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【題目】【1】Countries like 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.
C. I was writing a book about African-Americans.
D. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.
E. These styles all started in poor African-American areas.
F. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA.
G. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words.
A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop.
B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.
C. I was writing a book about African-Americans.
D. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.
E. These styles all started in poor African-American areas.
F. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA.
G. 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】

試題本文講述的是嘻哈文化的歷史、作者的嘻哈音樂經(jīng)歷等等。

【1】B從后句：countries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture.（像法國、巴西甚至日本都有自己的嘻哈文化。）可以知道，短文開篇點題，說明嘻哈文化在世界上很流行，故選B：You can find hip-hop everywhere you go無論你到哪兒，你都可以找到嘻哈。

【2】E前句：當“說唱”方式的傳統(tǒng)從西非傳到美國時，發(fā)展成了不同有音樂款式，比如說布魯斯和爵士樂；后句：而且在20世紀70年代，紐約有許多貧窮的地區(qū)。可以推測從這里講述的是嘻哈文化傳播的途徑及方式，故選E：These styles all started in poor African-American areas.（這些藝術形式都起源于非洲與美國人的貧困地區(qū)。）

【3】A 后句：那是在1980年，我在紐約的一個晚會上。這里講述了第一次嘻哈經(jīng)歷。故選A：I remember the first time I heard hip-hop.我還記得我第一次聽到嘻哈的事。

【4】F 后句：像Missy和她的朋友Tim等今天成功的美國藝術家在成長過程中都在電臺聽過嘻哈。從這里的含義上可以推測前句講述的是嘻哈的流行度，故選F：During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA.(在20世紀80年代，嘻哈在全美國流行。)

【5】C 前句：我最后一次聽嘻哈音樂時，我在西非；后句，我要去采訪一會傳統(tǒng)的講故事的人。可以推測，中間表述自己正在做的某事。故選C：I was writing a book about African-Americans（我正在寫一本有關非洲人與美國人的書。）