2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：乡村音乐

　　(2010.四川省内江市 第三部分 阅读理解A 10分)

　　Are you interested in country music?I like it very much !It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.

　　Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings.Its the spirit of America ,easy to understand ,slow and simple.

　　Country music developed in the Southern United States.It was the folk music of American countryside.Many of songs tell about the lives of famers .They talk about love,crops or death.

　　The life of the countryside can be hard,so the words in country music are often sad.At first,people played the music only at family parties.But it became more popular later.In the 1920s,people played country songs on the radio,and they made them into records.

　　When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work,they took their music with them.Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

　　John Denver was one of Americas most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song Take Me home,Country Roadsis well-known and people still play it today.

　　51.Country music is usually about _______.

　　A.everyday life and feelings B.farmerss feelings C.the lives of workers

　　52.Country music developed ________.

　　A.in John Denvers city

　　B.in the Southern United States

　　C.in the Northem United States

　　53.People bagan to make country song records _______.

　　A.in the 1920s B.in 1920 C.in the 1970s

　　54.Why did Country music become popular in America?

　　A.Because city people liked the music.

　　B.Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.

　　C.Because country music talked about city peoples lives.

　　55.Who is famous for the song Take Me Home,Country Roads?

　　A.A farmer in the countryside. B.A person who moved to towns

　　C.John Denver.

　　【答案】BBABC