题目内容
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷相应位置上。
At the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no outstanding style of ____1_____own. It began ____2_____（hear） in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to popular music. Compared with classical music, _____3____ follows formal European traditions, jazz appeared naturally with free form. It is full of energy, _____4____(express) the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz sounded like America, as it does today.
The origins of this music are as interesting ____5_____ the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they ____6_____(call) today, were the jazz pioneers. They were brought to Southern States as slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives formed a procession (队伍) to carry the body to the cemetery（墓地）. In New Orleans, ____7_____ band often came with the procession. On the way ____8_____ the cemetery, the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. But on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. ____9_____ (die) had removed one of their members, ____10_____ the living were glad to be alive. The band played happy music. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
1. its 2. to be heard 3. which 4. expressing 5. as 6. are called 7. a 8. to
9. Death 10. but
