Whether you love nature or not, mountains are amazing and make you feel small. They are pretty, big, and mysterious. It’s no surprise that songwriters write about them a lot. Here are some great songs about mountains.

    1. “Blue Ridge Mountains” By Fleet Foxes

    For Fleet Foxes, mountains feel like home. The songwriter uses the Blue Ridge Mountains as a meeting place and asks his brother Sean to stay longer with him. He tells Sean there’s a always place for him by his side.

    2. “You Gave Me A Mountain” By Marty Robbins

    In the song, the singer faced many challenges. His mother died when he was born, making his father angry at him. It felt like being punished for mistakes he didn’t make. These problems were like hills. Later, his wife left him and took their son. This problem felt like a huge mountain he couldn’t climb.

    3. “Sugar Mountain” By Neil Young

    Neil Young wrote this song when he was just nineteen. He was still young then, but the song is about missing being young. “You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain” means he won’t stay young forever. He looks back at his younger days while his life keeps moving forward.

    4. “High On A Mountain Top” By Loretta Lynn

    This is a simple song about how much nicer country life is than city life. It shows how people live simply and happily in the country. The singer loves the beauty of country life, where there is a lot of love even if it’s not rich. She prefers living on the mountain over the city.

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1.1. What does the Blue Ridge Mountains represent in Fleet Foxes’ song?

A A place where there is trouble.

B A place that feels like home.

C A place to hide from sadness.

D A place to escape from reality.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段的“The songwriter uses the Blue Ridge Mountains as a meeting place and asks his brother Sean to stay longer with him.”可知，蓝岭山脉被这首歌的创作者用作一个和兄弟会面的地方，代表团聚的地方，即像家一样。故选B。

2.2. Which word can describe the singer’s life in “You Gave Me A Mountain”?

A Happy.

B Quiet.

C Tough.

D Funny.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，这首歌的创作者感到被生活中的障碍困住，他的母亲在生他时去世，父亲因此责怪他；后来他的妻子带着儿子离开他。由此可推断他的生活过得很艰难。故选C。

3.3. In Neil Young’s “Sugar Mountain”, the mountain refers to “___________”.

A lost youth

B challenges in life

C the meeting place

D country life

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第四段内容可知，Neil Young在写这首歌时只有十九岁，那时他还很年轻，但这首歌是关于怀念年轻时光的。因此，山在这首歌中象征着逝去的青春。故选A。

4.4. Which song does NOT directly relate to personal challenges or emotional struggles?

A “High On A Mountain Top”.

B “You Gave Me A Mountain”.

C “Blue Ridge Mountains”.

D “Sugar Mountain”.

解析：选A。细节理解题。“High On A Mountain Top”这首歌主要描述的是乡村生活的美好和简单，并没有直接涉及到关于个人遇到的挑战或情绪挣扎。而其他三首歌都不同程度地反映了歌手的个人经历、遇到的挑战或情绪挣扎。故选A。

5.5. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A To describe the challenges faced by different musicians.

B To compare different songwriters’ different lives.

C To discuss the history of mountain-themed songs.

D To introduce several popular songs about mountains.

解析：选D。推理判断题。文章开头即指出要介绍几首关于山的优秀歌曲，并逐一介绍了这些歌曲的内容和主题，因此本文主旨大意是介绍几首与山相关的歌曲。故选D。