Question

【題目】Hip-hop Planet

86 【1】 Countrieslike France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz. 【2】 And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping（說唱） competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.

【3】 It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone（話筒） and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I

hated it. I preferred jazz.

【4】 Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.

The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa. 【5】 I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.

A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop. B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.I was writing a book about African-Americans. C. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children. D. These styles all started in poor African-American areas. E. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA. F. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】A

【4】F

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了作者介紹了嘻哈文化的歷史發(fā)展。嘻哈文化無處不在像法國，巴西，甚至日本都有自己的嘻哈文化，我們就生活在嘻哈星球。

【1】根據(jù)后文的舉例：像法國，巴西，甚至日本都有自己的嘻哈文化，可知上句提及了嘻哈文化分布廣泛。故選B ，無論你去哪里都會發(fā)現(xiàn)嘻哈文化。

【2】根據(jù)上文When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz.，故選E這些風(fēng)格都是在非洲貧困地區(qū)開始的。

【3】根據(jù)后文的時間It was 1980.，故選A我還記得我第一次聽到嘻哈音樂的時間。

【4】根據(jù)后文Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio 中的藝術(shù)家成長的年代就是二十世紀(jì)八十年代，故選F，在上世紀(jì)80年代，嘻哈風(fēng)靡美國。

【5】根據(jù)前后文都是描述作者的活動，故選C我在寫一本關(guān)于非洲裔美國人的書。