Question

Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type music, is one of the art form that was started in the United States. Black Americans, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.

Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious(宗教) music. Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.

Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars 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 world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.

Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United　States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.

1.What can be the best title of the passage?

A．American art forms. 　 　　　　          B．The development of jazz.

C．The music of black Americans.　            D．The birthplace of jazz.

2.Which of the following is true?

A．Jazz is now popular all over the world.

B．Jazz is now a kind of religious music.

C．Jazz is now played only in bars and clubs.

D．Jazz is now played a little differently sometimes.

3.From the text it can be inferred that_________ .

A．New Orleans is the place where jazz was first produced

B．the American people are all jazz lovers

C．jazz is merely sung by the black when working

D．jazz may become more popular as time goes on

4.It took about ________ years to make jazz popular in the United States.

A．200              B．120              C．80               D．140

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了爵士樂的發(fā)展過程，從開始出現(xiàn)到最后全世界有名，文章都進行了詳細地描述。

1.B 主旨大意題，本文從第一段開始講述爵士樂的起源，下文接著講述爵士樂的發(fā)展過程，故B正確。

2.A 推理題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.說明世界各地的人都很喜歡爵士樂，故A正確。

3.D 推斷題。根據(jù)文章Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s.和By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. 說明隨著時間的流逝，爵士樂也在進一步慢慢的流行，故D正確。

4.D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s.和By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. 說明大約過了140年以后才流行開來。故D正確。

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