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Country Music
A commercial offshoot of the folk music of the rural South, country music is an American art form that gained worldwide appeal after World War Ⅱ. Originally known as hillbilly or mountain music, country music grew from the folk music that was brought to North America by Anglo-Celtic settlers in the 1700s and 1800s. The music changed as it came in contact with ethnic music--Acadian (Cajun) in Louisiana, Latin in the Southwest, African throughout much of the South--and such popular music as that found in vaudeville, minstrel shows, and Hawaiian tent shows. It was also called country and Western music because of its popularity with cowboys.
Traditionally country musicians have been most
proficient on stringed instruments. The violin, or fiddle, was the most popular instrument on the frontier because of its easy portability. To this day fiddle contests remain a feature of the country music scene. The banjo
A. claim
B. reputation
C. petition
D. attraction
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W: I enjoy country music.
M: So do I. But jazz is my favorite and even more enjoyable.
What does the man think of Jazz （）
A. He doesn’t know much about Jazz.
B. He likes Jazz better than country music.
C. He thinks Jazz is as enjoyable as country music.
D. He thinks country music is better than Jazz.
[单项选择]—— Do you like pop music or country music
—— __________ .I only like sports.
A. Each
B. Either
C. Neither
D. Both
[单项选择]At first country music was popular mainly in the ______.
A. South
B. Northeast and West
C. factories in Midwest
D. South and Northeast
[单项选择]Country music comes from ______.
A. the South and Northeast
B. the Northeast and Midwest
C. factories and army camps
D. the Appalachian Mountains and the Southwest
[单项选择]Country music is about ______.
A. different countries
B. human feelings and events
C. World War Ⅱ
D. the Appalachian Mountains
[单项选择]Although (no country) has exactly the same folk music (like) (that) of any other, it is significant that similar songs exist among (widely) separated people.（）
A. no country
B. like
C. that
D. widely
[简答题]A country of music and singing. A land of fairytale castles balanced on sheer cliffs. A country where old architecture and high tech industry live side by side in harmony. Everybody has a different concept of this country and everybody is right. And in one way or another, everybody’s life has been touched by it.
