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Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry
small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy
large speakers and play music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio
as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of
American people. Most of the radio broadcast are music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tape which radio stations use in every
state. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the
money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him
or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories
about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys
who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love
between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is
called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven.
1. Almost every American student likes _____.
A. popular music
B. American songs
C. folk music
2. What do adult drivers do while they are driving?
A. Listen to pop songs.
B. Listen to news and make a CD.
C. Listen to music and news.
3. What's one of the reasons that singers become national stars?
A. Their CDs or tapes are used in every state.
B. Several young people buy their CDs or tapes.
C. They are followed by young people sometimes.
4. _____ was started by cowboys.
A. Popular music
B. Western music
C. Serious music
5. What may be the best title for this passage?
A. Popular Music in America
B. Kinds of Music in America
C. How to Be Famous Singers