The definition of pop music is always changing. Whatever, the most popular music at the time is called  1  music.   2 the early 1900s in America, the popular music was called Ragtime. People played it on piano and was very fast. Some of the songs had   3 and were easy  4 . Some of the songs were only music but were easy to dance, too. In the 1920s, a style called “crooning” was popular. Men sang it with a very gentle voice. In the 1930s and 1940s, “jazz” became popular. Jazz is often fast and people usually play it with a piano and horns.
It wasn’t stopping  5 the 1950s when people created “rock and roll”. Elvis Presley is called the “King of Rock and Roll”. He had many popular songs throughout the years. Rock music changed as the years went   6  . Some different kinds of pop music in the 1960s were called Motown and beach music. In the 1960s, there was also a movement in the United States called the British Invasion. That was when the group The Beatles  7 popular. They were one of the most important  8  in American music history.
Today, pop music can be Hip Hop, Rap, R & B, or Country. American young people  9 like listening to pop music. People   10 as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears are some of the most well-known singers.
小題1:
A．rockB．jazzC．countryD．pop
小題2:
A．OnB．AtC．InD．Between
小題3:
A．wordsB．fanC．grammarD．sentence
小題4:
A．danceB．dancingC．to singD．sang
小題5:
A．untilB．whenC．whileD．in
小題6:
A．inB．byC．toD．with
小題7:
A．becomeB．becameC．becomesD．to become
小題8:
A．singerB．musicC．songsD．bands
小題9:
A．especiallyB．fastC．veryD．not
小題10:
A．soB．seeC．exampleD．such

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:B
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:D

小題1:從前面的the most popular music at the time is called可知流行音樂被叫做pop music，選D
小題2:考查介詞：在20世紀(jì)初期：in the early 1900s。選C
小題3:考查名詞：從后面的Some of the songs were only music可知有的流行音樂有歌詞。選 A
小題4:考查動詞：流行音樂很容易唱，使用：主語+adj+to do句型。選C
小題5:考查not…until…直到…才…,直到20世紀(jì)50年代這才停止。選A
小題6:考查詞組：go by過去。選B
小題7:考查連系動詞：變得流行：become popular，選B
小題8:考查名詞：前面提到的the group The Beatles是樂隊。選D
小題9:考查副詞：美國的年輕人尤其喜歡流行音樂。選A
小題10:考查詞組：such as例如。選D
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