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1、阅读理解之社会文化类(共3篇，限时23分钟)A(2013·合肥第一次质检)Itmayseemtobeahardtasktotracebackthehistoryofrapmusic,thoughyouoftenseetheinformalmusicassociatedwithhighlyinformaldancestyle.Asfarastheoriginofrapmusicisconcerned,mostpeopleagreethatitisfromAfroAmericanandLatinoStreetcultureofNewYorkCity.Notonlyinth
2、iscitybutinthesurroundingareasthereistheinfluenceofAfricanpeopleandtheirculture.Rapisavocalstyleinwhichtheperformerspeaksrhythmicallyandinrhyme,generallytoabeat.Thetermofrapmusicisthesamewithhiphopmusictypically—consistingofarhythmicvocalstylecalledrap.Ifweseeitcarefully,thenwewilldefin
3、itelynoticethatthemusicusuallyissungatahigherpitch(音高).Mostofthetimerapmusicisassociatedwithchorus.ThoughrapmusicwasprimarilyanAmericanmusicstylewithAfricaninfluenceoveritsmusicandlyrics,recentlyithasbeenspreadtoalmosttheentireworld.Thereishardlyanycountryornationwhererapmusiccannotbese
4、eninsomeformoranother,anditisoneofthemostpopularmusicstylesamongtheyoungsters.However,whenitcomestoitshistory,itisbelievedthathiphoporrapmusicstartedintheearly1970s,andgainedmuchpopularitythroughouttheworldduringthelate1970sandearly1980s.Thehistoryofrapmusicandhiphopmusicisfullofcontrov
5、ersies(争议)andbans,asthelyricssometimesrelatetodrugsandcrime;evenmostfamouspopstarsandhiphopmusiciansandsingerswerefoundtobeassociatedwiththecontroversiesintheirlife.Forthatreason,nomatterhowpopularthismusicstylewasorstillis,ithasalwayshadabadreputationintheeyesofmainstreamsociety.语篇解读：说
6、唱音乐是年轻人喜爱的音乐形式之一，但它却一直备受争议。该文主要介绍了说唱音乐是如何发展起来的。1．Thepassageismainlyabout________.A．whenrapmusicstartedB．howrapmusicdevelopsC．whatrapmusicislikeD．whyrapmusicispopular解析：选B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，该文主要介绍了说唱音乐的发展过程，因此选择B。2．Thecharacteristicsofrapmusicare________.A．solo,rhymes,beatsandpopsB．speaking,r
7、hythms,beatsandsoloC．repeating,speaking,popsandchorusD．speaking,rhymes,beatsandchorus解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Rapisavocalstyleinwhichtheperformerspeaksrhythmicallyandinrhyme,generallytoabeat.”以及倒数第二句“Mostofthetimerapmusicisassociatedwithchorus.”可知，说唱音乐的特点是：speaking,rhymes,beatsandc
