Question

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 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 programmes 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 tapes.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 became 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 was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows when they were watching.Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

1.________  kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two              B．Four             C．Three            D．Five

2.When pop singers _________, they will become national stars.

A．make much money                      B．make a CD or tape

C．are loved by all the young people           D．are wanted to sing on the radio

3.From the passage we know that country music is about ________

A．common life about Americans              B．country life and love story

C．life of cowboys                         D．school life in America

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Most students in America like popular music

B．Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving

C．Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving.

D．Everyone in America wants to meet pop sing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了西方的不同的音樂以及人們對于音樂的熱愛。

1.C 細節題。根據文章1,3段Popular music和folk music以及 western or country music可知文章中一共提及了3種音樂。故C正確。

2.C 細節題。根據第二段4,5，6行Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes.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 became a national star.可知C項正確。

3.B 細節題。根據文章最后2行Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.可知B項正確。

4.B 細節題。根據文章第一段最后一句Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.可知B正確。

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點評：本文介紹了西方的不同的音樂以及人們對于音樂的熱愛。本文考查細節題為主，細節題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數據、圖表等細節信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的詞語或句子，再對相關部分進行分析對比，找出答案。