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
