3．The late 1980s found the landscape of popular music in America dominated by a distinctive style of rock and roll known as glam rock or hair metal-so called because of the over-styled hair，makeup，and clothes worn by the style's shining rockers．Bands like Poison，Whitesnake，and Motley Crue popularized glam rock with their power songs and flashy style，but the product had worn thin by the early 1990s．Just as superficial as the 80s，glam rockers were shallow，short on substance，and musically inferior．
In 1991，a Seattle-based band called Nirvana shocked the corporate music industry with the release of its first single，"Smells Like Teen Spirit，"which quickly became a huge hit all over the world．Nirvana had simply mainstreamed a sound and culture that got its start years before with bands like Mudhoney，Soundgarden，and Green River．Grunge（垃圾） rockers derived their fashion sense from the youth culture of the Pacific Northwest：a mixing of punk（鬅客）rock style and outdoors clothing like heavy boots，worn out jeans，and so on．At the height of the movement's opportunity，when other Seattle bands like Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains were becoming popular，the trappings of grunge were working their way to the height of American fashion．Like the music，the teenagers were fast to accept the grunge fashion because it represented rebellion against shallow pop culture．
The popularity of grunge music was momentary； by the mid-to late-1990s，its influence upon American culture had all but disappeared，and most of its recognizable bands were nowhere to be seen to the charts．The heavy sound and themes of grunge were replaced on the radio waves by boy bands like the Backstreet Boys，and the bubblegum pop of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera．
There are many reasons why the Seattle sound faded out of the mainstream as quickly as it rocketed to distinction，but the most glaring reason lies at the rebellion，anti-establishment heart of the grunge movement itself．It is very hard to resist the trend when you are the one setting it，and many of the grunge bands were never comfortable with the fame that was brought to them．Eventually，the simple fact that many grunge bands were so against mainstream rock stardom （明星地位） took the movement back to where it started：underground．The fickle American mainstream public，as quick as they were to hop on to the grunge bandwagon，were just as quick to hop off and move on to something else．
74．Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph？D
A．The landscape of popular music was dominated by rock and roll from 1980．
B．The rock and roll formed a distinctive style just because of the over-styled hair．
C．Glam rock became popular with the help of Poison，Whitesnake and Britney Spears．
D．Glam rockers were shallow，short on substance，and their music was humble．
75．It was not long before teenagers welcomed grunge fashion becauseD．
A．it would represent the youth culture
B．grunge rockers told them to accept it
C．they were tired of Glam Rock fashion
D．it resisted the shallowness of pop culture
76．What is the difference between glam rock and grunge rock？A
A．Glam rock was flashier，while grunge rock was rebellious．
B．Glam rock appealed to teenagers，while grunge rock appealed to adults．
C．Glam rock faded quickly，while grunge rock is still popular．
D．Glam rock was more commercially successful than grunge rock．
77．What is the writer trying to document in this passage？C
A．The popularity of glam rock．
B．Nirvana's role in popularizing grunge rock．
C．The rise and fall of grunge rock．
D．The reasons why young people loved grunge rock．
分析 本文介绍了垃圾摇滚的提出，兴起，到最后被主流所抗拒的发展过程．垃圾摇滚是一些摇滚艺人借鉴各种音乐因素发展出一种全新的音乐形式，力求使摇滚乐再度复兴起来．然而最终却不得不走向落没．
解答 74．D．细节理解题．根据文章"Just as superficial as the 80s，glam rockers were shallow，short on substance，and musically inferior"可知，华丽摇滚是肤浅，缺乏实质性内容，而且他们的音乐是卑微的．故选D．
75．D．细节理解题．根据文章"the teenagers were fast to accept the grunge fashion because it represented rebellion against shallow pop culture"可知，青少年很快接受垃圾时尚，因为它代表反抗浅薄的流行文化．故选D．
76．A．细节理解题．根据文章"the over-styled hair，makeup，and clothes worn by the style's shining rockers"和"but the most glaring reason lies at the rebellion，anti-establishment heart of the grunge movement itself"进行比较可知，Glam rock是华丽的，歌曲华丽，歌手穿着也华丽．而grunge rock 更多的添加了叛逆的因素．故选A．
77．C．主旨大意题．本文从华丽的摇滚引出话题，介绍了垃圾摇滚的提出，兴起，到最后被主流所抗拒的发展过程．故选C．
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