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1、Module4MusicBorninAmerica(建议用时:30分钟)阅读理解A(2019·济南高考模拟)It’sOKtosayyou’veneverheardofgrime—unlessyou’refromtheU.K.That’sbecausethismusicwasinventedintheU.K.intheearly2000s.Tosomeonewho’snotfamiliarwithundergroundmusicculture,it’seasytogetconfusedbetweenhiphopandgrim
2、esincetheyarebothnoisy.Andmanypeopledidn’tbothertotellthemapart,untilearlierthismonthwhengrimestarslikeStormzyandJHusledthisyear’sMOBOAwards—“MusicofBlackOrigin”—nominations(提名)intheU.K.JustlikeU.K.electronicmusicandhiphop,fromwhichgrimedrewinfluence,itmostlyrefle
3、ctsthethoughtsofyoungpeople.Butdifferentfromhiphop,grimesingerssingindialectswithstrongaccents,givingaspecialflavortotheirsongs.LadyLeshurr,knownasthe“QueenofGrime”,saidthatsheoncetriedtohideheraccent,asshedidn’twantpeopletojudgeher.Butoneday,sherealizedthatshedid
4、n’tneedtochangeherselfjusttopleaseothers.Andthere’snodoubtthatthisisthemostbasicandimportantqualityofgrimemusic:beyourself.Alsodifferentfromthehiphopculture,whichusuallyfocusesonbeingrich,grimesingerspaymoreattentiontosocialphenomenaliketheEuropeanrefugeeprobleman
5、dthegapbetweentherichandpoor.Althoughstillquiteyoung,grimeseemstobegettingfavoredbymoreandmorepeople.In2016,theEnglishgrimeartistSkeptawontheMercuryPrizewithhisalbumKonnichiwa,beatingbignameslikeDavidBowieandRadiohead.However,nomatterwhethergrimeisonedayacceptedby
6、themainstreammusicworldornot,onethingisforsure:ingrime,singersalwaysstaytruetothemselves.【解题导语】 本文主要介绍了英国的地下音乐形式grime,这种音乐与嘻哈音乐有着些许不同:相比嘻哈音乐,grime音乐歌手更关注社会问题。1.Whatdohiphopandgrimemusichaveincommon?A.TheyareoriginatedintheU.K.B.Theymakealotofloudnoise.C.Theychalle
7、ngetraditionalculture.D.Theyarefullofcreativeideas.B 解析:细节理解题。根据第二段中的“it’seasytogetconfusedbetweenhiphopandgrimesincetheyarebothnoisy”可知,人们很容易把hiphop和grime音乐弄混,因为它们都很吵,故hiphop和grime音乐的共同之处在于它们的声音都很大,故选B项。2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inParagraph3referto?A.Electro
8、nicmusic. B.Hiphop.C.Grimemusic.D.Blackmusic.C 解析:代词指代题。根据第三段中的“JustlikeU.K.electronicmusicandhiphop”可知,画线词it所指代的音乐与英国electronicmusic和hiphop相似,因此it就不能