Mr. Black lives in an apartment. (3) keep quiet except（除了……之外）Jeff. The young man, who moved there months ago, (4) downstairs. He likes music and (5) a piano last month. He always plays it for hours (6) Mr. Black (7) get to sleep. Although（尽管）Mr. Black tells Jeff about it (8) , the young man forgets it soon.

　　One day, Jeff was ill. He had to go to the hospital and Mr. Black was just his doctor.“If you stop (9) the piano at night, you'll be all right (10) !”When the young man left, a nurse asked,“Does playing the piano is really bad for his health, Mr. Black?”

　　“No”said Mr. Black,“but it is bad for mine !”

　　Popular music in America is what student likes. Students __(1)__ small radios with ear-phones and listen to __(2)__ before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy loud-speakers and __(3)__ the music loudly as they drive on the street.　　Adult（成年的）drivers listen to music on the car __(4)__ as they drive to work. They also listen to the news __(5)__ sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio __(6)__ are music.

　　Pop music singers __(7)__ much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once a popular __(8)__ is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. __(9)__ the singer goes, all the young people want to __(10)__ him or her. Now the singer has become a national（国家的）star.

　　There are other kinds of music that are important __(11)__ Americans. One is called folk（民间的）music that tells __(12)__ about the common life of Americans. __(13)__ is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys（牛仔）__(14)__ would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love __(15)__ a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.