2016-2017高中英语 Module 3 Music模块综合测评 2.docVIP

模块综合测评(三)Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分满分30分)阅读下列短文从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。A Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. Its the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple. Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops or death. The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records. When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America. John Denver was one of Americas most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song Take Me Home, Country Roads is well-known and people still play it today. 1．Country music is usually about ．【解析】　细节理解题。由文章第二段第一句可知乡村音乐是关于日常生活和感情的。【答案】　A2．People began to make country song records ．　 B．in 1920 【解析】　细节理解题。由文章第四段第四句可知A项正确。【答案】　A3．Why did country music become popular in America? A．Because city people liked the music. B．Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change. C．Because country music talked about city peoples lives. D．Because country music developed in the Southern Africa. 【解析】　细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段可知农民们带着音乐进城使得乡村音乐流行起来。【答案】　B4．Who is famous for the song Take Me Home, Country Roads? A．A farmer in the countryside. B．A person who moved to towns. C．John Denver. D．John Denvers brother. 【解析】　细节理解题。由文章最后一段可知这首歌是约翰·丹佛的。【答案】　CB Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756. Even when he was very young, Mozart lo