阅读理解。Everybodylikesmusic.Butdoyouknowthatmusicisdifferentfromsongs?Songsexpressfeelingswithlyrics(歌词)butmusicwithtones(音调).Unlikesongsmusictoneshavenospecificmeanings.Differentpeople

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     Everybody likes music. But do you know that music is different from songs? Songs express feelings
with lyrics (歌词) but music with tones (音调). Unlike songs music tones 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 like 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 that in the 1950s and earlier. And it now becomes the most popular one. Much pop music
is without artistic value (价值) but the work of some pop singers like Bob Dylan the groups like Pink
Floyd and Crosby are excellent. Today people still have great interest in pop music. Its concerts and
festivals are held all over the world.

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

A. feelings                              
B. tones and lyrics
C. languages and countries                 
D. meanings

2. According to the passage the number of people for jazz in the l950s 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" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. 种类            
B. 阶层          
C. 特征           
D. 娱乐

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 statements 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 mid-twentieth 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 attracts young people greatly.

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