15.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 United 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 1,200radio 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 fromC.
A.the Northeast and Midwest
B.factories and army camps in the South
C.the Appalachian Mountains and the West
D.real-life stories in small towns
2.Before World War II country music was popular mainly inA.
A.the south
B.the north
C.the Midwest
D.the Northeast
3.During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid-west becauseC.
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 becauseB.
A.city people said it was low class
B.people in different countries could sing it in their own languages
C.it started with cowboys and poor Southerners
D.it is loved by the people in the United States and Canada.
分析 本文主要介紹了鄉(xiāng)村音樂的起源及其發(fā)展.
解答 1.C,細節(jié)理解題,根據句子One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States.The other is traditional cowboy music from the west.可知,鄉(xiāng)村音樂主要來自于阿巴拉契亞山和西部地區(qū),故答案為C.
2.A,細節(jié)理解題,根據句子At first city people said country music was low class.It was popular mostly in the South..可知,二戰(zhàn)前鄉(xiāng)村音樂主要流行于南方地區(qū),故答案為A.
3.C,細節(jié)理解題,根據句子But during World War II,thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories可知,二戰(zhàn)期間很多南方人去了東北部和中西部因為他們想去那得工廠工作,故答案為C.
4.B 推理判斷題.結合文章最后一段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.可推斷出,鄉(xiāng)村音樂目前成為世界上最流行的音樂之一是因為它受到了世界各地人們的喜愛.
點評 本文是一個文學藝術類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據.