BCountrymusicisakindofAmericanpopularmusic.ItfirstcamefromthecountrysideoftheSouthernUnitedStatesasearlyasthe1920s.ItjoinsAmericanfolk(民间的)music
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CountrymusicisakindofAmericanpopularmusic.ItfirstcamefromthecountrysideoftheSouthernUnitedStatesasearlyasthe1920s.ItjoinsAmericanfolk(民间的)musictoWesternmusic.Bluesakindofmusicfullofdeepunhappinesshasalsobeenwidelyusedinitsinceitsrecordedhistory.Singerswereusuallysingingwhiletheythemselveswereperformingtheinstruments(乐器),suchasguitarsbanjosanddrums.NashvilleinTennesseewasoncethehomeofAmericancountrymusic.Itbecamepopularinthe1940s.
Inthe1950scountrymusicwasmainlyaboutlove一gettingorlosingaboyfriendorgirlfriendandmoneywasalsothoughttobeanotherimportantthing.
Theninthe1960ssongwritersturnedtoothersubjects.Duringtheseyearsmanyyoungstudentswereangrywiththesociety(社会),sosongswereoftenfullofangryfeelings.Politicalleaders(政治领导人)werenotwellthoughtofandthosesongsoftenmadefunofthem.
Duringthe1990scountrymusicbecamemoreandmorepopular.SongwritersnolongerwroteaboutthemodernU.S.A—moneysuccessorexpensivethingstobuy.Insteadtheywerewritingoncemoreaboutthingsthatwerecommonforeveryoneffeelingaloneinthemodernworldmissinggoodolddaystheimportanceofhavinggoodfriendsandsoon.
In2009intheUnitedStatesarecordshowedthatcountrymusicwasthemostlistenedtowhenpeopleweredrivingontheirwayhomeintheeveningandsecondmostpopularontheirwaytoworkinthemorning.
Todaycountrymusichasbecomeabigmoneytree.Itbringsinbetween200and400milliondollarsayearforthepeopleandthecountry.ThemusichasreachedallpartsoftheStatesfromLosAngelesinthewesttoNewYorkintheeast.SingersdonotjustcomefromtheStatesbutfromallovertheworld.TherearemanyfamoussingersfromBritainCanadaandAustralia.Alotofthemappearontelevisiontoo.
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( )26.Countrymusic .
A.hasahistoryofabout100years
B.hasbeenverypopularsince1920s
C.camefromwesternEurope
D.onlyhasthesubjectofloving
( )27.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
A.Thesingersandtheinstrumentperformersareusuallydif