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第 18 題至第 21 題為題組      Popular music varies between cultures and generations. In the past century, there has been an explosion ofpopular music styles in the West. Three of them are reggae, punk, and rap.      Reggae developed from a kind of Afro-Caribbean music called “mento,” sung and accompanied by guitarsand drums. Initiated on the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the 1960s, it spread throughout the world in the1970s. Some musicians changed “mento” into a music style called “ska” by adding a hesitation beat. Later, othermusicians changed “ska” to introduce “reggae.”      Punk is a style of rock music composed to react against previous forms of rock. Punks felt that rock musicno longer represented the counterculture from which it had sprung and had sold out to the mainstream,conventional culture. Through their clothing and hairstyles, punks intended to shock society. The “punk look”included spike hairdos, ripped clothing, body piercing, and jewelry made from objects such as razor blades andsafety pins. Their onstage behavior was aggressive and provocative. Punk music is simple, but its message isanti-government, anti-authority, and anti-conformity.      Rap, or hip-hop, is a type of dance music in which the performers—rappers—speak in rhythm and rhyme,but not sing. This art originated in Africa, then, transferred to America via Jamaica, where it was known as“toasting.” In America, during the 1970s rap appeared in the discos of New York’s black neighborhoods. It wasmainly about dancing, partying, and the romantic adventures of the rappers, but, later, politics became itsimportant theme.
18 What was the correct sequence of the development of popular music in the West?
(A) Mento, ska, reggae, and then rap
(B) Ska, reggae, punk, and then mento
(C) Punk, mento, rap, and then reggae
(D) Rap, reggae, mento, and then punk

參考答案

答案：A
難度：適中0.521739
統計：A(12),B(4),C(5),D(2),E(0)

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