2007年四川大学外国语学院211二外英语真题及详解
Part I Multiple choice (1’×30=30’)
1. I guess Professor Wang hasn’t finished grading the papers yet. If he had, he would not keep us in ______.
A. suspense
B. trouble
C. doubt
D. wonder
【答案】A
【解析】keep sb in suspense让某人心悬着。
2. John remarked after the meeting that the speaker was a woman of ______ wit.
A. emotional
B. accurate
C. excellent
D. exceptional
【答案】D
【解析】exceptional杰出的，卓越的，侧重“少有的”。excellent优秀的。emotional 情感上的。accurate精确的。
3. “Are you worried about your son being alone in a strange country?”“______. I’m sure he’ll manage fine”
A. By all means
B. Of course
C. Not in the least
D. No wonder
【答案】C
【解析】not in the least一点也不。by all means可以，没问题。of course当然可以。no wonder怪不得。
4. The plot of the novel ______ the economic development of the village.
A. evolves with
B. emerges from
C. blends with
D. attaches to
【答案】A
【解析】句意：这小说的情节随着那村庄的经济发展而发展。evolve进化，逐步演变，发展。emerge from浮现，露出；幸存下来，摆脱出来。blend with融合，协调。attach to与……有联系。
5. The decision to quit school at that young age is, ______, the most stupid thing I have ever done.
A. at times
B. at first sight
C. in retrospect
D. by comparison
【答案】C
【解析】in retrospect回想，追溯往事。at times有时，间或。at first sight乍一看，初看时。by comparison（尤用于句首）比较起来，较之。
6. At the conference yesterday, our differences were further ______. The next step is to work out a solution acceptable to both sides.
A. narrowed down
B. cooled down
C. driven home
D. brought about
【答案】C
【解析】drive sth home把……讲透彻，阐明，使充分理解。narrow sth down把（可能性或选择）缩小。cool sth down是某物变凉，使冷却下来。bring sth about导致，引起。
7. Brian cheated in the last math exam, so he thought he could ______ it again this time, but he was wrong.
A. get rid of
B. get away with
C. avoid being caught
D. mess around with
【答案】B
【解析】get away with sth做（坏事）而未受惩罚。
8. This child is a born mathematician. He loves mathematics ______ he will spend a whole day solving mathematical problems without remembering to have meals.
A. and so
B. to the extent that
C. so much so that
D. so much that
【答案】C
【解析】句意：他如此热爱数学以至于他会一整天在那里做数学题而不记得吃饭。so much so that相当于to such an extent that，意为“甚至，到这样的程度以至于……”。
9. As a cleaning woman, her ______ duties include cleaning the desks and mopping the floor.
A. continuous
B. routine
C. initial
D. constant
【答案】B
【解析】routine日常的，例行公事的。continuous连续不断的。initial首要的。constant 持续的。
10. Even ______ what she said about his personal life is true, it is irrelevant to his
qualifications as a software engineer.
A. knowing
B. assuming
C. recognizing
D. acknowledging
【答案】B
【解析】句意：即使她关于他个人生活的说法是合乎事实的，但这与他作为一名软件工程师的资格是不相关的。这里是一个让步状语从句，assume假定，认为。其他选项均不合适。
11. Bonuses are meant to ______ hard work and outstanding performance. This
means that not all workers are entitled to them.
A. restore
B. grab
C. push
D. reward
【答案】D
【解析】reward奖赏。restore恢复。grab抢夺。push推动。
12. As a senior student, you are supposed to know better than just ______ until the
examination time.
A. fooled around
B. to fool around
C. having fooled around
D. to have fooled around
【答案】B
【解析】这里是一个平行结构，前面用不定式的一般形式to know，相照应，后面也要用不定式的一般形式，故B。
13. The president of the automobile company said that short-term profit is not at
the top of the company’s ______ list. Their major concern at present is developing a more competitive model.
A. interest
B. priority
C. assignment
D. job
【答案】B
【解析】priority优先事项，首要事情。assignment分配，委派，任务，作业。
《大学英语(三)》模拟试题一》 第一部分：交际用语(共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分) 此部分共有10个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答案题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例。 1、- Hello, I'd like to speak to Mark, please. - ____B____ A.Yes, I'm Mark. B.This is Mark speaking. C.It's me here. D.This is me. 2、- Thanks for inviting me, John, but I've already made other plans. - ____C_____. Maybe another time. A.I hope you enjoy it B.That's good C.Oh! I'm sorry to hear that D.Great! I really had a good time 3、-Thank you for your help. - ____B_____. A.It doesn't matter B.You're welcome
C.You're kind D.I don't think so 4、- Let me help you carry the suitcase. - _____A____ A.It's OK. I can manage. B.It's not very light. C.I can help you with it. D.Put it down on the ground. 5、- Sorry to give you so much trouble. - ____C_____ A.I think so. B.Oh, I'm sorry. C.It's OK. D.You are busy. 6、-You speak very good English. -____A____. A.It's very kind of you to say so B.No, I can't C.You are right D.That's all right 7、- Would you mind if we asked you for some advice? - ____C____
2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案 一、单项选择题 1 Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England? （A）The growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public. （B）Many libraries were set up so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy them. （C）The plot of novels is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels. （D）Most of the novels were not first published in serial form, that is, by installment, before they were fully published in a single book. 2 Romance was a type of literature that was very popular in the______. （A）Renaissance period （B）seventeenth century （C）Middle Ages （D）eighteenth century 3 Jonathan Swift wrote all the following works EXCEPT______. （A）The Battle of Books （B）The Pilgrim's Progress （C）Gulliver's Travels （D）A Tale of the Tub
1. The use of atomic energy will _____ the lives of coming generations. A) revolve B) revolutionize C) resolve D) reserve 2. The doctor _____ me to the dangers of smoking. A) informed B) alerted C) warned D) cautioned 3. All work and no play makes Jack a _____ boy. A) monotonous B) boring C) tedious D) dull 4. The _____ domestic product of this year is two times as high as that of last year. A) coarse B) crude C) gross D) raw 5. I may sense the enthusiasm from his youthful _____ voice. A) vibrant
B) shivering C) shaking D) vicious 6. Features such as height, weight, and skin color _____ from individual to individual and from face to face. A) change B) vary C) alter D) convert 7. The engineer explained the plane’s technical _____. A) capacity B) capability C) ability D) competence 8. The _____ of new scientific discoveries to industrial production methods increases efficiency. A) application B) applause C) applicant D) appliance 9. The army was poised _____ a major attack. A) to B) for C) with D) on 10. Parents ____ some of their characteristics to their children.
四川大学英文成绩单样本 2 24 south Section 1 Ring Road No.1 ChengDu, SiChuan 610065 P.R.China Sichuan University SICHUAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT ACADEMIC RECORD (ENGLISH TRANSLATION) NAME(姓名): Dudie XU(徐都爹) SCHOOL CODE(学号):1043004134 DATE OF BIRTHDAY(出生年月): Aug. 1919 (1919.8) SEX(性别): Male MAJOR(专 业):Polymer Material and Engineering(高分子材料与工程) SCHOOLING(学制):4 YEAR(4年) DURATION OF SCHOOL(在校期间):Sept. 2008-July 2012(2010.9-2014.7) HOURS CREDITS MARKS(分数) st nd (学时) (学分) COURSE(课程) 1 SEM. 2 SEM. First Year(Sept.2008-July2009)(第一学年) Physical Education-1(体育-1) 32 1 97 College English-1(大学英语-1) 64 4 97 Fundamentals of Modern Chemistry(?)-1(近代化学32 2 94 基础(?)-1) Situation and Policies-1(形势与政策-1) 16 0.25 92 Basics of Computer (大学计算机基础) 36 2 90 Chemical Experiment (?)-1(工科化学实验(?)18 1 90 -1)
1. A baby two weeks old does not have much _____. A. nature B. characteristics C. advantage D. personality 2. The new secretary is a quick and ____ worker, and the boss is satisfied with her. A. efficient B. affected C. critical D. extreme 3. The number of mistakes ___ the mark you receive in an examination. A. determines B. designs C. relates D. decides 4. In college popularity was not so important; running with the crowd was no longer a law of ______. A. survey B. system C. survival D. statistics 5. We felt ___ to hear that you were safe and sound. A. released B. relevant C. relieved D. related 6.____ what the professor had said, it was hard work and took concentration and occasional help from friends. A. Although B. Except C. Despite D. Except for 7. Charles Dickens ____ many wonderful characters in his novels. A. corrected B. created C. discovered D. affected 8. He laid the _____ of his success by study and hard work. A. basics B. frame C. foundations D. elements 9. Only the hope that the rescuers were getting nearer _____ the trapped miners. A. sustained B. declined C. entertained D. disgusted 10. Britain still has a bicycle industry; frames and complete bicycles are _____ here; though most of the components are imported. A. inquired B. manufactured C. handled D. harnessed 11. On my way to school, I saw people ____ advertisements and sample products. A. conveying B. assigning C. discarding D. distributing 12. The city government promises to ____ problem of unemployment. A. postpone B. tackle C. compose D. anticipate 13. Thirty miles away from the town, the robbers _____ the car and disappeared into the woods. A. approached B. avoided C. abandoned D. corresponded 14. A railway ticket should indicate the place of departure as well as the _____ of the trip. A. arrival B. image C. destination D. sequence 15. The purpose of this test is to measure students’ ____ to learn instead of their present achievements. A. capacity B. attitude C. confidence D. determination 16. I have searched all the book stores in this town. The book you asked for is not ___. A. tedious B. vivid C. available D. sufficient 17. Jack was so ____ the computer game th at he didn’t notice my arrival. A. absorbed in B. grateful to C. thoughtful of D. associated with
四川大学2012考博英语真题及答案详解 阅读 1）Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique—a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born With, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D. C., the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people. When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd: among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher. Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the “hand talk”his students used looked richer. He wondered: Might deaf people actually: have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as “substandard”. Stokoe's idea was academic heresy (异端邪说). It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. “What I said,”Stokoe explains, “is that language is not mouth stuff—it's brain stuff.” 21. The study of sign language is thought to be _____C___. A) a new way to look at the learning of language B) a challenge to traditional, views on the nature of language C) an approach: to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language D) an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language（C）
I. Vocabulary and Structure Section A (10%) Directions: In this section there are twenty English words for you to write out in accordance with the given letter and the Chinese equivalent. (0.5 point for each) Section B (10%) Directions: In this section there are twenty incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. ( 0.5 point for each) Section C （10%） Directions:Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given. (1 point for each) Section D (10%) Directions: In this section there are ten incomplete sentences. You are required to fill in the blanks with words or phrases from the box below. Change the forms where necessary. (1 point for each) II. Cloze (10%) Directions:In this section, you are to read a passage with 20 blanks and fill in the blanks with words or phrases given. Choose the suitable word or phrase marked A., B., C. or D. for each blank. (0.5 point for each) III. Reading Comprehension (20%) Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or incomplete statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Read them and decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter of your choice on the Answer Sheet. ( 2 points for each） IV. Chinese-English Translation (15%) Directions: Put the following into English.Write clearly and neatly on the Answer Sheet. V. Writing (15%) Directions:Write a short essay of more than 150 words under the title of “Get Employed or Work for a Master Degree” based on the Chinese outline.Write clearly and neatly on the Answer Sheet.
《大学英语（一）》模拟试题一 第一部分：交际用语（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 此部分共有5个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答案题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例[A] [B] [C] [D] 1. — I had a wonderful night and thanks for your invitation. —_______ A. What you have said! B. No, no. It's my honor. C. You can't say that. D. Good night. 2. — What about giving up smoking? — _______ A. Good idea. B. Help yourself. C. Let it be, please. D. It is not your business. 3. — Hello, Linda. How are you? — _______ — I'm fine, thank you. A. How are you? B. Fine, thank you. And you? C. How do you do? D. I'm good. 4. — I was excited beyond description that I got this job. — _______ A. Oh, that's very nice of you. B. It is great. C. It's a pleasure. D. I am delighted to hear that. 5. — What's your favorite tea? —_______
2018年6月四川省大学英语三级考试 考生须知 1. 三级考试时间及地点 （1）时间：考试时间为6月2日（星期六）14:00 - 16:10。 入场时间为6月2日13:30- 14:00 (14:00后禁止入场)。 （2）地点：准考证上规定的考场（请考生在考试前一天找到自己所在考场对应的教室号） 考试时间点特别提示： 13：30 考生入场（第1次铃声） 13：50 发放试卷一及答题卡 14：00 考试正式开始（第2次铃声） 14：40 收试卷一 14：45 发放试卷二 14：50 开始播放听力录音（14:49第3次铃声） 16：10 考试结束（第4次铃声） （14：00以后考生不得入场；考试正式结束前所有考生不得离场。） 2. 考生须三证齐全（准考证、身份证、学生证或一卡通）才能进入考场参加考试。学生证或一卡通，持有其中之一即可；二者都缺失的，须补办其中之一。 （1）领到准考证后，请考生妥善保管。 （2）准考证补办程序 本人带上身份证于考试前一周到教务科206肖老师处补办，最后截止日期6月1日18：00。 （3）学生证、身份证丢失的处理办法 身份证丢失，需办临时参考证，办理流程：本人写出申请→班主任老师签字→到所在系填写临时参考证（临时参考证须贴本人近期照片）→所在系盖章→6月1日18:00之前到教务处办公室盖章。
学生证丢失，补证办理流程：学生本人到所在系领取并填写学生证补办申请表、班主任确认签字、系办审核→补办学生提供近期彩色照片一张，照片背面学生签名并加盖系公章→补办学生到财资处交纳补办工本费→学生将补证资料交教务处207办公室批准，给予补发新证→学生持填好的学生证和补办申请表到教务处209办公室加盖钢印→到学生处盖章并购买火车票优惠卡→回本系注册。（注：办理学生证需要的时间较长，缺证学生应及早补办。）（4）考试当天一概不进行证件补办。 3. 考生须遵守考试纪律和其它相关规定，禁止携带移动通信工具、书籍、资料等进入考场。入场时将使用金属探测设备进行安检，所有考场将视频监控、录像，并配备手机信号探测和屏蔽设备。凡构成考试作弊的考生，一经发现立即取消考试资格，并给予留校查看或开除学籍处分，处分将记入纸质档案和电子注册档案。 4. 三级考试考生试题各不相同，每份试卷有一个唯一的7位编号，考生须在答题卡上将试卷编号、姓名和准考证号填涂正确，否则无法得到正确的成绩。 5. 注意事项 （1）14:00后不允许入场，迟到者作为缺考处理。不允许提前交卷，因特殊情况需要中途退场的，退场后须留在考务办公室（1105教室）直到考试结束。 （2）请考生妥善保管好准考证。 （3）请考生自行准备音频耳机、2B铅笔、橡皮擦、钢笔等必备的考试用具。 6. 学院将在6月1日（星期五）下午16:30-17:30播放《大学英语》听力试听带（同时播放音频和调频信号，调频信号频率为80MHz），请各位考生自带耳机到考场所在教学楼各教室试听，检查耳机是否正常。如试听信号不佳，请到教务处电教中心反映（联系电话：7820152）。 学院教务处2018年5月
四川?大学“?大学英语（阅读与翻译）- 2” 期末考试试题（闭卷）A 卷 （2019—2020学年年第 2 学期） 课程号：105368020 课序号： 课程名称： 任课教师： 成绩： 适用专业年级：2019级 学生人数： 印题份数： 学号： 姓名： 第 1 ?页，共 11 ?页 试卷编号： （注意：所有答案请写在答题纸上） Part I Reading Comprehension (65 points) Section A (3.5*10 = 35 points) Directions: Read the following passage and use NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS to fill in each blank in the outline below. Remember to write down the answers on the Answer Sheet . California's Higher Education - From American Dream to Dilemma [1] For the Golden State of California, 1960 was a golden year: It was a time of rapid development, and part of this massive development was a system of public higher education. [2] California's higher education prospects of 1960 were built on a distinctive historical foundation. The idea that the state's colleges and universities could – and should – be the source of an informed, responsible citizenry and state leadership had been established by legislators and voters by World War I. [3] Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California, who served from 1930 to 1958, built on this early vision. He set up six campuses statewide as part of a creation of a multi-campus system to meet California's growing demand for higher education. [4] In 1958, Clark Kerr was named president of the University of California system. With Kerr's efforts higher education became part of the California dream. In 1960 the state legislature passed the Donahoe Act, which included a 246-page report, "A Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960-1975." On Oct. 17, 1960, Time magazine featured Clark Kerr on its cover as the "Master Planner." [5] The California dream of higher education combined access to higher education with affordability and choice. The new California policy of no tuition was extended to all public colleges and universities statewide. Furthermore, the master plan promoted state-funded student scholarships through a state agency created in 1955, the California Student Aid Commission.
首页- 我的作业列表- 《大学英语（四）》第一次作业答案 欢迎你， 你的得分： 完成日期：2018年06月12日08点35分 说明：每道小题选项旁的标识是标准答案。 一、单项选择题。本大题共40个小题，每小题分，共分。在每小题给出的选项中，只有一项是符合题目要求的。 1. o— How do you like your first term here at the university o— _______ C.To tell the truth, I don’t like it at all. D.I don’t know. E.H ow about you F.I don’t want to talk about it. 2. o—What’s your major o—_______ B.I take a course in literature. C.I’m interested in medicine. D.I’m thinking of taking the linguistics course. E.I take world history as my major. 3. o— Your library book is due next Thursday. If you want it for longer, you will have to renew it. o— _______ B.That’s impossible. C.Can I keep it a little longer D.It doesn’t matter at all. E.Thanks. I only need it for a few days. 4. o— Can I keep this book a little longer o— _______ B.No, you can’t. They are two days overdue. C.You can, but you will need to officially renew it for one week.
Corruption:腐败行为，（尤指受贿）腐败，堕落，恶化；贪污，贿赂bribery:行贿。Corruption and bribery:行贿受贿 Competent:有能力的,能胜任的,称职的（to do sth,at/in/for）imcompetent Refrain抑制;克制;戒除refrain from忍住;戒绝;不让自己做某事refrain from smoking禁止吸烟 Curl使)弯曲,(使)卷曲go out of curl垮台,一切都完 Encounter V.1.遇到,遭遇(尤指不愉快或困难的事)2偶然碰到=come across n.遭遇,冲突(with)a chance encounter不期而遇 Intense:强烈的,剧烈的;极端的intense life紧张的生活intense heat酷热intense pain剧痛an intense longing渴望区别：intensive加强的,集中的,密集的,短时间内集中紧张进行的 I'll make an intensive study of a subject. 我将集中学一门课程。 Intensive care in hospital is given to the seriously ill. 病情严重的人在医院里得到了精心的护理。 ICU：intensive care unit重点护理组,重症加强护理病房 Recruit[ri?kru:t]n.1.新兵，新警员 2.(机构中的)新成员及物动词vt. 1.招聘;吸引(新成员)2.吸收某人 为新成员3.动员…（提供帮助）；（通过招募）组成，组建4.雇用；聘请 Not just to do,but to do Track down追捕到,追查出All citizens should help the police in tracking the criminals down.所有市民都应该帮助警察追捕罪犯。 conceal:隐藏，隐瞒；遮住；对...保密conceal from sb.对（某人）隐瞒 a razor-sharp intellect:非常聪明的 think on one’s feet:头脑反应很快，脑子很快，才思敏捷 know sth/sb inside out透彻了解某事/某人 credibility可靠性,可信性lack of credibility in不可信,缺乏凭证 pro-支持anti-反对 pro-low carbon emissions支持低碳排放 abortion堕胎 in the running for sth有希望得到某物 the word is that=words has it that据说，有消息称 Word on the street is that you do你只会道听途说 Malign[m??la?n]及物动词vt.诽谤,中伤 Stellar优秀的，杰出的 Summon:传唤;召集summon another waiter to show them to their table Reservation:预约 superiority:优越(性),优秀,超[卓]越,优势(to,over),傲慢(to,over)sense of superiority优越感donation:捐赠,赠送 intimidate:恐吓,威胁 progressive：1.不断前进的,有进展的,逐渐上升的 2.进步的,先进的 laughable：adj..荒唐可笑的;有趣的;逗人笑的 shiver:(因寒冷,害怕等)颤抖,哆嗦 shrug:耸肩(以表示冷淡,怀疑等)shrug sth off/aside不把…当回事；对…满不在乎；对…不予理睬dwelt on:详述，强调.he didn’t dwelt on the details of the matter
你的得分： 100.0 完成日期：2016年08月13日 11点47分 说明：每道小题选项旁的标识是标准答案。 一、单项选择题。本大题共40个小题，每小题 2.5 分，共100.0分。在每小题给出的选项中，只有一项是符合题目要求的。 1.—What a poor job I’ve done! —__D __ A.Do it again. B.You can do it. C.Do your best! D.Don’t be upset. No one can do it better than you. 2.—Are you doing anything special on Friday, Bill? —____B___ —Oh, what a pity! A.No, nothing special B.Yes, I have promised to call on some friends C.Yes, of course D.No, I’m not sure. Why? 3.—I’d like to make an appointment with Mr. White. —___C____ A.Sorry, he is busy at the moment. B.Why didn’t you call earlier? C.Certainly. May I know your name? D.Sorry. He doesn’t want to see you. 4.—This is the worst film ever produced. Do you think so? —____B___ A.You’re wrong B.I don’t think so, I’m afraid C.Not at all D.No, that’s not real 5.—My dear! I made a mistake again. —____B___ A.Be careful. B.Don’t worry. We can do something to make up for it. C.What a pity! D.You should worry about it.
四川大学“英语专业基础”参考样题（2011） 2011-12-31 考试科目：英语专业基础 适用专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学 研究方向：英美文学、美国文化研究、加拿大文化研究、欧洲文化研究、现代英语及语言理论、英语翻译理论与实践、现代外语教育及教育技术 （注意：答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题上不给分） Part One: Reading Comprehension (40 points) I. Cloze Test (10 points) Choose one of the four answers marked [A], [B], [C], [D] to complete the article. Write your answer on the answer sheet. Be sure that the number of the answers is in agreement with the number of the blanks. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 1 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 2 , or by whom. But it began to be heard in the early 1900s.Jazz is America’s contribution to popular mu sic. In contrast to classical music, which 3 formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, 4 the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 5 like America, and as it does today. The 6 of this music are as interesting as the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 7 . They were brought to Southern States as slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives 8 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. But on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their 9 , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played happy music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 10 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. 1. [A] music [B] song [C] melody [D] style 2. [A] discovered [B] acted [C] invented [D] designed 3. [A] forms [B] follows [C] approaches [D] introduces 4. [A] expressing [B] explaining [C] exposing [D] illustrating 5. [A] appeared [B] felt [C] seemed [D] sounded 6. [A] origins [B] originals [C] discoveries [D] resources