Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own 【A1】 _____ the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 【A2】 _____ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 【A3】 _____, or by whom. But it began to be 【A4】 _____ in the early 1900s. Jazz is America’s contribution to 【A5】 _____ music. In contrast to classical music, which 【A6】 _____ formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous nod free-form. It bubbles with energy, 【A7】 _____ the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s, jazz 【A8】 _____ like America. And 【A9】 _____ it does today. The 【A10】 _____ of this music are as interesting as the music 【A11】 _____. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 【A12】 _____. They were brought to the Southern states 【A13】 _____ slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long 【A14】 _____.When a Negro died his friends and relatives 【A15】 _____ a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanies the 【A16】 _____. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 【A17】 _____ on the way home the mood changed. Spirits fired. Death had removed one of their 【A18】 _____, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played 【A19】 _____ music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 【A20】 _____ at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.