Question

【題目】Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.

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 or death.

The life of 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.

When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song Take Me Home, Country Roads is wellknown and people still play it today.

【1】Country music is usually about ．

A. everyday life and feelings B. farmers' feelings

C. the lives of workers D. the lives of farmers

【2】People began to make country song records _______ ．

A. in the 1920s B. in 1920 C. in the 1970s D. in 1970

【3】Why did country music become popular in America?

A. Because city people liked the music.

B. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.

C. Because country music talked about city people's lives.

D. Because country music developed in the Southern Africa.

【4】Who is famous for the song Take Me Home, Country Roads?

A. A farmer in the countryside.

B. A person who moved to towns.

C. John Denver.

D. John Denver's brother.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了美國鄉(xiāng)村音樂的興起以及流行的過程，并介紹了一位著名的鄉(xiāng)村音樂歌手——約翰.丹沃。

【1】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Many of songs tell about the lives of famers .描述，可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂通常是有關農(nóng)民的日常生活和個人感受的歌曲。故選A。

【2】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio,and they made them into records.描述，可知在1920年代人們開始錄制鄉(xiāng)村音樂。故選A。

【3】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段描述，可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂的流行是伴隨著農(nóng)民進城而興起的。故選B。

【4】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段描述，可知約翰丹沃以“鄉(xiāng)村路帶我回家”這首歌而聞名。故選C。