Ireland(爱尔兰)isstrongandrichinmusic.TheIrishpeoplelovetosingtodanceandtomakemusicofallkinds.Theharp(竖琴)hasalwaysbeenaveryimportantmusicalinstrumentinIreland.InthewarsbetweentheIrishandtheEnglish

　　Ireland(爱尔兰)isstrongandrichinmusic.TheIrishpeoplelovetosingtodanceandtomakemusicofallkinds.Theharp(竖琴)hasalwaysbeenaveryimportantmusicalinstrumentinIreland.InthewarsbetweentheIrishandtheEnglishitwaslikeanationalflagfortheIrish.Intheseventeencenturyitbecamemorethanthat.OneveryfamousharperwasO’Carloan.HewasborninWestmeathinabout1670.WhenO’Carloanwasaboutsixteenhebecameblind.Withthehelpofakindrichladyhelearnedtoplaytheharp.Healsowrotepoemsmusicfortheharp.PeoplehavesavedalotofhismusicandharpersstillplayO’Carloan’sbeautifulsongs.

　　Whentheyheartheword“nocturn”(夜曲)peopleusuallythinkofChopin.Chopin’snocturnesarefamousbutthefirstnocturnescamefromanIrishman.HewasJohnField.HewasapupilinLondonofthegreatpianistClementi.Wecan’thearhimtodaybecausetherewerenorecordofmusicinhistime.Irelandalsohasitsgreatpopandrockmusicians.AverysuccessfulgroupisU2.ItstartedinDublinin1979.U2isarockgroup.ItknowstheyoungpeopleofIrelandandthingsthattheyfeelandwant.TheyspeakforyoungpeopleofIrelandandthethingsthattheyarefamousallovertheworld.TodaytherearemanyIrishmusicians.Alotofthemareworld-classandthatiswonderfulforacountrywithonlyfivemillionpeople.

　　( )1.O’Carloan________inabout1686.

　　A.wasborn B.becameblind C.becamefamousD.begantoplaytheharp

　　( )2.______helpedO”Carloanlearntoplaytheharp.

　　A.Asinger B.Aman C.Ateacher D.Awoman

　　( )3.Thefirstnocturnescamefrom_________xkb1.com

　　A.O’Carloan B.Clementi C.Chopin D.JohnField

　　( )4.FromthepassageweknowU2__________.

　　A. isagreatrockmusician B.started37yearsago

　　C. arepopularwiththeoldpeople D.werestartedbyarichlady

　　( )5.Thebesttitlemainlytalksabout_________.

　　A.theIrishMusic B.twoIrishMusicians

　　C.theFirstNocturnes D.aWonderfulCountry