根据短文内容, 从下框的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项, 选项中有一项为多余项。
A. The history of the city
B. The city attracted all kinds of immigrants and developed its multicultures.
C. The brief introduction to New Orleans
D. The origin of Jazz
E. The population of the city
F. African people arrived and they brought their own traditions including music.
1.________
New Orleans, the city of Louisiana, is one of the most colorful and interesting places in North
America. It is wellknown for its multicultural cuisine(菜肴) and its colonial architecture and is
considered by most experts to be the birthplace of jazz, the one music style that the USA can lay
claim to inventing.
2. ________
The city was founded in 1718, at a time when France owned that part of North America. Part of its
diversity results from the fact that it was subjected to many different influences. France sold Louisiana
to Spain in 1763, got it back 40 years later, and almost immediately sold the territory to the USA.
3. ________
As the city prospered(繁荣), it became a magnet(磁铁)for all kinds of immigrants from Europe and
other parts of the USA, and was also the first choice destination of breeding black slaves. The rich
cultural mix led to a relaxed attitude to life and an appreciation of good food, wine, music and dancing.
There were frequent festivals.
4. ________
By the end of the 1700s, people of African descent(祖先) made up more than half the city's
population. Many more arrived via the Caribbean and brought with them West Indian cultural
traditions. By the mid18th century, black people in New Orleans were gathering socially on Sundays
at a special market outside the city, where they were able to remember and practice their traditional
African dance and drumming music. The roots of jazz can be traced to these events.
5. ________
Native American musicians then combined their music with the African traditions and bands playing
a mixture of styles began to perform in street festivals. Europeans came to listen and contribute and the
roots of jazz were established. Louis Armstrong, the most famous jazz musician of all time, was
influenced by these rich musical mixtures when he heard them in the early years of the 20th century.
