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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 with cars buy 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, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmers 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 tapes.
Some of the money from these tapes goes 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(民间) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys (牛仔) who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about
country life and the love between a country boy and girl is called western or country music.
( ) 1. Two kinds of music are mentioned in this passage.
( ) 2. When pop singers are loved by all the young people, they will become national stars.
( ) 3. Country music is about the common life of Americans.
( ) 4. Most students in America like popular music.
( ) 5. Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving.
