单选题
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}{{I}} Read the following text, choose the best
word for each numbered blank and mark A,B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET
1. {{/I}} The tango has probably traveled
further and gone through more changes than almost {{U}} {{U}} 1
{{/U}} {{/U}}African slaves brought the tango to Haiti and Cuba in the 18th
century; in Cuba, the tango was influenced by the local Cuban dance,
{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}"the Havana". From there {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}took the tango to Argentina in the 19th
century, {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}it was changed once again
and became popular in the {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. It was an
erotic dance of working-class people by this time, {{U}} {{U}} 6
{{/U}} {{/U}}made it difficult for middle-class Europeans to accept.
{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}at the beginning of this
century, the tango was refined, so that it {{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}its erotic features. It was performed in {{U}} {{U}}
9 {{/U}} {{/U}}casino ballrooms. The tango, in its sophisticated
European {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}, became popular in
England and in the USA. Once {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}, the
tango became the rage in London and Paris. People began to {{U}} {{U}}
12 {{/U}} {{/U}}the Viennese waltz custom of dancing in restaurants
between the {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}of a meal. Proprietors
{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}this, "for the pleasure of the
customers and for the benefit of their digestion!" and afternoon "tango teas"
{{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}everywhere. Even in private houses,
Latin American music was played for the tango, {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}more and more people owned gramophones. The
tango returned in {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}in a freer, more
exotic form than {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Rudolph
Valentino, the Hollywood film star, began his {{U}} {{U}} 19
{{/U}} {{/U}}as a professional tango partner in American tea-rooms. Valentino
{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}immortalized the dance on
film.