3．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 people's lives.

　　D．Because country music developed in the Southern Africa.

　　B　[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。]

　　4．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 Denver's brother.

　　C　[细节理解题。由文章最后一段可知这首歌的作者是约翰·丹佛。]

　　IV.完形填空

　　Marianne, a schoolgirl, was learning to play the piano, and day after day her father stood behind her as she practised.How 1 and kind her father was, and how clearly he showed Marianne how to play some particularly difficult 2 ．She was making progress and that was excellent.

　　And there, almost 3 in the big chair, sat Wolfgang, her four­year­old brother, who never had to be told to keep 4 when Marianne was practising.

　　One evening at sundown the father patted Marianne's shoulder saying she had done quite well.At the 5 Wolfgang climbed on his father's knee and 6 to be allowed to play the pretty piece Marianne had now 7 ．What a 8 that was! Picking up his baby, the father laughed, tapped the tiny nose and 9 ，"Look at your small 10 ．You cannot 11 all the notes yet.You must 12 ，little man."

　　There was no end of 13 during the tea, and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang 14 to play one of the classics(经典音乐)．After dinner Marianne helped 15 the dishes when the father lit his pipe.

But the pipe 16 ．He was on his 17 ．"Listen！"he said in an astonished voice. "Listen! Marianne is playing that piece much prettier than ever, "he 18 ．