2020年管理类联考英语练习（14）
来源：北京学苑教育
（适用于管理类联考：工商管理硕士MBA；会计硕士MPACC；公共管理硕士MPA；工程管理硕士MEM；审计硕士MAud；旅游管理硕士MTA；图书情报硕士MLIS备考使用）
Use of English
Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.__1__the turn of the century when jazz(爵士乐)was born, America had no prominent__2 __of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was__3__, or by whom., but it began to be__4__in the early 1900s. Jazz is America's contribution to__5__music. In contrast to classical music, which__6__ formal European traditions. jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, __7__ moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz__8__like American, and__9__it does today. The__10__of this music are as interesting as the music__11__ . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the Jazz__12__. They were brought to the Southern states__13__ slaves.They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long__14__. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives__15__a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the__16__. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.__17__on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their__18__, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played__19__music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes__20__at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz.
1. A) By B) At C) In D) On
2. A) music B) song C) melody D) style
3. A) discovered B) acted C) invented D) designed
4. A) noticed B) found C) listened D) heard
5. A) classical B) sacred C) Popular D) light
6. A) forms B) follows C) approaches D) introduces
7. A) expressing B) explaining C) exposing D) illustrating
8. A) appeared B) felt C)seemed D) sounded
9. A) as B) so C) either D) neither
10. A) origins B) originals C) discoveries D) resources
11. A) concerned B) itself C) available D) oneself
12. A) Players B) followers C) fans D) pioneers
13. A) for B) as C) with D) by
14. A) months B) weeks C) hours D) times
15. A) demonstrated B) composed C) hosted D) formed
16. A) demonstration B) procession C) body D) march
17. A) Even B) Therefore C) Furthermore D) But
18. A) number B) members C) bodies D) relations
19. A) sad B) solemn C) happy D) funeral
20. A) whistled B) sung C) presented D) showed
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参考答案：
1-5: B D C D C 6-10: B A D A A
11-15: B D B C D 16-20: B D D C C
