研究生公共英语UNIT4完型填空

1、From the time of the beginning of his (51) _ to the time of Abolition, the American Negro was frustrated into a near silence, broken only by his (52) _ of misery. When he was set free in 1865, his music was to (53) _ a musical lag of some three hundred years. A vigorous sound, (54) _ jazz, burst for

2、th with the Negros freedom (55) _ slavery. It was to grow into a lusty, (56) _, and dynamic force - jazz! For twenty years after Abolition, the Negros main (57) _ of musical expression was still his (58) _. He had sung when he hoed taters, picked cotton, chopped sugar cane, or worked on the levee or

3、 railroad. He had (59) _ a holy God in his spirituals. But now his song was (60) _ and stark. He had (61) _ a spiritual horn of grace, but he accepted the flesh when he couldnt get the spirit; thus was the black mans song (62) _ in blue realism. The blues! The blues were a (63) _, social, and person

4、al musical language - social (64) _ it was the creative language of (65) _, and personal in that it was an expression of individual (66) _ and feeling. For images to guide his song, the Negro (67) _ what was deep down inside him. Blues imagery was taken from more (68) _ experiences than was the bibl

5、ical imagery of the spirituals. It (69) _ the simple elements of life -love-making, eating, sleeping, working, dying; and it (70) _ mans natural emotions- hope and despair, love and hate, envy, lust, fear, jealousy, and loneliness. 51. A. slave B. slavery C. slaver D. slavish52. A. blubbers B. wails

6、 C. sobs D. sniffles53. A. pan B. span C. reach D. arrive54. A. prototype of B. is prototypic of C. is prototype of D. prototypic of55. A. with B. of C. in D. from56. A. virile B. virtual C. manly D. mannish57. A. resource B. root C. source D. beginning58. A. dance B. music C. voice D. horn59. A. sh

7、outed to B. asked for C. sent in D. run for60. A. earthen B. earth C. like earth D. earthy61. A. hankered to get B. yearned for C.thought of D. been reminded of62. A. intoned B.toned C. shouted D. whimpered63. A. rich B. luxurious C. poor D. wealthy64. A. in that B. at that C. with that D. in which6

8、5. A. a person B. persons C. people D. a people66. A. doing B. deeds C. thinking D. thinkers67. A. drew away B. drew back C. drew upon D. drew in68. A. romantic B. surrealistic C. classic D. realistic69. A. played with B. played off C. played at D. played on70. A. illustrated B. expressed C. demonst

9、rated D. narratedKEY：B B B D D A C C A D B A A A D C C D D BWhat is jazz? Jazz is vigorous and exciting rhythm and it is one of the freest and most demonstrative forms of (51) _expression. The lifeblood of jazz is creativity. But how to maintain this (52) _ of expression in modem times is a problem

10、which jazz confronts. It is,(53) _ , necessary to know where jazz originated from. The origins of jazz can be credited (54) _ the Negro slaves from the west coast of Africa. Viewed in historical (55) _ , its sounds and moods reflect the struggle and growth of a people. Abolition of slavery (56) _ ja

11、zz the force that increased the rate of its development. For twenty years after Abolition, the Negros main (57) _ of musical expression was still his voice. Then it grew into the blues which were the (58) _ of jazz. The blues were a rich, social and personal musical (59) _ which expressed mans natur

12、al thinking and emotions. After the Civil War, instead of using traditional (60) _ to express himself, the Negro began to use the musical brass instruments to (61) _ the vocal walling of the blues. He blew the blues into his horn. At the beginning of the twentieth century, jazz (62) _ quickly from N

13、ew Orleans to the whole country and grew into (63) _ . Although jazz faced the problem of reduced (64) _ during the Great Depression, its spirit was kept (65) _ everywhere. In the forties jazz developed into modern jazz, which is different from classic jazz. Modern jazz (66) _ a style of economy and

14、 simplicity, but it also emphasizes emotional (67) _ Now jazz has virtually spread across the whole world, some people think it (68) _ to make jazz become a larger form of composition. However, jazz is substantially different from the (69) _ music. It is primarily an aural music. Its creative nature

15、 is dependent upon the ear. Jazz, the (70) _of freedom and creativity, cannot be truly written down. Jazz is a creative and spontaneous music for the people and by the people.51. A. musical B. music C. musician D. musicale52. A. incumbent B. independence C. freedom D. cumbent53. A. thereabouts B. th

16、ereabout C. thereafter D. therefore54. A. onto B. along C. with D. to55. A. pertain B. perspective C. persecution D. perspiration56. A. gave B. took C. made D. had57. A. resource B. base C. source D. resources58. A. foundation B. ground C. basement D. bottom59. A. words B. terms C. factors D. langua

17、ge60. A. mode B. methods C. methodology D. manner61. A. place B. remove C. retain D. replace62. A. spread B. diffused C. distributed D. circulated63. A. maturity B. mellow C. matured D. an adult64. A. spectator B. audience C. visitor D. lookes-on65. A. lively B. live C. alive D. living66. A. features B. traits C. characteristics D. characters67. A. quantities