Question

【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphone and listen to music b【1】 class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music l【2】as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the n【3】 about sports, the weather, and activities of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio starts to use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the m【4】from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national s【5】.

There are o【6】 kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was done by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, a【7】 music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】before

【2】loudly

【3】news

【4】money

【5】star

【6】other

【7】any

【解析】

该文章主要介绍了美国的几种音乐，各种音乐的由来以及音乐在人们生活中的地位。

【1】句意：学生们戴着带耳机的小收音机，在上课前听音乐。

分析句子可知，此处表示“在上课前听音乐”；“在……之前”用英语表达是before，是介词，用于名词class之前，故填before。

【2】句意：有车的学生买大音箱，在街上开车时大声播放音乐。

分析句子可知，此处表示“大声播放音乐”；“大声”用英语表达是loudly，是副词，修饰其前的动词play，故填loudly。

【3】句意：他们也听关于美国人的运动、天气和活动的新闻。

分析句子可知，此处表示“新闻”；“新闻”用英语表达是news，是名词，此处构成短语“the news about”翻译为“关于……的新闻”，故填news。

【4】句意：这些磁带卖的一些钱到达歌手那里。

分析句子可知，此处表示“钱”；“钱”用英语表达是money，是名词，根据前文“young people buy his or her tapes”可知，年轻人买了歌手的磁带，所以买磁带的钱会到歌手那里，故填money。

【5】句意：现在这位歌手已成为全国明星。

分析句子可知，此处表示“明星”；“明星”用英语表达是star，是名词，用于become之后作表语，故填star。

【6】句意：对美国人来说，有其他重要的音乐类型。

分析句子可知，此处表示“其他的”；“其他的”用英语表达是other，是形容词，修饰其后的名词kinds作定语，故填other。

【7】句意：现今，任何关于乡村生活和乡村男孩与女孩之间的爱情的歌曲被称为西部音乐或乡村音乐。

分析句子可知，此处表示“任何的”；“任何的”用英语表达是any，是形容词，修饰其后的名词music作定语，故填any。

该文章主要介绍了美国的几种音乐，各种音乐的由来以及音乐在人们生活中的地位。相对难度较大，阅读起来有一定困难，只要抓住文章的主旨，音乐的种类就好理解了。