Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class,after class,and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers(揚(yáng)聲器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.

  Adult(成年的)drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports,the weather and the life of American people.Most of the radio programs are music.

  Pop or popular music singers make a lot of money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places.Once a popular singer is heard all over the country,young people buy his or her tape.Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has become a national star.

  There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans.One is called folk(民間)music.It tells stories about the common life of Americans.Another is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.Today,any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

(1)

How many kinds of music are mentioned(提到)in this passage?

[  ]

A.

Two.

B.

Four.

C.

Five.

D.

Three.

(2)

When pop singers________,they will become national stars.

[  ]

A.

make a lot of money

B.

make a CD or tape

C.

are loved by all the young people

D.

are wanted to sing on the radio

(3)

Which of the following is true according to this passage?

[  ]

A.

Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.

B.

Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving.

C.

Most students in America like popular music.

D.

Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving.

(4)

From the passage we know that country music is about the________.

[  ]

A.

country life and love stories

B.

life of cowboys

C.

school life in America

D.

common life of Americans

(5)

What do you think the best title for this passage?

[  ]

A.

Popular Music

B.

History of Music

C.

American Music

D.

Western Music

答案:1.D;2.C;3.B;4.A;5.C;
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