She has no interest in cooking and shopping, ______I.
She doesn' t want to listen to you now: she has something urgent to______.
I found out that I am a(n)______learner: I learn best when professors use the blackboard.
Music comes in many forms: most countries have a style of their own. 【C1】______the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent style of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was【C2】______, or by whom. But it began to be heard in the early 1900s. Jazz is America's contribution to【C3】______music. In contrast to classical music, which follows formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, 【C4】______the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz sounded like America, and【C5】______it does today. The origins of this music are as interesting as the music【C6】______American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz pioneers. They were brought to Southern States【C7】______slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died his friend and relatives【C8】______a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the procession. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 【C9】______on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their relations, but the livings were glad to be alive. The band played【C10】______music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the Harmony and the melody of the tunes presented at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
Today the police can watch cars______on roads by radar.
He told me that Lisa______her final exams.
She wanted to join the group of men______was to explore the mysteries of the planets.
On New Year' s Eve, the city holds an outdoor______ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.
The government placed( )on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
The old lady is very ______ the Party's consideration.
I believe that every crime, ______the circumstance, should be severely punished.
You______me a lot better if you came from the town where I grew up.
______are that stock price will go up in the coming months.
The boy pretended______his homework, when his parents came back home.
This is the dictionary ______ I depend a lot whenever I have problems with new words.
Seeing the sun______above the surface of the sea we burst out a shout of joy.
There is nothing______about a native English-speaking teacher except that he speaks English easily and well.
We have beer, whiskey, coke, and some soft drinks, so please make yourself______.
He failed to live up to ______ had been expected of him.
Weighing five hundred pounds, ______.