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 well-known and people still play it today.
【小題1】Country music is usually about _______.

A．everyday life and feelings B．farmers’s feelings
C．the lives of workers D．the lives of students
【小題2】Country music developed ________.
A．in John Denver’s city
B．in the Southern United States.
C．in the Northern United States
D．in the middle of United States
【小題3】People began to make country song records _______.
A．in the 1920s B．in 1920 C．in the 1970s D．in 1970
【小題4】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 is very famous


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：這篇文章介紹了美國(guó)鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)的起源和發(fā)展歷程。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)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. 可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)通常是關(guān)于農(nóng)民的感情，故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)Country music developed in the Southern United States.可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)在南美洲得到發(fā)展，故選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio,and they made them into records.
可知人們?cè)?0世紀(jì)20年代錄制鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)，故選A。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)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.可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)在美國(guó)得以流行是因?yàn)檗r(nóng)民遷移時(shí)，帶著音樂(lè)，并且繼續(xù)發(fā)展，故選B。
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