Next time you bear John Denver singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” ---or hear the group Spank

9. What was the audience's reaction when they first heard “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?
A. People all didn't fancy its lyrics. B. Most people assumed that it was noisy.
C. They made bad comments on the singers. D. They were all fascinated by it.
10. What does Para, 5 mainly convey?
A. Why Maryland was unused. B. Why the song was so popular.
C. More achievements of the singers. D. A new way to understand the song.
11. What can be learned about “Take Me Home, Country Roads” from the last paragraph?
A. It is popular among Red Sox fans.
B. It is a state song of West Virginia.
C. It earned Denver a national award in 2014.
D. It was played most frequently in Massachusetts.
【答案】8. A    9. D    10. A    11. B
【解析】
本文为一篇说明文，文章介绍了著名乡村音乐 Take Me Home, Country Roads的创作背景。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。由第一段中的keep in mind that it wasn't anywhere in West Virginia that inspired the great hit, but rather a road in Montgomery County. 请记住，不是西弗吉尼亚的任何地方，而是蒙哥马利县的一条公路激发了这一伟大的成功。和第五段中的No word on why Maryland lost out to West Virginia in the lyrics. 歌词中没有提到为什么马里兰输给了西弗吉尼亚州。可知，Montgomery Country 位于Maryland, 是该郡的Copper Road 激发了Bill Danoff 创作 Take Me Home, Country Roads.故选A项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。由第三段中的 “When we first sang the song together, ”Danoff wrote, “it seemed  as though the audience would never stop applauding.”“当我们第一次一起唱这首歌的时候，”Danoff写道，“观众们似乎一直在鼓掌。”可知，当这首歌被公开首唱时就深受观众的欢迎。故选D项。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。由第五段中的Perhaps "Maryland” just doesn't sound like the countryside as its western neighbor. More likely, the three syllables(音节) that make up our state's name just don't fit the meter the songwriters had worked out. 也许“马里兰”听起来不像它西部的邻居那样具有乡村风。更有可能的是，组成我们州名字的三个音节并不符合词曲作者的创作节奏。可知，本段主要给出了作者认为的Take Me Home, Country Roads这首歌的歌词里没有使用Maryland的两个原因。故选A项。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。 由最后一段中的A song to Massachusetts also would never have been named a state song of West Virginia, a status “Take Me Home, Country Roads” has enjoyed since 2014. 一首写给马萨诸塞州的歌曲也永远不会被命名为西弗吉尼亚州的州歌，而《乡村之路，带我回家》自2014年以来一直享有这种地位。由此判断出，Take Me Home, Country Roads这首歌是West Virginia 的州歌。故选B项。