It is understood that a ballad is a song that tell a story, but a folk song is not so easily define d a ballad is a folk song, but a folk song is not a ballad until it tells a story. Folk song then has included many kinds of music for example, a sailor.s song of the sea is a folk song. The blues, a type of jazz popular in new orleans, may be a folk song. In fact, there are folk songs for every job
"home on the range" shows how a popular song may be come a folk song. It was first picked up as a folk song in 1910 by john lomax in san antonio, texas. Lomax heard the song from an old man who had been a cook many years before. The song was known all over the midwest though it did not come to national attention until the early 1930s. By 1947 "home on the range" was so popular that it be came the official state song of kansas.
1. A folk song is also a ballad when it ______.
A. tells a story
B. is sung by workers
C. makes the listeners feel sad
D. covers many kinds of music
2. According to the author, which of the following is not always a folk song?
A. ballad
B. sailor.s song.
C. a state song
D. a goatherd.s song.
3. A c cording to the passage, which of the following is not true of a folk song?
A. it is passed on orally.
B. it has different forms.
C. it may talk about work.
D. it is found only in the western states.
4. The author uses the example of the " home on the range " to show that folk songs ______.
A. always tells a story
B. are based on written forms
C. may come from popular songs
D. have be come state, songs
5. The main topic of the passage is the ______.
A. different kinds of folk songs
B. development of popular music
C. definition of a ballad
D. importance of folk songs in american life
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