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Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. (67) the turn of the last century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominent (68) of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was (69) , or by whom, but it began to be (70) in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to (71) music. In contrast to classical music, which. (72) formal European traditions, jazz is a spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, (73) the mood, interest, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (74) like America, and (75) it does today. The (76) of this music are as interesting as the music (77) . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz (78) . They were brought to Southern States (79) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long (80) . When a Negro died his friends and relatives (81) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the. (82) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (83) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their (84) , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played (85) music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (86) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

A. forms
B. follows
C. approaches
D. introduces

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Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. (67) the turn of the last century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominent (68) of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was (69) , or by whom, but it began to be (70) in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to (71) music. In contrast to classical music, which. (72) formal European traditions, jazz is a spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, (73) the mood, interest, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (74) like America, and (75) it does today. The (76) of this music are as interesting as the music (77) . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz (78) . They were brought to Southern States (79) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long (80) . When a Negro died his friends and relatives (81) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the. (82) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (83) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their (84) , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played (85) music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (86) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

A. classical
B. sacred
C. popular
D. light

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. (67) the turn of the last century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominent (68) of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was (69) , or by whom, but it began to be (70) in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to (71) music. In contrast to classical music, which. (72) formal European traditions, jazz is a spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, (73) the mood, interest, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (74) like America, and (75) it does today. The (76) of this music are as interesting as the music (77) . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz (78) . They were brought to Southern States (79) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long (80) . When a Negro died his friends and relatives (81) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the. (82) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (83) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their (84) , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played (85) music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (86) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

A. discovered
B. acted
C. invented
D. designed

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. Japan is going through a complex national identity crisis. That may be no bad thing, says a new book by an American researcher. The economy is ceased making progress, but the society is in motion. Japan is a difficult country to report on and analyze because things do not change in big, noticeable ways. They change in an increasing process, generally of small steps but which, over time, can add up to big movements. And just such a big movement seems to be taking place. Mr. Nathan has been observing Japan since the 1960s. Whereas most people look at economic data or the comings and goings of prime ministers, he is more interested in schools, novels, comic books, and the minds of young entrepreneurs and maverick (持有不同意见的) local politicians. In particular, his focus is on whether Japan’s famously cohesive, conformist society may be breaking under the strain of economic stagnation (停滞), and on how such strains have been affecting the country’s sense of purpose and of national identity. Fractures (分裂) are what he looks for and fractures are what he finds. On balance, they are neither obviously dangerous nor obviously positive, but they are, as he says, signs of motion which could, in time, lead in unpredictable directions. The most worrying factures he writes about are in the schools where violence and truancy (逃学) have risen remarkably. Old Japan hands shrug wearily at such things, for worries about violence have long existed but have never really seemed terribly serious. Now, though, Mr. Nathan’s numbers do make the situation look grave. Such trends appear to be symptoms of two related phenomena: a widespread feeling of disillusionment, alienation, uncertainty or plain anger, which has spread to children, too; and a gradual breakdown of old systems of discipline — part familial, part social, part legal — which, appear to prevent schools and parents from dealing effectively with children behaving in a bad way. Japan is, in short, passing through a national identity crisis. However, there are plenty of positive aspects to it, too. One is a considerable increase in the number of actual or budding young entrepreneurs. The numbers remain modest, but are nevertheless surprisingly high given the state of the economy in recent years. Another is a new eagerness among popular writers and maverick politicians to try to define and encourage a new national pride. What can we know about the school violence and truancy in Japan

A. They have been on the rise in an unnoticeable way in recent years.
B. They are tiring Japanese parents up for a long time.
C. They are not as serious as most Japanese have imagined.
D. They are obviously endangering the safety of Japanese students.

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