Part IV Cloze Test (15 minutes,10 points)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side on the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with single line through the center.
Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.__66__the turn of the century when jazz(爵士乐)was born, America had no prominent__67 __of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was__ 68__,or by whom. But it began to be__69__in the early 1900s. Jazz is America's contribution to__70__music. In contrast to classical music, which__71__ formal European traditions. jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy,__72__ moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz__73__like America. And__74__it does today.