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American country music is very old. It came from the United States,
Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these
places.
In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and
all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and
dangerous. When he was alone in the desert (荒野) with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay
awake at night. 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 didn’t run
away if he sang beautiful songs.
In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other
people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When
they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they
usually sang and played country music.
American country music describes (描写) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and
money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because
everyone knows something about these ideas.
1.The passage is about ________.
A. the cowboy’s
life
B. the life in America
C. American country
music
D. the people who
lives in America, Canada, Ireland, and Britain
2.The word “cattle” means “________” in the passage.
A. 牛 B. 小羊 C.
小马 D.
鹿
3.What was a cowboy’s life like?
A.
Lonely. B.
Very interesting
C. Dangerous.
D. A and C.
4.Why didn’t the cattle run away when a cowboy sang beautiful songs?
A. Because the cattle knew he didn’t
leave them.
B. Because the cattle enjoyed the
music so much that they went to sleep.
C. Because he
didn’t let them go.
D. Because he was
very bad.
5.What does American country music describe?
A.
Love. B.
Money.
C.
Jobs. D.
Life.