Hip hop, or rap music as it's also called, started on the streets and in the clubs of New York City in the 1970s, but today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music, This kind of music has its roots in reggae,disco and funk music. Rapping, which speaking to the rhythm of the music,is an important part of this music. Young people rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.
Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip hop music is being played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why? There is a new school programme called "Flocabulary" where teachers use text books and hip hop CDs to help teach a variety of school subjects. The lyrics of the songs include information on a subject students are studying, which makes learning easy and fun Students and teachers are amazed at the positive effects it has had on exam marks. This is one teacher said: "I've used hip hop songs in class, and I've never seen students have such interests in history! It's unbelievable how students remember what I teach it even encourages us towrite our own songs.
Blake Harrison, a high school student, first thought of the idea of Flocabulary. The word "Flocabulary" comes from the words "flow" and "vocabulary". "Flow" is a rap word for "style" or the way a rapper says the words of a song. How did he get the idea'? Well he realized he could remember the lyrics of a hip hop song very easily. So, why not make lessons into songs'? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a composer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths .science and literature, which are now being used in schools with great success.
Paragraph One Hip hop music started in New York City in the 1970s. It comes
from小题1: reggae, disco and funk music.
Paragraph Two Rapping in schools is_小题2:___ in the USA because of the programme
Named "Flocabulary". The songs include information on a subject
students are studying, which makes 小题3:
Paragraph Three A high school student named小题4:___first had the idea of Flocabularv.
Now he produces hip hop songs for many subjects in order to_小题5:.
小题1:three kinds of music
小题2:popular
小题3:learning easy and fun
小题4:Blake Harrison
小题5:help more students learn easily
题目分析:文章介绍了嘻哈音乐诞生的年代,嘻哈音乐在美国10000多所学校演奏,并产生了很好的效果。一位高中生首先想到了嘻哈音乐。今天一位歌曲作家创作了许多嘻哈音乐,并且在学校用的很成功。
小题1:根据文中提示嘻哈音乐来源于三种音乐,故填three kinds of music。
小题2:根据文中提示Rapping in schools 在美国是非常受欢迎的,所以填popular。
小题3:根据文中原句The lyrics of the songs include information on a subject students are studying, which makes learning easy and fun 可知此题填learning easy and fun。
小题4:根据文中原句Blake Harrison, a high school student, first thought of the idea of Flocabulary.可知此空填Blake Harrison。
小题5:根据文中提示他们创作了很多课程的嘻哈音乐是为了让更多的学生学得更轻松,此空应填help more students learn easily。