通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从3 1-45各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
People who live in cities often laugh at
the way of life in the country. 31 people do not laugh at country music.
It is one of the most 32 kinds of music in the United States today.
Maybe country music is very
popular because it is 33 ordinary people' s feelings (情感)
and events like love, sadness(悲伤)good times, and bad times. It 34 stories of real life.
Country music comes from 35 kinds of music. One
is the traditional music of the 36 mountain people in the eastern United States.
The other is traditional cowboy (牛仔) music from the American West. The singers
usually play the guitars(吉 他) 37 they sing.
Country music became very popular in the South. During World War II , thousands
of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest
(中西部) to 38 in factories. They took their music with them. Slowly 39 became popular all over the United States.
In 1925 a radio program in Nashville started to 40 country music.
Today Nashville
is the 41 of country music. Musicians record(录制) their music in more
than 60 workrooms and these workrooms are 42 24 hours a day! There are
also hotels, stores that sell cowboy clothes , and tours for people to see the
homes of famous country music 43 . Nashville
also has a park for public performance and the Country Music Hall-a
place like a 44 with pictures of famous country music stars.
Today people in many other 45 around the world
also enjoy country music and even sing it in their own language^. Country music
is now popular all over the world.
31. A. So
B. But
C. And
D. Or
32. A. boring
B. serious C.
popular D. difficult
33. A. about
B. with
C. for
D. at
34. A. tells
B. says
C. speaks D.
talks
35. A. many
B. alt
C. two
D. three
36. A. rich
B.
poor
C. short
D. tall
37. A. until
B. before C. after
D. when
38. A. live
B. work
C. sing
D. play
39. A. you
B. we
C. it . D. they
40. A. play
B. build
C. read
D. call
41. A. comer
B. center
C. back
D. place
42. A. empty
B. closed
C. open
D. waste
43. A. singers B.
readers
C. workers D.
owners
44. A. school
B. factory
C. station
D. museum
45. A. villages
B. countries C.
farms
D. cities