Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passagethrough carefully before mahing your choices. Please blacken the corresponding letter for each choice onThe Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the word bank more than once.(10 marks)
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music ____26____ evolved in the United States in the early1950s. Is roots lie mainly____ 27____blues, rhythm and bhues, country, folk and jaz. The stylesubsequently spread to the rest of the world and developed further, ultimately forming modern rockmusic.
The term"rock and roll" now covers at least two different meanings, both in common ____28____.Many dictionaries define rock and roll as synonymous with rock music. However, a website definesthe ____29____as referring specifically to the music of the 1950s.
Classic rock and roll is ____30 ____played with one or two electric guitars, a string bass and a drumkit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was theleading ____31____, but these were generally ____32____or supplemented with the guitar in the middle tolate 1950s.
The wide popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it a(n) ____33____socialimpact. It____ 34____people's lifestyle, fashion,attitude and language. It goes on to create various subgenres, often without the initially ____35 ____backbeat(基调强节奏),which are now morecommonly called simply "rock music" or"rock".
26.
分析句子结构可知，空处引导一个定语从句，修饰指物的先行词a genre of popularmusic。符合要求的选项只有J。从句成分不完整，缺少主语，所以空处应填which。what不能引导定语从句，常引导名词性从句，不符合句意。句意：摇滚乐是20世纪50年代初在美国逐渐发展起来的种流行音乐。故选J。
27.
此处考查固定搭配。lie in为固定搭配，意为"在于"。句意：它的起源主要在于布鲁期音乐、节奏布鲁斯、乡村音乐、民间音乐和爵士乐。故选N。
28.
根据空前的形容词common可知，空处应填名词。符合要求的选项有G、I、L。句意：“摇滚乐"这个词现在至少包括两种不同的含义，这两种含义都是常用的。故选I。
29.
根据空前的the可知，空处应填名词，和其前的the一起作defines的宾语。符合要求的选项有G、L。句意：然而，一个网站将这个词语定义为特指20世纪50年代的音乐。故选L。
30.
分析句子结构可知，空处应填副词，修饰谓语动词is…played。符合要求的选项有EM。句意：典型的摇滚乐通常是用一两把电吉他、一把低音提琴以及成套的架子鼓演奏的。故选E.
31.
根据空前的形容词leading可知，空处应填名词。符合要求的选项只有G。句意：在20世纪50年代初最早的摇滚乐风格中，最重要的乐器要么是钢琴，要么是萨克斯管。故选G.
32.
根据空前的were和空后的or supplemented可知，空处应填动词的过去分词，和or后面的supplemented构成并列结构。符合要求的选项有A、0。根据句意"但在20世纪50年代中后期这些乐器通常被吉他取代或由吉他补充"可知，选A.
33.
根据空前的a(n)和空后的名词短语social impact可知，空处应填形容词。符合要求的选项有C、F。句意：摇滚乐的广泛流行和最终的全球视野给它带来了深刻的社会影响。故选C.
34.
分析句子结构并根据空前的It可知，空处应填动词的单数形式，作句子的谓语动词符合要求的选项有B、D。句意：它影响了人们的生活方式、时尚、态度和语言。故选B。
35.
根据空后的名词backbeat可知，空处应填形容词。符合要求的选项只有F。句意：它继而创造出了各种不同的子流派，通常都没有(摇滚乐)最初特有的基调强节奏，这些子流派现在更常被简单地称作"rock music"或"rock"。故选F。