题目内容
songs, music tones in themselves have no specific meanings. Different people may get different things from
the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music
in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people like different music: some love classical
music, and others take pleasure in pop music. Most young people like pop music.
Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 60s. The
best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of native music
in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller
than in the 1950s and earlier and it has now begun to become the most popular. Much pop music is
without artistic value (价值), but the works of some pop singers such as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the
groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. And there is still great interest in it today. Pop music
concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
B. lyrics and tones
C. languages and countries
D. meanings
B. much smaller than
C. as great as
D. as small as
B. Class.
C. Feature.
D. Entertainment.
B. Jazz.
C. Pop music.
D. Classical music.
B. Pop music began to be popular in the mid-twentieth century.
C. The best known early form of pop music was “rock and roll”.
D. Much pop music is of great artistic value, so it interests young people greatly.
Hip hop or rap (说唱） music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .
Rapping in class.
Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”
Whose idea was Flocabulary?
Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学）. They are now used in schools with great success .
【小题1】Rap music started _____ in New York city .
| A．in the 1970s | B．In a high school |
| C．in the 19 th century . | D．In a music class . |
| A．Write rap music . | B．Sing a song by talking |
| C．Remember the words of a song . | D．help teach some school subjects. |
| A．bad | B．good | C．final | D．direct |
| A．maths | B．science | C．history | D．literature |
The musical group, “Shepherds’ Kids” , was founded(建立) by the Shanghai Jiuqian Volunteer Center. There are about 40 students in this group. Their parents are migrants(打工者) working in Shanghai.
“ The music courses are free,” said Zhang Yichao, founder of the group. “We just want to make the children’s lives more colorful.”
The kids learn singing, dancing and musical instruments. Their teachers are volunteers from high schools.
Learning music is not an easy job, especially for these migrant workers’ children.
“I never know the musical stave(五线谱) before,” said Hua Delong, 13. “Sometimes it was really hard to study.”
Tang Yue is a volunteer teacher at the center. She is a student from Shanghai Ping’he Bilingual High School.
“These kids face difficulties bravely,” said Tang. “Sometimes they have to help their parents do housework and have little time to practice, but I never hear them complain.”
Their hard work has paid off(回报). Today many people know the group. They have even performed as a choir for foreign pop stars.
Li Luo, 14, told “ Teens” how appreciative she was of the group.
“I had little fun before. I seldom(很少) watched TV. Study seemed the most interesting thing in my life. “Shepherds’ Kids has given me a new life.”
【小题1】In Hua Delong’s opinion, learning music is not an easy job because _______.
| A．he didn’t know the musical stave before | B．he had little fun before |
| C．the music courses are not free | D．he seldom watched TV before |
| A．the naughty boys were successful at last |
| B．the “Shepherds’ Kids” has made great success |
| C．all the volunteers giving lessons for the children are music teachers |
| D．the children learnt music very easily |
| A．the French movie “The Choir Boys” | B．a musical group “The Shepherds’ Kids” |
| C．the foundation of “The Shepherds’ Kids” | D．the children learning music |