13．Hip hop or rap （说唱 ） music as it is also called，started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s．But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music．This kind of music comes from reggae，disco and funk music．Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music，and it is an important part of the music．People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems．
Rapping in class．
Would you like to rap in class？Well actually，hip pop music is played in more than 10，000schools in the USA．Why？There is a new school program called"Flocabulary"in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects．The words of the songs are just what students are studying．This makes learning easy and fun．Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks．One teacher said，"I've used hip hop songs in class，and I have never seen my students so crazy about history!You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach!We even try to write our own songs．"
Whose idea was Flocabulary？
Blake Harrison，a high school student，was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary．The word"Flocabulary"comes from the word"flow"and"vocabulary"．"Flow"is a rap word for"style"，or the way a rapper says the words of a song．"Vocabulary"means the words you have to learn in a language．How did he get the idea？Well，he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily．So，why not make lessons into songs？Today together with Alex Rappaport，a song writer，Blake produces hip hop songs for maths，science and literature （文学 ）．They are now used in schools with great success．
58．Rap music startedA in New York city．
A．in the 1970s
B．In a high school
C．in the 19th century．
D．In a music class．
59．From the passage，we can learn"Flocabulary"is a program toD．
A．Write rap music．
B．Sing a song by talking．
C．Remember the words of a song．
D．help teach some school subjects．
60．The underlined word positive in paragraph 2most probably meansB
A．bad
B．good
C．final
D direct
61．Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPTC．
A．maths
B．science
C．history
D．literature．
分析 【文章大意】文章介绍了Hip hop 或 rap （说唱）音乐的产生、流行，尤其是在美国学校的流行，以及这种音乐被用于教学的情况，并且产生了良好的效果．
解答 58．A．细节理解题．根据文章第一段：Hip hop or rap （说唱 ） music as it is also called，started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s．可知说唱音乐开始于20世纪70年代，故选A．
59．D．细节理解题．根据文章第二段：There is a new school program called"Flocabulary"in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects．可知"Flocabulary"是用来帮助教学校不同科目的一个新程序．故选D．
60．B．词义猜测题．根据上句：This makes learning easy and fun．这使学习变得容易和有趣．所以本句句意为：学生和教师对它在考试中的所产生的好的结果很兴奋．故选B．
61．C．细节理解题．根据文章最后一段：Blake produces hip hop songs for maths，science and literature （文学 ）．可知Blake没有为history 配歌曲，故选C．
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