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PARTBIntensiveListening:
Music
PassageI:
AmericanMusic
OneofAmerica'
smostimportantexportsishermodemmusic.Americanmusicisplayedallovertheworld.Itisenjoyedbythepeopleofallagesinallcountries.AlthoughthelyricsareEnglish,peoplenotspeakingEnglishcanenjoyittoo.Thereasonsforitspopularityareitsfastpaceandrhythmicbeat.
ThemusichasmanyoriginsintheUnitedStates.Countrymusic,comingfromtheruralareasinthesouthernUnitedStates,isonesource.Countrymusicfeaturessimplethemesandmelodiesdescribingday-to-daysituationsandthefeelingsofcountrypeople.Manypeopleappreciate,thismusicbecauseoftheemotionsexpressedbycountrymusicsongs.
AsecondoriginofAmericanpopularmusicistheblues.ItdepictsmostlysadfeelingsreflectingthedifficultlivesofAmericanblacks.Itisusuallyplayedandsungbyblackmusicians,butitispopularwithallAmericans.
Rockmusicisanewerformofmusic.Thismusicstyle,featuringfastandrepetitiousrhythms,wasinfluencedbythebluesandcountrymusic.Itwasfirstknownasrock-and-rollinthe1950s.Sincethentherehavebeenmanyformsofrockmusic:
hardrock,softrock,andothers.Manyperformersofpopularmusicareyoungmusicians.
Americanpopularmusicismarketedtoademandingaudience.Nowpopularsongsareheardontheradioseveraltimesaday.Somesongshavebecomepopularallovertheworld.PeoplehearthesesongssungintheiroriginalEnglishorsometimestranslatedintootherlanguages.Thewordsmaydifferbuttheenjoymentofthemusicisuniversal.
I.
1.WhichgroupofpeopleenjoyAmericanmusic?
2.WhyisAmericanmusicsopopularinallcountries?
3.Whatcanbelearnedfromthepassage?
4.Whatdoyouknowfromthepassage?
5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
PassageII:
MusicinDifferentCultures
Inwesternculturemusicisregardedasgoodbybirth,andsoundsthatarewelcomearesaidtobe"
musictotheears"
.Insomeothercultures—forexample,Islamicculture—itisoflittlevalue,associatedwithsinandevil.IntheWestandinthehighculturesofAsia,itissaidthattherearethreetypesofmusic.First,classicalmusic,compos