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Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain.
It is a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.
In the west of America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle (牛). They had to watch
them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy's
life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong
coffee to keep awake at night. He also sang songs to the cattle to make them quiet. He sang about
the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went
to sleep. They would not run away if he sang beautiful and peaceful songs.
In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland and England. Other people
came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. They used guitars, violins
and other musical instruments, too. They also added (增加) instruments from their homes, like
bottles and plates. When they visited their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and
played country music.
1. Cowboys sang beautiful and peaceful songs to make the cattle ______.
A. healthy
B. exciting
C. quiet
D. run away
2. The early country music formed (产生) in ______ and England.
A. Ireland
B. America
C. Canada
D. all the above
3. The songs which cowboys sang were mainly(主要地) about ______.
A. their cattle
B. their country
C. everyday life
D. instruments
4. Many people in the south of America played country music with ______.
A. pianos and guitars
B. bottles and plates
C. violins and drums
D. guitars, violins and other musical instruments
5. The passage tells us mainly about ______.
A. why cowboys sang country music
B. where the country music came from
C. how the country music formed
D. why people like country music
