Question

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。
American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.
In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert (荒野) with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They didn’t run away if he sang beautiful songs.
In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.
American country music describes (描寫(xiě)) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.
小題1:The passage is about ________.

A．the cowboy’s life

B．the life in America

C．American country music

D．the people who lives in America, Canada, Ireland, and Britain

小題2:The word “cattle” means “________” in the passage.

A．牛

B．小羊

C．小馬

D．鹿

小題3:What was a cowboy’s life like?
A. Lonely.             B. Very interesting
C. Dangerous.          D. A and C.
小題4:Why didn’t the cattle run away when a cowboy sang beautiful songs?

A．Because the cattle knew he didn’t leave them.

B．Because the cattle enjoyed the music so much that they went to sleep.

C．Because he didn’t let them go.

D．Because he was very bad.

小題5:What does American country music describe?

A．Love.	B．Money.
C．Jobs.	D．Life.

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:D

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.”理解可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle.”理解可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous.”理解可知。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They didn’t run away if he sang beautiful songs.”理解可知。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“American country music describes (描寫(xiě)) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money.”理解可知。