题目内容
Music is often divided into several categories, or groups.Some of the categories are: classical music, traditional music, rock music, and jazz music.
The first kind, classical music, refers to orchestra music that originated(发源) in Europe a few hundred years ago. Most of the original classical music was composed or written in Italy, Germany, Austria, or Russia. Classical music is usually played by a variety of string and wind instruments.
The second type of music is traditional music. It comes from a particular culture. Every culture has its own special form of traditional music. For example, “blues music” is a kind of traditional music in the United States and “enka music” is one kind of traditional music in Japan. Each traditional music has its own special instruments.
Another kind of music is rock music. It is generally a loud kind of music, played with a strong beat. Rock musicians often use electric instruments. Rock music probably began in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago. It became very popular, especially among young people, during the 1960s and 1970s.
The fourth kind of music is jazz. Jazz probably comes from Africa. Jazz has different kinds of rhythm(节奏) from other kinds of music. A variety of musical instruments are used to play this kind of music, especially wind instruments.
Of course there are other categories of music. In addition, many kinds of music are combinations(结合) of classical and traditional, or classical and jazz, or rock and jazz, and so on.
1.What are the countries that composed or wrote most of the original classical music?
A. Austria, Germany, Russia and Italy.
B. Italy, Germany, the United States and Japan.
C. Austria, Germany, the United States and Japan.
D. Italy, Russia, Germany and the United States.
2.What kind of music is “blues music”?
A. Classical music. B. Traditional music.
C. Rock music. D. Jazz music.
3.When did rock music become very popular?
A. A few hundred years ago. B. About 30 or 40 years ago.
C. During the 1960s and 1970s. D. The passage doesn't mention.
4.Where did jazz music probably originate?
A. In Europe. B. In Africa. C. In Russia. D. In the United States.
5.What is the main point of the passage?
A. Different categories of music.
B. The origin of music.
C. The difference between classical music and traditional music.
D. None of the above.
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