Americans have contributed (作出贡献) to many art forms, but jazz, a type of music, is one of the art forms that were started in the United States. Black Americans, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz. Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs, the slave songs and religious (宗教) music. Improvisation (即兴创作) is an important part of jazz. This means that the musician
s make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played. Jazz bands were formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.
36．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Jazz is now popular all over the world.
B．Jazz is now a kind of religious music.
C．Jazz is now only played in bars and clubs.
D．Jazz is now played a little different sometimes.
37．From the passage it can be inferred that ________.
A．New Orleans is the place where jazz was first produced
B．the American people are all jazz lovers
C．jazz is merely sung by the black
D．jazz may become more popular as time goes on
38．The underlined word “created” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “________”．
A．loved B．continued C．made D．started
39．What can be the best title of this passage?
A．American Art Forms. B．The Development of Jazz.
C．The Music of Black American
s. D．The Birthplace of Jazz.