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【题目】Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly 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 news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This is started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they are watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

【1】 This passage mainly talks about __________.

A. American music

B. American popular music

C. three sorts of music

D. popular music singers

【2】 The first three paragraphs mainly tell us _____________.

A. that Americans like folk music

B. that popular music is an important kind of music in American

C. how to become a national star as a pop singer in American

D. popular music in America is what every student likes

【3】 The underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refers to “__________”.

A. American music

B. folk music

C. country music

D. the common life of Americans

【4】 According to the passage, the song Country Road probably belongs to _________.

A. pop music

B. folk music

C. western music

D. jazz

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】C

【4】 C

【解析】【1】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了美国最重要的三种音乐形式：流行音乐、民间音乐以及乡村音乐，其中对流行音乐作了重点的介绍。

【2】 主旨大意题。作者在前三段里主要从学生、成年人和流行歌手三个方面介绍了流行音乐在美国的重要性和受欢迎程度。故答案选B。

【3】 词义理解题。This指代前面一句话中出现的country music。

【4】推理判断题。根据文章最后一句话“Today，any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.”可知乡村音乐描写乡村生活和爱情，而Country Road《乡村之路》是有关乡村的，据此推断C项正确。