Question

【題目】 Many Chinese people like American country music, such as the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.

Country music is from the folk music of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America There. people sang while playing the violin and the guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.

One of the most popular country music singers was John Denver, who was also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the word together. He said music could bring people together. We will understand each other better through music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body. All of them love music and can understand music.

The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.

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【1】John Denver was a great_______singer.

A.AmericanB.JapaneseC.EnglishD.Chinese

【2】American country music is from the_______music of America

A.popB.folkC.lightD.jazz

【3】The underlined sentence “Music was a language that could bring the world together” means people_______.

A.can sing songs together

B.from all over the world sing the same songs

C.know language and music

D.show their feeling through music and so they understand each other better

【4】When did John Denver die?

A.In 1990.B.In 1996，C.In 1997.D.In 1999.

【5】Which sentence is TRUE?

A.Everyone knows when country music began.

B.Country music is from the jazz music.

C.John Denver was famous to Chinese people, too.

D.John Denver didn't think music could bring people together.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了美國鄉(xiāng)村音樂的起源以及介紹了著名鄉(xiāng)村音樂人約翰·丹佛。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據“Many Chinese people like American country music, such as the songs of John Denver”，知他來自美國，故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據“Country music is from the folk music of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America There”，可知它來源于民謠，故選B。

【3】句意猜測題。劃線句句意為“音樂是一種能將世界連接起來的語言”，可知這意味著人們可以通過音樂更理解彼此，故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據“The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997”，可知他去世于1997年，故選C。

【5】判斷正誤題。根據“But still some people don’t know when country music began”，可知仍然有人不知道鄉(xiāng)村音樂何時開始的，A選項表述錯誤，排除；根據“Country music is from the folk music of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America There”，可知鄉(xiāng)村音樂來源于民謠，不是爵士樂，B選項表述錯誤，排除；根據“He said music could bring people together”，可知約翰認為音樂可以拉近人們的距離，D選項表述錯誤，排除；根據“One of the most popular country music singers was John Denver, who was also quite famous to the Chinese”，可知他在中國也很著名，C選項表述正確，故選C。