Hip hop, or rap music as it's also called, started on the streets and in the clubs of New York City in the 1970s, but today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music, This kind of music has its roots in reggae，disco and funk music. Rapping, which speaking to the rhythm of the music，is an important part of this music. Young people rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.
Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip hop music is being played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why? There is a new school programme called "Flocabulary" where teachers use text books and hip hop CDs to help teach a variety of school subjects.  The lyrics of the songs include information on a subject students are studying, which makes learning easy and fun  Students and teachers are amazed at the positive effects it has had on exam marks. This is one teacher said: "I've used hip hop songs in class, and I've never seen students have such interests in history!  It's unbelievable how students remember what I teach it even encourages us towrite our own songs.
Blake Harrison, a high school student, first thought of the idea of Flocabulary. The word "Flocabulary" comes from the words "flow" and "vocabulary". "Flow" is a rap word for "style" or the way a rapper says the words of a song. How did he get the idea'? Well he realized he could remember the lyrics of a hip hop song very easily.  So, why not make lessons into songs'? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a composer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths .science and literature, which are now being used in schools with great success.
Paragraph One    Hip hop music started in New York City in the 1970s. It comes
from小題1: reggae, disco and funk music.
Paragraph Two    Rapping in schools is_小題2:___ in the USA because of the programme
Named "Flocabulary". The songs include information on a subject
students are studying, which makes 小題3:
Paragraph Three  A high school student named小題4:___first had the idea of Flocabularv.
Now he produces hip hop songs for many subjects in order to_小題5:.

小題1:three kinds of music
小題2:popular
小題3:learning easy and fun
小題4:Blake Harrison
小題5:help more students learn easily

試題分析：文章介紹了嘻哈音樂誕生的年代，嘻哈音樂在美國10000多所學(xué)校演奏，并產(chǎn)生了很好的效果。一位高中生首先想到了嘻哈音樂。今天一位歌曲作家創(chuàng)作了許多嘻哈音樂，并且在學(xué)校用的很成功。
小題1:根據(jù)文中提示嘻哈音樂來源于三種音樂，故填three kinds of music。
小題2:根據(jù)文中提示Rapping in schools 在美國是非常受歡迎的，所以填popular。
小題3:根據(jù)文中原句The lyrics of the songs include information on a subject students are studying, which makes learning easy and fun 可知此題填learning easy and fun。
小題4:根據(jù)文中原句Blake Harrison, a high school student, first thought of the idea of Flocabulary.可知此空填Blake Harrison。
小題5:根據(jù)文中提示他們創(chuàng)作了很多課程的嘻哈音樂是為了讓更多的學(xué)生學(xué)得更輕松，此空應(yīng)填help more students learn easily。
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