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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,theysangufieldhollers"thattheyhadbroughtfromAfrica.Onepersonsangaline.Thenagroupofworkersrepeatedit.Thesongs'wordstoldofthehardshipsthatpeople
2、suffered.AfricanAmericanssang"shoutspirituals",orjoyousreligioussongs.Theyclappedtheirhandsandstompedtheirfeettothemusic.AftertheCivilWar,themusicchangedgreatly.AfricanAmericanmusic,fromballadstochurchmusic,tooknewforms.ltalsoadapteddancemusic,called"jump-ups'whic
3、hhadgreatrhythm.Banjosbecamepopular.Abluessingerusuallyplayedacallandresponsewiththebanjo.Bytheearly1900s,theguitarhadreplacedthebanjoasthemainbluesinstrument.NorthernMississippi一calledtheDelta一wasthecenterofthebluestradition.Bythe1920s,theDeltahadmanyclubs,so-call
4、edjukejoints.AfricanAmericanslistenedanddancedtomusicintheseclubs.Someofthegreatestbluesmenandwomenperformedthere.Blueshaveasoulfulsoundthatiseasytorecognize.Themusicalnotesareoften"benfThatis,theyarechangedslightlytogiveasongmorestrength.Whatevertheirorigin,these
5、bentnotesmostoftendefinetheblues.Lyricsarethewordsofasong.Blueslyricsdescribeeverydaylife.Thelyrics,oftenaboutrelationshipsbetweenmenandwomen,areoftenveryintenseandpersonal.Theytellaboutsorrowandoverwork.Theytellaboutfindingorlosinglove,havingmoneyorbeingbroke,bein
6、ghappyorsadandlonely.Thelyricsmayusehumortodescribelife,strialsandjoys.Theyalmostalwaysusetherhythmsofeverydayspeech.Atypicalbluesstanza,orgroupoflyrics,hasthreelines.Thesecondlinerepeatsthefirstline.Thethirdlinehasdifferentwords.Bythe1940sJargenumbersofAfricanAmer
7、icanshadlefttheDeltaandmovednorthtowork.ManysettledinChicago.There.anewkindof“electric”,or"Chicago^bluesbegan.Manyofitsthemeswerethesame,buttheseblueshad“wailing^electricguitarsandharmonicas.Themusichadasteady,strongdrumbeat.Theloud,drivingChicagoblueswasexcellentd
8、ancemusic.Chicagobluesledtothebirthofanewmusicstyle-rockandroll-1/'Shoutspirituals^and“fieldhollers"aresimilarinthatboth•A.usedbanjosB.weresungin