NAMA : 1.

2.
KELAS :......................

A. Read the text again and answer the following questions.

Rock Music
Rock music is part of popular music today. It is played and listened in almost every
countries in the world. Rock and roll was the name given to the music that developed in the early
1950s. It is believed that the term rock and roll was first used by a disk jockey, Alan Freed.
In 1955, records of a young singer from Tennessee, Elvis Presley, were heard across the
US. After he appeared on nation-wide television, Elvis Presleys singing and his performing style
came to mean rock and roll all over the world. Then came Bill Haley and The Comets. Rock
mainly became the music of the young. They understood its beat and sound, and its lyrics.
The 1970s were the time of big developments in the rock industry. Rock became a very
big business, earned more money annually than any other form of entertainment including the
film industry.

Taken from The Book of Knowledge, 2007

1. What is the best title for the text?
2. What is the main idea of paragraph one?
3. What does the word it in paragraph one line 1 refer to?
4. Where is rock music played and listened to?
5. What was the name given to the music developed in the early 1950s?
6. Who was Elvis Presley?
7. What happened after he appeared on nation-wide television?
8. Who emerged after Elvis?
9. Do you agree with the statement that says rock is become mainly the music of the
youngsters? Give your reason.

10. What happened in the 1970s?

11. What is the main idea of paragraph two?

B. Match the italicized words in the following sentences with their meanings or synonyms
in the box. Discuss it with a friend.
1. Almost all of the young know Elvis Presley.
Almost means............................
2. After he appeared on nation-wide television, his singing and performing style came
to mean rock and roll all over the world.
Appeared means............................
3. Rock mainly became the music of the young.
Mainly means............................
4. Rock became a very big business, earning more money annually than the film
industry.
Anually means............................

Chiefly Came Nearly Yearly