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1、阶段检测一Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)ADuringthe1800s,AfricanAmericansworkedlongdaysinthefieldsoftheAmericanSouth.Toeasetheirlabor,theysang“fieldhollers”thattheyhadbroughtfromAfrica.Onepersonsangaline.Thenagroupofworkersrepeatedit.Thesongs’wordstoldofthehardshipsthatpeoplesuffered.AfricanAmericanss
2、ang“shoutspirituals”,orjoyousreligioussongs.Theyclappedtheirhandsandstompedtheirfeettothemusic.AftertheCivilWar,themusicchangedgreatly.AfricanAmericanmusic,fromballadstochurchmusic,tooknewforms.Italsoadapteddancemusic,called“jump-ups”,whichhadgreatrhythm.Banjosbecamepopular.Abluessingerusua
3、llyplayedacallandresponsewiththebanjo.Bytheearly1900s,theguitarhadreplacedthebanjoasthemainbluesinstrument.NorthernMississippi—calledtheDelta—wasthecenterofthebluestradition.Bythe1920s,theDeltahadmanyclubs,so-calledjukejoints.AfricanAmericanslistenedanddancedtomusicintheseclubs.Someofthegre
4、atestbluesmenandwomenperformedthere.Blueshaveasoulfulsoundthatiseasytorecognize.Themusicalnotesareoften“bent”.Thatis,theyarechangedslightlytogiveasongmorestrength.Whatevertheirorigin,thesebentnotesmostoftendefinetheblues.Lyricsarethewordsofasong.Blueslyricsdescribeeverydaylife.Thelyrics,oft
5、enaboutrelationshipsbetweenmenandwomen,areoftenveryintenseandpersonal.Theytellaboutsorrowandoverwork.Theytellaboutfindingorlosinglove,havingmoneyorbeingbroke,beinghappyorsadandlonely.Thelyricsmayusehumortodescribelife’strialsandjoys.Theyalmostalwaysusetherhythmsofeverydayspeech.Atypicalblue
6、sstanza,orgroupoflyrics,hasthreelines.Thesecondlinerepeatsthefirstline.Thethirdlinehasdifferentwords.Bythe1940s,largenumbersofAfricanAmericanshadlefttheDeltaandmovednorthtowork.ManysettledinChicago.There,anewkindof“electric”,or“Chicago”bluesbegan.Manyofitsthemeswerethesame,buttheseblueshad“
7、wailing”electricguitarsandharmonicas.Themusichadasteady,strongdrumbeat.Theloud,drivingChicagoblueswasexcellentdancemusic.Chicagobluesledtothebirthofanewmusicstyle-rockandroll.1.“Shoutspirituals”and“fieldhollers”aresimilarinthatboth . A.usedbanjosB.were
