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共用题干 Pop Music in AfricaYoung musicians
共用题干 Pop Music in AfricaYoung musicians
Freeti
2019-12-17
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问题
共用题干Pop Music in Africa
Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popu-lar today,such as hip-hop,rap,rock,jazz,or reggae. The result is music that may sound fa-miliar to listeners anywhere in the world,but at the same time is distinctly African. It is dif-ferent also in another way:Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today.
Eric Wainaina is one of these African musicians.He grew up in Nairobi,Kenya,in a family of musicians.As a teenager,he listened to pop music from the United States,and lat-er he moved to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music. Now he has produced a CD in Kenya. Eric's most popular song,“Land of ‘A Little Something’”,is about Kenya's problem of bribery,or paying others for illegal favors.He wants people to listen to his songs and think about how to make Kenya a better place to live.
Another musician who writes serious songs is Witness Mwaijaga from Tanzania. Her own experiences have helped her understand the suffering of many African women. At the
age of fifteen she lost her home,but she was luckier than other homeless young people. She could make a living by writing songs and singing on the street. By the time she was eighteen years old,she had become a star. Her songs are written in rap or hip-hop style about the problems that she sees in Tanzania,especially AIDS and the lack of rights for women.
Baaba Maal,from Senegal,also feels that pop music must go beyond entertainment.He says that in Senegal,storytellers have always been important people. In the past,they were
the ones who kept the history of their people alive. Baaba believes that songwriters now have a similar responsibility. They must write about the world around them and help people under-stand how it could be better. The words of his songs are important,in fact.They speak of peace and cooperation among Africans,as well as therights of women,love for one's family, and saving the environment.
One of South Africa's most popular musicians is Brenda Fassie. She is sometimes corn-pared to Madonna,the American pop star,because she likes to shock people in her shows.
But she also likes to make people think. She became famous in the 1980s for her simple pop songs against apartheid. Now that apartheid has ended,her songs are about other issues in South African culture and life. To sing about these,she uses local African languages and a new pop style called kwaito.
In recent years,people outside of Africa have also begun to listen to these young musici-ans.Through music,the younger generation of Africans are connecting with the rest of the world and,at the same time,influencing the rest of the world.
选项
This passage is about how African pop music is______.A: usually about love and romanceB: more serious than most pop musicC: popular with young people in AfricaD: mostly written just for entertainment
答案
B
解析
题干意为“非洲流行音乐的不同之处是……”。该题为细节题,利用题干及备选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索,因为备选项中出现了大量修饰词,所以在查找相关 句的过程中同时关注这些修饰词:usually, more serious, most(pop music) , mostly。这样在第一段中找到相关句:Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popular(与popular music呼应)today, such as hip-hop, rap, rock, jazz, or reggae. The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world,but at the same time is distinctly African.[u]It (指上文中提到的African pop music) is different also in another way:Many of the songs are very serious and deal with important social or political issues in Africa today[/u].相关句(带下划线的句子)意为“这种音乐(指非洲流行音乐)在另一 方面也有所不同:很多音乐有着严肃的主题,与当今非洲重要的社会问题和政治问题相关”, 由此可知非洲流行音乐比一般的流行音乐更严肃,因此答案为B。A项“通常主题涉及爱和浪漫”和D项“大部分是作为娱乐音乐”与短文内容不一致:短文说非洲流行音乐主题严肃。 C项“在非洲的年青人中受欢迎”是短文中未提及的信息。 题干意为“对于非洲以外的人来说,非洲流行音乐给他们的感觉是……”。该 题为细节题,利用题干及备选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索,因为备选项中出现了大量修饰词,所以在查找相关句的过程中同时关注这些修饰词:same, usually, interesting, entirely strange , familiar , different。这样在第一段中找到相关句:Young musicians in African countries are creating [u]a new kind of pop music[/u](与题干中的African pop music呼应).The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popular today,such as hip-hop,rap,rock,jazz,or reggae.[u]The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world,but at the same time is distinctly African.It is different also in another way[/u]: Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today.相关句(带下划线的句子)提到“这样就使这种音乐(非洲流行音乐)让世界各地的听者都觉得很熟悉,而它又是典型的非洲音乐,这种音乐在另一方面也有所不同”,由此可知非洲流行音乐既让人感到熟悉,又有着不同的地方,因此答案为D项“既熟悉又不同”。
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