Music is very popular in America and it is very important to American people．

Pop or popular music is what every student likes in America．Students carry MP3 or MP4 and listen to music before class，after class，and at lunch．Students with cars buy large speakers and enjoy the loud music as they drive on the street．

Adult drivers listen to music on the radio as they drive to work．They also listen to the news about sports，the weather，and the life of American people．However，most of the radio programs are music．

Popular music singers make much money．They make CDs or tapes，which TV or radio stations often use in many ways．Once the singers are heard all over the country，young people buy their CDs or tapes．Some of the money from the CDs or tapes go to the singers．The popular singers also give concerts．Wherever they go，all the young people want to meet them．Now，the singers have become famous stars．

There are another two kinds of music that are important to American people．One is called folk（民間）music．It tells stories about the common life of American people．The other is called western or country music．This was started by cowboys（牛仔）who would sing at night to the COWS they were watching．Today，any music about country life and the love between country boys and girls is called western or country music．

1．How many kinds of music are there in this passage．?

A．3．                     B．5．                     C．4．

2．According to this passage what is the country music about?

A．Country life．                                         B．Country boys' and girls' love．

C．A and B．

3．When do the popular singers become famous stars?

A．When they make some money．

B．When they are very popular with young people．

C．When they make a CD or a tape．

4．Which of the following is Not true?

A．American students like popular music very much．

B．Adult drivers like to enjoy music when they work．

C．Country music was originally（最初）sung by cowboys．

5．What's the best title（標題）for the passage?

A．Popular music．     B．American music． C．Country music．

Many people go to the hill in the south of the country for their holiday(假期)．This time the town invites（邀請）some good singers to sing in the park．The singers sing every evening for a week．But on the second evening it rains．The singers are under the cover, but the people have to sit in the open．The singers sing very well, but there is only one man listening at last．The man is sitting in a chair, under an umbrella．After some time, one of the singers comes over to him and says“I’m sure you like music, don’t you? It’s so kind of you to sit here and listen to us．”“No,” says the man,” I don’t like music at all．Please finish （結(jié)束）as soon as you can and then I am going to close the door and go home．”

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1． A lot of people come to the town to _______

A．have a holiday                  B．play in the park

C．invite good singers                D．listen to the music

2．The singers come to sing in the evening because ______．

A．it is raining                   B．someone invites them

C．they ate under the cover         D．they must have something to do 

3．The singers have to ________ when it is raining．

A．sit in the open                   B．listen

C．sing                            D．be under an umbrella

4．_________ wants to hear the singers because it rains hard．

A．Only a few people                B．Everyone

C．Only one man                   D．Nobody

5．The man wants to close the gate because _______

A．it is his work                  B．it is raining

C．he is tired．                    D．he doesn’t like the singer