Question

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(复杂), 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 Unite 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（军营）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, 200 radio 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 from_____ .

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 in_____ .

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 because _____.

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 because_______.

A. city people said it was low class

B. people could sing it in many different languages

C. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Country music is about human feelings and events.

B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C. Country music is popular among city people today.

D.City people didn’t like country music at first.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是西方乡村音乐的起源以及它流行的原因和现状。

1. is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west.”可知它来源于两个地方：阿巴拉契亚山及西部，故选C。

2. 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.”可知二战之前乡村音乐在南部最流行，故选A。

3. during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories.”可知南方人是去工厂工作，故选C。

4. 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.”可知其原因为它被各种各样的人所喜爱，这些人包括黑人、白人、受教育和还没接受教育的人，故选D。

5. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages.”可知并不是用全英文歌唱的，故选B。

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