Question

Music is often divided into several categories, or groups. Some of the categories are: classical music, traditional music, rock music, and jazz.

The first ,classical music, orchestra music(管弦乐)that originated(起源)in Europe a few hundred years ago. Most of the original music was composed, or written, in Italy, Germany, Austria, or Russia. Beethoven and Bach were two famous of classical music. Classical music is usually by a variety of string such as the violin and by a variety of wind instruments such as the flute.

The second type of music is traditional music. Traditional music is that came from a particular .Every culture has its own special of traditional music and its own instruments for playing its traditional music.

_ kind of music is rock music. Rock is generally a kind of music, played with a strong .Rock musicians often use instruments, such as electric guitars and electric pianos. Rock music probably in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago. Rock became very especially among young people.

The kind of music is jazz. Jazz probably from Africa originally.

These are the four types of music. Certainly there are categories of music. In addition, many kinds of music are combinations of classical and traditional music, or classical music and jazz, or rock music and jazz, and so on.

1.A. kind B. name C. way D. part

2.A .deals with B. refers to C. does with D. dates from

3.A. old B. good C. historical D. classical

4.A. writers B. authors C. poets D. composers

5.A. played B. acted C. done D. made

6.A. objects B. things C. equipments D. instruments

7.A. that B. music C. one D. anything

8.A. Culture B. people C. country D. nation

9.A. ways B. means C. manners D. forms

10.A. strange B. chief C. special D. best

11.A. Third B. Other C. Another D. Some

12.A. loud B. soft C. strong D. gentle

13. A..hit B. beat C. defeat D .blow

14.A. electricity B. electrical C. electric D. electronic

15.A. came B. produced C. invented D. began

16.A. usual B. common C. welcome D. popular

17.A. last B. best C. fourth D. final

18.A. began B. came C. took D. got

19.A. general B. normal C. rough D. whole

20.A. some B. several C. else D. other

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：音乐通常分为若干类别或类型。本文介绍了四种一些类别的音乐--古典音乐、传统乐、摇滚乐和爵士乐。

1.1】A. kind种类B. name名词C. way方法D. part部分。根据下文得知，这里介绍第一种音乐类型--古典音乐。选A。

2.】A .deals with处理；打交道 B. refers to 提及；指的是C. does with 有关D. dates from追溯到。--古典音乐指的是起源于欧洲的管弦乐。选B.。

3.】A. old 老的；旧的B. good好的C. historical 历史的D. classical经典的；古典的。这里在介绍古典音乐，大多数古典音乐都是在意大利、德国、奥地利和俄罗斯作曲的。选D。

4.】A. writers作家 B. authors作者C. poets 诗人D. composers作曲家。根据常识得知，贝多芬和巴赫是两位著名的古典音乐作曲家。选D。

5.】A. played玩耍；表演B. acted行动C. done做了D. made制作。古典音乐是由各种弦乐乐器和管乐器演奏的，例如小提琴和笛子。选A。

6.】A. objects物体B. things 事物C. equipments装备D. instruments器械；乐器。古典音乐是由各种弦乐乐器和管乐器演奏的。选D。

7.】A. that同一类B. music音乐C. one某一个D. anything任何事。第二种介绍传统音乐，它是一种来自于特殊文化的音乐。选B。

8.】A. culture 文化 B. people人们C. country 国家D. nation民族。它是一种来自于特殊文化的音乐。选A。

9.】A. ways方法B. means途径C. manners礼貌；方式D. forms形式。每种音乐都有它特殊的传统音乐形式。选D。

10.10】A. strange奇怪的B. chief主要的C. special特别的D. best最好的。每种音乐都有它特殊的传统音乐形式和特殊的演奏乐器。选C。

11.11】A. Third第三B. Other其余的C. Another 另一个D. Some一些。这里在介绍另一种音乐--摇滚乐。选C。

12.12】A. loud大声的 B. soft软的C. strong强壮的D. gentle温和的。摇滚音乐是一种很吵的音乐。选A。

13.13】 A..hit击打B. beat 打败；有规律的一连串敲打C. defeat 战胜D .blow风吹。有较强的敲击节奏。选B。

14.14】A. electricity电流B. electrical 有关电的C. electric电的D. electronic电子的。根据举例电子吉他和电子钢琴。得知这里在介绍电子乐器。选C。

15.15】A. came到来 B. produced 产生C. invented 发明D. began开始。摇滚乐可能在三四十年前开始于欧洲。选D。

16.16】A. usual平常的 B. common 普通的C. welcome欢迎的D. popular流行的。摇滚乐在年轻人中间很流行。选D。

17.17】A. last最后的B. best最好的C. fourth第四D. final最终的。前面介绍了三种音乐形式，这里在介绍第四种音乐—爵士乐。选C。

18.18】A. began开始B. came到来C. took拿走D. got得到。爵士乐可能最初来自非洲，come from“来自”。选B。

19.19】A. general一般的B. normal 正常的C. rough艰难的D. whole整个的。这是四种一般形式的音乐。选A。

20.】A. some一些B. several 好几个C. else其余的D. other其他的。当然还有其他的音乐种类结合了以上的音乐形式。选D。

考点：文化常识类文章