选出不同类的单词( ) A . spring B . summer C . season 答案:CMusic
is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments
are beautiful to people everywhere.
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
streets.
Adult
drivers listen to music on the car radios as they drive to work. They also
listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the
American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop
or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio
stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the
country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes
comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to
meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There
are other kinds of music that tare 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 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.
Serious
music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is
called orchestra music(管弦乐),
such as the symphonies(交响乐)
of Beethoven. There is opera(歌剧)
for singers. There is ballet(芭蕾舞剧)
for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.
1. In
what sense can music be regarded as an international language?
A.
Popular music is what everyone enjoys.
B. The
songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and
understandable that everyone can enjoy them.
C. When
music is played, it seems as if it were speaking to us.
D. Music
is so popular throughout the world that everyone can play it.
2. What
can we know about music and people in America?
A.
Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the
streets.
B.
Students always listen to music before class, in class and after class.
C. Adult
drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.
D. Adult
drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.
3. How
many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?
A.
Six.
B. Eight.
C. Five.
D. Seven.
4.
Country music _______.
A. is a
kind of music that is popular in America
B. has
nothing to do with folk music
C. is
only sung by cowboys
D. is not
played in the concert halls
5. Which
of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All
people in America like popular music.
B. Pop
singers can get all the money from the tapes.
C. Now,
western or country music is a little different from its beginning.
D. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind
of pop music.