Question

【题目】Are you tired after studying hard? American country music will take you away for a while. ①The guitars and songs will transport (传送) you to the mountains and fields there.

Country is simple music. It talks of everyday life and feelings (情感). It's the "spirit (精神) of America", easy to understand, slow and basic (基本的).

Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of the American countryside.②about, farmers, songs, tell, many, lives, the, the, of, of. They talk about love, crops (庄稼) or death.

Rural life can be hard, so the words are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular. ③In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio and made them into records (唱片).

When people moved to towns and cities looking for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

④John Denvor是20世纪70年代美国最著名的乡村歌手之一。⑤His song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is well-known and people still play it today.

【1】将①句翻译成汉语: _______________________________________________

【2】将②处的单词连成一句话: _________________________________________

【3】将③句改为被动语态: _____________________________________________

【4】将④句翻译成英语: _______________________________________________

【5】将⑤句翻译成汉语: _______________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】吉他和歌声将把你带到那里的山间地头。

【2】Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers.

【3】In the 1920s, country songs were played on the radio and (were) made into records.

【4】John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s.

【5】他的歌《乡村之路，带我回家》非常著名，如今人们仍在演唱它。

【解析】本文介绍了美国乡村音乐表达的内容，当人们搬到城镇和大城市时，他们也带着音乐去那里。乡村音乐在美国各地流行，而且不断在变化。

【1】transport sb to把某人带到……，the guitars and songs吉他和歌声；the mountains

and fields山间地头。故此处为：吉他和歌声将把你带到那里的山间地头。

【2】many of the+复数名词“很多的……”，tell about告诉关于，the lives of famers农民的生活，故为：Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers.

【3】主动句式中宾语country songs是复数，变为被动句时，作主语，主动句式中的谓语played是一般过去时，变为被动语态时，谓语用一般过去时的被动语态were played，故为：In the 1920s, country songs were played on the radio and (were) made into records.

【4】in the 1970s 20世纪70年代, one of America’s most famous country singers美国最著名的乡村歌手之一。故此处为：John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s.

【5】“Take Me Home, Country Roads”《乡村之路，带我回家》。 well-known非常著名，play

it演唱它。故此处为：他的歌《乡村之路，带我回家》非常著名，如今人们仍在演唱它。