Music is different from songs. Songs express feelings with lyrics, but music with tones (音調(diào)).Unlike songs, music tones in themselves have no specific meanings. Different people may get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people like different music: some love classical music, and others take an interest in pop music. Most young people like pop music.

Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 1960s.The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller than in the 1950s and earlier and it has now begun to become the most popular. Much pop music is without artistic value (價值), but the works of some pop singers such as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. And there is still great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

1.The biggest difference between music and songs is ________.

A. feelings

B. lyrics and tones

C. languages and countries

D. meanings

2.According to the passage, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ________ it is today.

A. much greater than

B. much smaller than

C. as great as

D. as small as

3.What does the underlined word “kind” mean?

A. Type. B. Class.

C. Feature. D. Entertainment.

4.Which of the following has now become the most popular according to the passage?

A. Native music. B. Jazz.

C. Pop music. D. Classical music.

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

A. People can get different things from the same piece of music.

B. Pop music began to be popular in the midtwentieth century.

C. The best-known early form of pop music was “rock and roll”.

D. Much pop music is of great artistic value, so it interests young people greatly.。

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