Country music is
very old. It came from the United States,
Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. It is a mixture of __36__
from all of these places.
In the west of
America, cowboys had to take care of the cattle (牛). They had to
watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and ___37___
ran away. A cowboy’s life was ___38__ and dangerous. When he was alone
in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to __39___ awake (清醒的) at night. He also sang songs to the cattle to make them
quiet. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The
cattle ___40____the
cowboy and went to sleep. They would not run away __41__ he sang
beautiful and peaceful songs.
In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland
and England.
Other people came from France
and Canada.
They enjoyed their own kind of music. They used guitars, violins and other
musical instruments (器具), too. They also
added instruments from their homes, __42__ bottles and plates. When they
__43__ their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and
played country music.
Country
music describes life __44__. It talks about love, jobs, home and money.
It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and crops.
People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows ___45__
about these ideas. Also, many country music fans wear Western clothes and dance
together to country music. Many bands (乐队) all over the world now
perform country music.
36. A. music B.
view C.
sport
D. exercise
37. A. never B.
seldom C. sometimes D. ever
38. A. funny
B. lonely C.
happy D.
noisy
39. A. smell B.
keep C.
seem D. sound
40. A. ran to B.
followed C. watched D. listened to
41. A. that B.
whether C. if
D. what
42. A. like B.
unlike C.
as
D. for example
43. A. came B.
went C.
introduced D. visited
44. A. incorrectly B.
clearly C.
shortly D.
recently
45. A. nothing
B. everything C.
something D. anything
