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 music loudly as they drive on 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 programmes are music．
Pop or popular music singers make much money． They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast（廣播）． Once the popular singer is heard all over 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 pop star．
There are other kinds of music that are popular among 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．
小題1:________ kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in this passage．
A．TwoB．Four．C．ThreeD．Five
小題2:When pop singers ________, they are regarded as pop stars．
A．become popular with their fans
B．make a CD or tape
C．make much money
D．a(chǎn)re wanted to sing on the radio
小題3:From the passage we know that country music is about ________．
A．the common life of Americans
B．the life of cowboys
C．the country life and love stories
D．the school life in America
小題4:What would be the best title for this passage？
A．Western Music B．Popular Music
C．History of MusicD．American Music

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。1,2段中提及了流行音樂，在第三段中提到了民歌和鄉(xiāng)村音樂，故一共提及了3種音樂，故C正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行Once the popular singer is heard all over 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．說明當(dāng)歌手收到歌迷的歡迎時，他們就成為了流行巨星，故A正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后兩行any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music．說明鄉(xiāng)村音樂是與鄉(xiāng)村生活以及愛情故事有關(guān)的。故C正確。
小題4:D 主旨大意題。文章講述的是美國現(xiàn)在流行的三種音樂：流行歌曲，民歌，鄉(xiāng)村音樂。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評：文章講述的是美國現(xiàn)在流行的三種音樂：流行歌曲，民歌，鄉(xiāng)村音樂。集中考查細(xì)節(jié)題，在閱讀的時候要在文章的關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)上做好標(biāo)志和符號，減少回讀的次數(shù)，提高閱讀的效率。
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