Salsa is a musical type that has existed for many years and is still popular today. Salsa comes from Cuba,but many people 1       that the Puerto Ricans who moved to the US 2       the style of salsa we know today.

Because of political problems in the 3       20th century，many people left Puerto Rico and 4       in the US. Between 1915 and 1930，about 50,000 Puerto Ricans 5       in the US. In 1917, a 6       was passed that made people from Puerto Rico Americans move 7      . After this,Puerto Ricans were able to move 8       between their home and the US mainland.

Between 1940 and 1969 ，about 800 ， 000 Puerto Ricans moved to the US， 9       to New York City and Miami. They brought with them their culture, style, and Latin rhythm(節(jié)拍) . One style of music and dance they 10       to the US was a mixture of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Puerto Rican traditional dance. In New York, 11       incorporated(合并，吸納) American jazz,and the salsa we know today 12       . During this time,salsa music and dance were popular in the New York City and around theUS.

The song words 13       stories of the immigrants，(移民) struggle to make a 14       in New York City. By the late 1970，s， salsa caliente was 15       popular;another style―salsa romanti-ca,with its romantic love lyrics(歌詞) 一became popular, 16      . Salsa romantica is still popu?lar today and is 17       by musicians such as Mare Anthony, a singer from Puerto Rico.

18       Puerto Ricans continue to make special mixtures of salsa by 19       it with other musical styles. A mixture of hip-hop and salsa can be 20       in Jennifer. Lopez's music which became world famous by combining rock rhythms with the salsa romantics style.

For many people，listening to salsa music is not enough;its fast rhythm and lively beat make them want to get up and dance.

(   ) 1.A. believe   B. doubt   C. agree   D. guess

(   ) 2.A. formed   B. got   C. developed   D. invented

(   ) 3.A. middle   B. late   C. unknown   D. early

(   ) 4.A. shopped   B. settled   C. played   D. worked

(   ) 5.A. arrived   B. lived   C. worked   D. visited

(   ) 6.A. plan   B. law   C. suggestion   D. rule

(   ) 7.A. back and forth   B. up and down   C. in and out   D. here and there

(   ) 8.A. slowly   B. quickly   C. gradually   D. freely

(   ) 9.A. exactly   B. certainly   C. mainly   D. impossibly

(   ) 10.A. brought   B. took   C. carried   D. offered

(   ) 11.A. singers   B. musicians   C. dancers   D. composers

(   ) 12.A. was born   B. was passed   C. was finished   D. was over

(   ) 13.A. wrote   B. made up   C. changed into   D. told

(   ) 14.A. journey   B. room   C. living   D. contribution

(   ) 15.A. for ever   B. even more   C. no longer   D. now and then

(   ) 16.A. instead   B. indeed   C. too   D. either

(   ) 17.A. acted   B. performed   C. played   D. showed

(   ) 18.A. Old   B. Young   C. Man   D. Woman

(   ) 19.A. making   B. felt   C. combining   D. living

(   ) 20.A. seen   B. felt   C. heard   D. imagined

1-5 ACDBA      6-10 BCDCA 11-15 BADCC      16-20 ABBCC

本文通過講述Salsa音樂在美國的興衰史以及在此基礎(chǔ)上新音樂的誕生過程，作者向人們闡釋了Salsa音樂給人們帶來的影響。

1.A由第二、三、四、五段陳述的Salsa演變的事實(shí)決定此空應(yīng)為believe。

2.C從Salsa最初的形式到今天的形式應(yīng)是演變、發(fā)展，而不是發(fā)明、得到、形成。

3.D由后句1915 and 1930和in 1917可知許多波多黎各人前往美國定居是20世紀(jì)初期，而不是20世紀(jì)的中期或末期。

4.B根據(jù)上文的"離開本國"和下文的"帶來他們的文化"等描述可知,許多波多黎各人到美國定居下來。settle in some place即為"在某地定居"。

5.A從前句settled,本句的50,000 Puerto Ri-cans以及后文內(nèi)容知此處應(yīng)是arrived，而不是B、C、D項(xiàng)。

6.B移民是一項(xiàng)嚴(yán)肅的國策，涉及許多社會(huì)問題，只有法律(law) 才能解決，并非計(jì)劃、建議、規(guī)定能決定的。

7.C從前后文看此處移民是國與國之間的移民，只能是移進(jìn)移出，并非前后、上下和空泛的here and there。

8.D從前句的in and out和下段的移民數(shù)字800,000及本句句意綜合看,答案應(yīng)是相對(duì)于一般移民的嚴(yán)格限制而言的自由freely,而不是時(shí)間的快、慢和進(jìn)度的gradually。

9.C A選項(xiàng)是指"精確地"，B選項(xiàng)是指"當(dāng)然地"，與前后文邏輯上毫無關(guān)聯(lián)且與事實(shí)不

符,D選項(xiàng)是指"不可能地"，在文中不合邏輯。C選項(xiàng)由上下文可知。

10.A由前句可知，移民也將音樂和舞蹈的風(fēng)格帶到美國。

11.B從句意和文意看能夠改編、創(chuàng)作樂曲的人當(dāng)然是musicians而其他三種人只能從事其中的某些工作。

12.A was bom意思是"誕生"、"問世"。

13.D told講述，A、B、C既與文意不相符，又與語法相悖。

14.C make a living謀生，對(duì)于新移民而言首要的任務(wù)是謀生，不是在紐約旅游。make a room"留出空間"，與文義不符，make a con?tribution做貢獻(xiàn)，更是與文義不符。

15.C該句前后兩部分內(nèi)容形成對(duì)照，后一句講另一種風(fēng)格的Salsa became popular，前一句自然就是no longer popular.

16.A后者替代前者。

17.B "演奏(樂曲) "、"表演"，play接樂器類名詞，show表"表演"(節(jié)目) 或"展示"(物品等) 之意，act表"扮演"之意。

18.B Man,Woman填于此空與全文沒有任何聯(lián)系，由continue可推斷答案應(yīng)為Young。

19.C與其他的音樂形式合在一起。

20.C hip—hop和salsa都是音樂，音樂只能聽到。

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