Are you interested in country music? I like it very much !It will take me away for a while after I am tired . The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit（精神） of America ,easy to understand ,slow and simple.

Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of famers . They talk about love, crops（庄家） or death.

The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.

When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is well-known and people still play it today.

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小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

1.Country music is usually about _______.

A. students’ feelings B. farmers’s feelings

C. the lives of workers D. crops

2.Country music developed ________.

A. in John Denver’s city B. in the Southern United States

C. in the Northern United States D. the United States

3.People bagan to make country song records _______.

A. in the 1920s B. in 1920 C. in the 1970s D. in 1970s

4.Why did Country music become popular in America?

A. Because city people liked the music.

B. Because people in the city moved to the countryside.

C. Because country music talked about city people’s lives.

D. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.

5.Who is famous for the song “Take Me Home,Country Roads”?

A. A farmer in the countryside. B. A person who moved to towns

C. John Denver. D. Denver John.

Good morning. The program today is about music. The word “music” comes from the Greek(希腊) word “muse”. The Muses are the goddesses(神) of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language, but it uses sounds. Today’s program brings together music from different corners of the world. Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone’s life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their world of music grows. In the middle grades students take music lessons. When they reach high school, they become interested in listening to pop music.
The records we have chosen for you today are from American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.
Now, here comes the music today, I shall explain why they are all good music…
【小题1】The first paragraph is mainly about the       .
A、styles of music         
B、taste of music      
C、knowledge of music
【小题2】The speaker is probably       .
A、a host              
B、a singer        
C、a dancer
【小题3】Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A、The Muses invented music.
B、Music can bring people some feelings.
C、Everyone is interested in pop music.
【小题4】The speaker believes that        .
A、music is a spoken language
B、music develops as we grow up
C、music plays an important part in our life
【小题5】What is NOT the purpose(目的) of this music program?
A、To learn more about the music.
B、To give a complete background(背景) to the music.
C、To give people some music to listen to.