Question

【題目】聽一篇短文，回答以下小題。

【1】What does country music talk of ?

A. Everyday life and feelings.

B. The lives of children.

C. The lives of workers.

【2】When did people begin to make country song records ?

A. Before 1920. B. Before 1970. C. In the 1920s.

【3】What are the common topics in country music?

A. Love, crops and death.

B. Easy, slow and simple.

C. Daily life and feelings of Americans.

【4】Who was John Denver?

A. A British doctor. B. An American singer. C. A Canadian actor.

【5】Why are the words in country music often sad?

A. Americans like sad words.

B. The life in the countryside can be happy.

C. The life in the countryside can be hard.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 C

【3】 A

【4】 B

【5】 C

【解析】

Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.

Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops and death.

The life in the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.

John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the1970s. His song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is well-known and still played by people today.

【1】A

解析略。

【2】C

解析略。

【3】A

解析略。

【4】B

解析略。

【5】C

解析略。