Pop music has always been influenced by other form of music. An important form is folk music. Folk songs are the songs composed and sung by people. The song may be hundreds of years old, so nobody knows who originally composed them. Modern music is often music for dancing. In Britain it was traditionally played with instruments like flute, accordion, etc. In the 1950s and 1960s the people who are wrote songs and played them with acoustic guitars were called folk singers. The songs were often “Protect songs”, complaining of bad things happening in society. 1. Which form of music is pop music mainly influenced by? A. classical music B. folk music C. jazz 2. Who were folk songs composed by? A. old singers B. musicians C. countryside people 3. According to the passage, what is modern music often used for? A. singing only B. playing with guitars C. dancing 4. In the 1950s and 1960s what did people play folk songs with? A. guitars B. flutes C. drums 5. Why are folk songs called “Protect songs”? A. Because they are sung by country people. B. Because they complain about bad things happen in the society. C. Because nobody knows originally composed them.