Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type music, is one of
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Americans have contributed to many art forms, butjazz, a type music, is one of the art form that was started in the UnitedStates. Black Americans, who sang and played the music of their homeland,created jazz.
Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the worksongs the slaves sang, and religious(宗教) music.Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that the musicians makethe music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why ajazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.
Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played inbars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans.New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the worldcome to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazzwas popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz notonly in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from allover the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meetand share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazzcontinues to grow and change.
1.What can be the best title of the passage?
A．American artforms. B．The developmentof jazz.
C．The music ofblack Americans. D．Thebirthplace of jazz.
2.Which of the following is true?
A．Jazz is nowpopular all over the world.
B．Jazz is now akind of religious music.
C．Jazz is nowplayed only in bars and clubs.
D．Jazz is nowplayed a little differently sometimes.
3.From the text it can be inferred that_________ .
A．New Orleansis the place where jazz was first produced
B．the Americanpeople are all jazz lovers
C．jazz ismerely sung by the black when working
D．jazz may becomemore popular as time goes on
4.It took about ________ years to make jazz popular inthe United States.
A．200 B．120 C．80 D．140
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1.B
2.A
3.D
4.D
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