Question

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 real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated(復(fù)雜), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite 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（軍營）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 English, 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.It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from .

A. the Northeast and Midwest

B. factories and army camps in the South

C. real-life stories in small towns

D. the Appalachian Mountains and the West

2.Before World War II country music was popular mainly in .

A. the north B. the south C. the Midwest D. the Northeast

3.During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid-west because .

A. they wanted to take music with them

B. they wanted to make other people like country music

C. they wanted to work in the factories there

D. they wanted to make country music popular

4.Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because .

A. city people said it was low class

B. people could sing it in many different languages

C. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Country music is about human feelings and events.

B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C. Country music is popular among city people today.

D. City people didn’t like country music at first.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文評述美國鄉(xiāng)村音樂起源與在現(xiàn)代的發(fā)展。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west.鄉(xiāng)村音樂來源有兩個，一是美國東部阿巴拉契亞山脈二是美國西部傳統(tǒng)牛仔音樂，故選D項(xiàng)。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到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（軍營）in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.二戰(zhàn)期間，來自其它地方的戰(zhàn)士加入南方的軍營，學(xué)習(xí)鄉(xiāng)村音樂，很快流行起來，故選B項(xiàng)。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題，依據(jù)是第二段“World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the northeast and Midwest to work in the factories.”二戰(zhàn)期間許多南方人去東北和中西部的工廠工作，可知選C

4.細(xì)節(jié)推斷題，根據(jù)最后一段的第一句 “Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small tows and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people.”可知它被許多黑人白人，受過教育和沒有受過教育的人所喜歡，選D

5.正誤判斷題。根據(jù)第一段提到It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated(復(fù)雜), it is good to hear music about ordinary people可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂是表達(dá)人們情感的和事情的一種音樂，可知選B

考點(diǎn)：文化類閱讀。