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 buy cars with large speakers and play the 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, weather and the life of American people .Most of the radio programs are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money .They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places .Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape .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 national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to 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 love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
小题1:__ _ kinds of music are mentioned in this passage .
A. Two B. Three C Four D .Five
小题2:When pop singers ___ ___, they will become national stars.
A make much money B. make a CD or tape
C .are loved by all the young people D. are wanted to sing on the radio
小题3:From the passage we know that country music is about the ___ ___.
A．common life of Americans
B．country life of and love stories
C．life of workers
D．school life of in America小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A．all students in America like popular music .
B．students with cars in America don’t like to listen to music while driving
C．Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving
D．Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.小题5:What would be then best title for this passage ？
A．American music
B．Pop music
C．History of music
D．Western music
