Most people agree that pop music started in the US in the 1950s and that it developed from black American music. When it started, it was especially for young people. In many countries, they liked listening to it and dancing to it because it was exciting and it was a way of rebelling against their parents' generation. Many parents strongly disapproved of it. They disliked the way many pop stars looked and acted. They thought the music was rubbish and the groups couldn't sing or play their instrument properly. They said that pop music wouldn't last long. Today, attitudes are different. Many of today's parents are people who loved music when they were young and still do. As a result of this, pop music is no longer for the young. In addition, some of the stars whose careers began a long time ago and who are now middle-aged are just as popular today as they were then. Their original fans still like them, perhaps because they remind them of when they were young. At the same time, new generations of young people buy their records and go to their concerts, so pop music was not just a brief fashion. All these years later, it is more popular than ever. 1. The passage is about __________. A. the origin of pop music. B. the history of pop music C. people who loved pop music D. middle-aged pop stars and their careers 2. Pop music was especially for the young because __________. A. it made the young rebel against their parents' generation B. many parents found it good for their children C. most of its listeners were young people D. it was exciting 3. Why the attitudes towards pop music are different now? A. Because parents don't dislike pop music as much as they used to. B. Because today's parents are people who loved music when they were young and they still do. C. Today's pop stars can play their instrument properly. D. All are correct 4. Which of these sentences is not true? A. Many parents didn't approve of pop music. B. Pop music is just for the young. C. Some pop stars whose careers began a long time ago are still popular. D. Pop stars were thought to be unable to sing or play their instruments properly. 5. What does "brief" mean? A. small B. right C. short-term D. out of date 6. It can be inferred from the text that pop music __________. A. has become more and more exciting. B. has made older people like it. C. has more fans than ever. D. is just a brief fashion.