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Section C
Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
Considering how jazz is transcribed in Chinese, you may be misled into assuming that it is a cultural form belonging to those who have some elegant tastes.Nothing could be further from the truth.It (36)______among black Americans at the end of the 19th century,at a time when they(37)______ the very bottom of the American social heap. So how has something that was created by a once despised (38)______acquire a central place in today’s American culture?It’s a (39)______ that many people would like to solve. Perhaps the (40)_____of America is that you could never get two Americans to agree on just what that might be.After thinking about it for a while, we might (41) _____,"Hmm, seems like being American is a bit more (42)_____ than we thought." Certainly things like(43)_____, success,innovation and tolerance stand out.(44)______________________. Some, like African-American writer Ralph Ellison,believes that jazz captures the intrinsic properties of America.(45)_______________________.They say jazz brought together elements from Africa and Europe,fusing them into a new culture,an expression unique to the Americas.Beyond that, though,jazz has a connection to the intrinsic properties of America in a much more fundamental way.(46)_____________________.
