XIII. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D. Music is sound that has been organized by using thythm, melody or (1)______saucepans while cooking, it makes noise. If a person bangs saucepans or pots in a (2______) If someone bangs way, they are
making a simple type of music. things which music has most of the time:
There are (3)______Music often has pitch. This means high and low notes. Tunes are made of notes that go up or down.or stay on the (4)______pitch
Music often has rhythm. Rhythm is the way the musical sounds and (5)_____ tune has a rhythm that can be tapped. Music usually has a regular beat in a sequence. Every Music often has dynamics. This means (6)______ it is quiet or loud or somewhere in between Music often has timbre. This is a French word (pronounced the French way: "TAM-br"). The "timbre" of a sound is the way that a sound is (7)_______The sort of sound might be harsh, gentle, dry, warm, or something else. Timbre is what makes a clarinet sound different from an oboe, and what makes one person's voice sound different (8)______another person.
1. A. harmony
B. harmonic
C. harmonica
D. harmonics
2. A. straight
B. rhythmic
C. fixed
D. constant
3. A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
4. A. same
B. like
Crather
D. as
5. A. silent
B. silence
C. silences
D. silently
6. A. how
B. which
C. whether
D. that
7. A. interested
B. interesting
C. interests
D. interest
8. A. with
B. to
C. for
XV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Rock began in the USA in the early 1950s. At that time 'rhythm and blues' music was very (1)_____
with black Americans. "R&B' was a mixture (2)______ black religious music and jazz. It had strong rhythms that you could dance to and simple, fast music.
(3)______the success of R&B music, white musicians started to copy the same style. By the mid-1950s,(4)______ new while R&B music, called 'rock 'n' roll' had become very popular. Singers like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley (5)______ millions of teenage fans. Their music was fast and loud. Many older people thought that rock 'n' roll was very dangerous. Created by: Mr Thanh (009904425) By the early 1960s, even rock 'n' roll had becouse onм-алипец, ману us the songs had begun to sound the (6)_______ It was at that time that a new eroup from England became popular: The Beatles, The Beatles first started by singing American style songs, but they soon developed their own style, with as the Indian sitar. more (7)_______ melodies. They also introduced different instruments, (8)_______ Groups like The Beatles had a very important influence on the style of popular 1970s, rock 'n' roll had developed into a new form of music. Electronics had (10)______ and drums of rock 'n' roll. Rock had arrived. music. By the (9)______ the amplified guitars
1. A. accepted B. popular C. common D. famous
2. A. to B. with C. of D. by
3. A. Noticing B. Detecting C. Warning D. Perceiving
4. A. those B. its C. their D. this
5. A. attached B. attacked C. attracted D. attainced
6. A. equal B. same C. corresponding D. twin
7. A. complicated B. complicate C. complicating D. complication
8. A. same B. such C. like D. so
9. A. early B. opening C. first D. advance
10. A. switched B. retumed C. replaced D. changed