Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Rock began in the USA in the early 1950s. At that time 'rhythm and blues’ music was very ___(1)___ with black Americans. ‘R&B’ was a mixture ___(2)___ black religious music and jazz. It had strong rhythms that you could dance to and simple, fast music.
___(3)___ the success of R&B music, white musicians started to copy the same style. By the mid 1950s, ___(4)___ new while R&B music, called 'rock ‘n’ roll’ had become very popular. Singers like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley ___(5)___ millions of teenage fans. Their music was fast and loud. Many older people thought that rock ‘n’ roll was very ___(6)___.
By the early 1960s, even rock ‘n’ roll had become old-fashioned. Many of the songs had begun to sound the ___(7)___. It was at that time that a new eroup from England became popular: The Beatles.
The Beatles first started ___(8)___ singing American style songs, but they soon developed their own style, with more ___(9)___ melodies. They also introduced different instruments, ___(10)___ as the Indian sitar. Groups like The Beatles had a very important influence ___(11)___ the style of popular music. By the ___(12)___ 1970s, rock ‘n’ roll had developed into a new form of music. Electronics had ___(13)___ the amplified guitars and drums of rock ‘n’ roll. Rock had arrived.