单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose
the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER
SHEET 1. Rhythm and blues, or R&B, is a
{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}of music that came out of the jazz,
blues and gospel music that was being {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}}
{{/U}}by African Americans {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}the 1930s
and 1940s. Over the years, the term has commonly been used to describe {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}popular music this community was played at the
time. This more upbeat, exciting type of music caught on {{U}} {{U}}
5 {{/U}} {{/U}}a big way, and for the first time, African Americans
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}their own style of commercial
music. In the late 1930s, many big bands broke up {{U}}
{{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}smaller units and formed "jump blues" bands
{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}played loud music with a strong dance
beat, quickly {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}popular in the dance
halls at the time. Early R&B {{U}} {{U}} 10
{{/U}} {{/U}}were those of Count Basle, Louis Jordan and Lionel Hampton. Basie
had a hit in 1937 with One O'clock Jump, {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}}
{{/U}}Jordan bad a string of hits from the late 1930s through the 1940s. By the
mid 1940s, R.M. Blues by Roy Milton and The Honeydripper by Joe Liggin each
{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}one million copies.
The new music style {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}to evolve and
was gaining {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}rapidly. In Annapolis,
more than 50,000 people {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}up to a
concert with seating for 8,000. There was a traffic {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}for seven hours. Rhythm and blues has come a
long way {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}American African musicians
of the mid 20th century developed their own style of {{U}} {{U}}
18 {{/U}} {{/U}}music based on some more conservative styles at the
time. R&B had huge success in the 1950s and 1960s before making an even
{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}comeback as contemporary R&B
{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}the 1980s on.