题目

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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.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。 (共
小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
小题1:Country music is usually about _______.

A．students’ feelings	B．farmers’s feelings
C．the lives of workers	D．crops

小题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

小题3:People bagan to make country song records _______.

A．in the 1920s

B．in 1920

C．in the 1970s

D．in 1970s

小题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.

小题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.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C

解析

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了美国乡村音乐的兴起以及流行的过程，并介绍了一位著名的乡村音乐歌手——约翰.丹沃。
小题1:细节理解题。根据Many of songs tell about the lives of famers .描述，可知乡村音乐通常是有关农民的日常生活和个人感受的歌曲。故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第二段Country music developed in the Southern United States.描述，可知乡村音乐起自美国南部。故选B。
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第三段In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio,and they made them into records.描述，可知在1920年代人们开始录制乡村音乐。故选A。
小题4:细节理解题。根据短文倒数第二段描述，可知乡村音乐的流行是伴随着农民进城而兴起的。故选D。
小题5:细节理解题。根据短文最后一段描述，可知约翰丹沃以“乡村路带我回家”这首歌而闻名。故选C。