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【題目】 Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events—love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells reallife stories and sounds the way people really talk, as life becomes more complicated(復(fù)雜的)it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country western, comes from two lands of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.

At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty four hours a day. English stars sing it in British and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

【1】From the passage, we know that country music comes from________.

A.the Northeast and MidwestB.real-life stories in small towns

C.factories and army camps in the South.D.the Appalachian Mountains and the West

【2】Before World War II, country music was popular mainly in________.

A.the SouthB.the NorthC.the MidwestD.the Northeast

【3】During World War II, many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Midwest to ________.

A.study country music thereB.work in the factory there

C.make country music popularD.teach local people country music

【4】Country music is very popular in the USA today because________.

A.city people said it was low classB.it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

C.people could sing it in different languagesD.it is about human feelings and loved by different people

【5】The passage mainly introduce the ____of country music?

A.rhymeB.histroyC.beautyD.style

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

本文主要介紹了鄉(xiāng)村音樂的起源及其發(fā)展。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west.”可知，鄉(xiāng)村音樂主要來自于阿巴拉契亞山和西部地區(qū)，故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。the South 南方；the North北方；the Midwest中西部；the Northeast東北部。根據(jù)文中“At first city people said country music was low class.It was popular mostly in the South..AJ”可知，二戰(zhàn)前鄉(xiāng)村音樂主要流行于南方地區(qū)。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。study country music there在那兒學(xué)習(xí)鄉(xiāng)村音樂；work in the factory there在那兒工廠工作；make country music popular使鄉(xiāng)村音樂受歡迎；teach local people country music教當(dāng)?shù)厝藗冟l(xiāng)村音樂。根據(jù)文中“But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories”可知，二戰(zhàn)期間很多南方人去了東北部和中西部因?yàn)樗麄兿肴ツ堑墓�廠工作。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。結(jié)合文章最后一段“English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in the ir own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world.”可推斷出，鄉(xiāng)村音樂目前成為世界上最流行的音樂之一是因?yàn)樗�受到了世界各地人們的喜愛。故選D。

【5】主旨大意。rhyme押韻詞；histroy歷史； beauty漂亮；style形式。整篇文章主要描述的就是鄉(xiāng)村音樂的一個(gè)歷史發(fā)展過程。故選B。

本文主要介紹了鄉(xiāng)村音樂的起源及其發(fā)展。短文主題明確、突出，線索也非常清楚，比較有利于學(xué)生們的做題。后面的題目設(shè)置包括細(xì)節(jié)理解、詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意題。細(xì)節(jié)題都可以在短文中尋找到相關(guān)信息去作答。第5小題主要考查主旨大意。整篇文章主要描述的就是鄉(xiāng)村音樂的一個(gè)歷史發(fā)展。故選B。