Question

II. Read the passage and finish the exercises.

A. Complete the passage with the sentences in the box.

1. Students carry MP3 players 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 in the street. Adult drivers listen to music on 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 programs are music.

2. They make a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country,young people buy his or her CDs. Some of the money from these CDs goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singers have become shining stars.

3. 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.

   A. There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans.

   B. Pop or popular music singers made much money.

   C. Popular music in America is what every student likes.

B. Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1.What would be the best title for the passage?

2. Who often listens to music while driving in America?

3. How many kinds of music are mentioned in this passage? What are they?

4. What is country music about?

5. Among these,which kind of music do you prefer? Why?

 

Answer 1

A. l.C ZB 3. A

B. 1. American Music. 2. Students with cars and adult drivers.

3. Three. Pop music,folk music and Western or country music.

4. Ifs about country life and the love between country boys and girls.

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