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阅读理解     All of America's popular music—jazz, country, rock and roll, and hip hop—develops from the Delta blues. Its words gave voice to the lives of workers in the fields of the Deep South. The blues may have something to do with sadness, but singing it is an act of defiance, not despair(绝望). The blues reminds us of our weak points while encouraging us to see how far we can actually go.     We can still almost touch the origin of this art form. Looking back on the journey the blues took north up the Mississippi River-when African Americans left the South in search of new jobs-photographer Gail Mooney travelled from Chicago clubs down to the Delta to get the stories of blues men and blues women. They are still here today to link us to the music's early days.     "In our conversations, we talked so much more about other things than their music," says Mooney, whose exhibition of the blues has just begun a US tour this spring. "We talked about their childhoods, their cultural origin, and a time in America when people moved to live in large cities. I would listen, and sometimes I would get a feeling."     These photos show some of the musicians who worked and studied with blues pioneers—drummer Sam Carr was the son of Robert Nighthawk, while Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith played together with Muddy Waters.     Already, this generation is leaving us: Little Milton, guitarist and vocalist, and Robert "Junior" Lockwood (who learned from Robert Johnson, the greatest blues man of all) have passed away since Mooney began her project. However, they left many valuable things to us. Turn on your radio and some little piece of the Delta gets passed down again. （1） From the passage we know that the blues                 . A . contains many kinds of music B . aims to give people sad feelings C . was created by workers D . described the lives of workers （2） The underlined word "defiance" in Paragraph 1 probably means                 . A . being against B . creation C . being careful D . kindness （3） Why did Mooney travel from Chicago clubs down to the Delta? A . To learn to play the blues. B . To find the origin of the blues. C . To take more beautiful photos. D . To learn about different cultures. 答案： D A B

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