All about the USA - Originals - Test 23

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Read the text and complete the sentences.

JAZZ

Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type of music, is the only art form that was created in the
United States. Jazz was created by black Americans. Many blacks were brought from Africa to America as slaves.
The black slaves sang and played the music of their homeland.

Jazz is a mixture of many different kinds of music. It is a combination of the music of West Africa, the work songs the
slaves sang, and religious music. Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that the musicians make the
music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each
time it is played.

Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s . They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially
New Orleans.

New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.

Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s , jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s , you
could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz.
Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals
on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.


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Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. Use either the simple present or the simple past.

1. Jazz (be) created by black Americans.
2. Today, jazz (continue) to grow and change.
3. Jazz (become) more and more popular.
4. The black slaves (sing) and (play) the music of their homeland.
5. A jazz song (sound) different each time it is played.
6. Today, people from all over the world (play) jazz.
7. Jazz (be) a mixture of different kinds of music.
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