练习：
1. This passage is about how African pop music is _______
A) usually about love and romance
B) more serious than most pop music
C) popular with young people in Africa
D) mostly written just for entertainment
2. For people outside of Africa， African pop :music is_______
A) the same as other pop music
B) not usually very interesting
C) entirely strange to them
D) both familiar and different
3. The musicians mentioned in this passage all ________
A) write about serious problems
B) studied in the United States
C) lost their homes at a young age
D) write songs in a new pop style
4. Eric Wainaina_________
A) prefers to sing in English
B) listened to traditional music
C) studied music in Boston
D) performs only in the United States
5. Witness Mwaijaga writes about the problems of women partly because
A) she has had a difficult life herself
B) there are many problems in Tanzania
C) she has had an easy life herself
D) there are no other women singers
答案与题解：
1．B本题的问题是：非洲流行音乐的不同之处是什么？由第一段倒数第一句可以得m答案“It is different also in another way: Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today．”A，D项错误，C项未提及
2．D本题的问题是：对于非洲以外的人来说，非洲流行音乐给他们的感觉是什么？从第一段可以得出答案。“The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world，but at the same time is distinctly African.”故正确选项为D.
3．A本题的问题是：全文所提到的音乐家的共同特点是什么？总览全文可以得出结论。全文通篇都在讲有关社会和政治等严肃主题的音乐，故正确答案为A.B，C，D都有明显的错误。
4. C本题的问题是：Eric Wainaina的成长细节。由第二段可以得出答案。“…and later he moved to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music．”其余选项均有错误。
5. A本题的问题是：Witness Mwaijaga写有关女人问题的原因是什么？答案在 第三段第二句“Her own experiences have helped her understand the suffering of many African women.”明显可见是她有切身经历。所以正确答案为A.