Question

Music is often divided into several categories, or groups. Some of the categories are: classical music, traditional music, rock music, and jazz.

The first ,classical music, orchestra music(管弦樂)that originated(起源)in Europe a few hundred years ago. Most of the original music was composed, or written, in Italy, Germany, Austria, or Russia. Beethoven and Bach were two famous of classical music. Classical music is usually by a variety of string such as the violin and by a variety of wind instruments such as the flute.

The second type of music is traditional music. Traditional music is that came from a particular .Every culture has its own special of traditional music and its own instruments for playing its traditional music.

_ kind of music is rock music. Rock is generally a kind of music, played with a strong .Rock musicians often use instruments, such as electric guitars and electric pianos. Rock music probably in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago. Rock became very especially among young people.

The kind of music is jazz. Jazz probably from Africa originally.

These are the four types of music. Certainly there are categories of music. In addition, many kinds of music are combinations of classical and traditional music, or classical music and jazz, or rock music and jazz, and so on.

1.A. kind B. name C. way D. part

2.A .deals with B. refers to C. does with D. dates from

3.A. old B. good C. historical D. classical

4.A. writers B. authors C. poets D. composers

5.A. played B. acted C. done D. made

6.A. objects B. things C. equipments D. instruments

7.A. that B. music C. one D. anything

8.A. Culture B. people C. country D. nation

9.A. ways B. means C. manners D. forms

10.A. strange B. chief C. special D. best

11.A. Third B. Other C. Another D. Some

12.A. loud B. soft C. strong D. gentle

13. A..hit B. beat C. defeat D .blow

14.A. electricity B. electrical C. electric D. electronic

15.A. came B. produced C. invented D. began

16.A. usual B. common C. welcome D. popular

17.A. last B. best C. fourth D. final

18.A. began B. came C. took D. got

19.A. general B. normal C. rough D. whole

20.A. some B. several C. else D. other

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：音樂通常分為若干類別或類型。本文介紹了四種一些類別的音樂--古典音樂、傳統(tǒng)樂、搖滾樂和爵士樂。

1.1】A. kind種類B. name名詞C. way方法D. part部分。根據下文得知，這里介紹第一種音樂類型--古典音樂。選A。

2.】A .deals with處理；打交道 B. refers to 提及；指的是C. does with 有關D. dates from追溯到。--古典音樂指的是起源于歐洲的管弦樂。選B.。

3.】A. old 老的；舊的B. good好的C. historical 歷史的D. classical經典的；古典的。這里在介紹古典音樂，大多數古典音樂都是在意大利、德國、奧地利和俄羅斯作曲的。選D。

4.】A. writers作家 B. authors作者C. poets 詩人D. composers作曲家。根據常識得知，貝多芬和巴赫是兩位著名的古典音樂作曲家。選D。

5.】A. played玩耍；表演B. acted行動C. done做了D. made制作。古典音樂是由各種弦樂樂器和管樂器演奏的，例如小提琴和笛子。選A。

6.】A. objects物體B. things 事物C. equipments裝備D. instruments器械；樂器。古典音樂是由各種弦樂樂器和管樂器演奏的。選D。

7.】A. that同一類B. music音樂C. one某一個D. anything任何事。第二種介紹傳統(tǒng)音樂，它是一種來自于特殊文化的音樂。選B。

8.】A. culture 文化 B. people人們C. country 國家D. nation民族。它是一種來自于特殊文化的音樂。選A。

9.】A. ways方法B. means途徑C. manners禮貌；方式D. forms形式。每種音樂都有它特殊的傳統(tǒng)音樂形式。選D。

10.10】A. strange奇怪的B. chief主要的C. special特別的D. best最好的。每種音樂都有它特殊的傳統(tǒng)音樂形式和特殊的演奏樂器。選C。

11.11】A. Third第三B. Other其余的C. Another 另一個D. Some一些。這里在介紹另一種音樂--搖滾樂。選C。

12.12】A. loud大聲的 B. soft軟的C. strong強壯的D. gentle溫和的。搖滾音樂是一種很吵的音樂。選A。

13.13】 A..hit擊打B. beat 打��；有規(guī)律的一連串敲打C. defeat 戰(zhàn)勝D .blow風吹。有較強的敲擊節(jié)奏。選B。

14.14】A. electricity電流B. electrical 有關電的C. electric電的D. electronic電子的。根據舉例電子吉他和電子鋼琴。得知這里在介紹電子樂器。選C。

15.15】A. came到來 B. produced 產生C. invented 發(fā)明D. began開始。搖滾樂可能在三四十年前開始于歐洲。選D。

16.16】A. usual平常的 B. common 普通的C. welcome歡迎的D. popular流行的。搖滾樂在年輕人中間很流行。選D。

17.17】A. last最后的B. best最好的C. fourth第四D. final最終的。前面介紹了三種音樂形式，這里在介紹第四種音樂—爵士樂。選C。

18.18】A. began開始B. came到來C. took拿走D. got得到。爵士樂可能最初來自非洲，come from“來自”。選B。

19.19】A. general一般的B. normal 正常的C. rough艱難的D. whole整個的。這是四種一般形式的音樂。選A。

20.】A. some一些B. several 好幾個C. else其余的D. other其他的。當然還有其他的音樂種類結合了以上的音樂形式。選D。

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