection and Correction(10 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts.These ports are labeled A, B, C and D. Identify the pert of the sentence that is incorrect and mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET Then, without altering the meaning of the sentence, write down pour correction on the line on the ANSWER SHEET .
1. (Evidently) we didn't understand directions (for) we made a wrong turn and found (us) lost, (confused) as to which way we should go.
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