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。Attheturnofthecent

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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.

Answer 1

1. its  2. to be heard  3. which  4. expressing  5. as   6. are called  7. a  8. to 9. Death  10. but