U12-E10-PRACTICE

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Unit 12 MUSIC

PARTI PHONETICS

Questions 1-5: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group

Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

PART II VOCABULARY

Questions 6-20: These are incomplete sentences Circle A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence

Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

6 He thought of his dead child with deep _

7 The woman answered and went away immediately

8 All _ _with the north has been stopped by the terrible storm

A communication B communicate C communicative D communicable

9 We can _with people in most parts of the world by telephone

10 The arms and legs are parts of a human being

A integrate B integration C integrity D integral

11 The buildings are well _with the landscape

12 The footballers sang the national song

A solemnity B solemn C solemnly D solemnize

13 The man looks as _as a judge

14 The mother the baby to sleep with her sweet voice every night

15 To her great she won the first prize

16 The player's soul was by the national anthem

17 The woman _ over her husband's death

18 Men often find it hard to express their _

A motional B emotion C emotional D motion

19 If you know English well, you can with English people

A communicative B communicating C communication D communicate

20 The old men always think of the of life in the country,

A delights B please C pleasant D exciting

PART III GRAMMAR

Questions 21-40: These are incomplete sentences Circle A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence

Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

21.1 went out _a letter

A mailing B to mail C mails D for mailing

22 The police shouted _everyone of the danger

A to warn B warns C has warned D warned

23 My friend called _me to her party

A invites B invited C to invite D invite

24 These fences are people out of the garden

A keeping B to keep C kept D keep

25 The Prime Minister has three bodyguards _him

A to protect B protected C protect D protects

26 I need a bottle opener this bottle.

A opens B open C opening D to open

27 I'm going to Britain English

A for learning B to learn C learn D learns

28 Do you often have a lot of work in the evening?

A do B doing C did D to do

29 She is lonely She has nobody _

A talks B talked C to talk D talk

30 My mother gave me some money _some food

A buy B bought C buying D to buy

31 Would you like something ?

32 Did she have time the exam questions?

A answering B to answer C answers D answer

33 After gettting married, she doesn't get much chance too busy

34. fit we should do exercises regularly

A Keeping B Keep C To keep D Keeps

35 There were no chair _ on, so we all had to sit on the floor

36 I'm wearing a thick coat _ warm

37 I spent the evening _with my friends

A to chat B chatting C chat D for chatting

38 Now, stop , everybody, and listen to me

A talk B to talk C talked D talking

39 I met my friend on the way back home, so we stopped with each other

A talking B to talk C talked D for talking

40 Don't forget _him for coffee when you see him

A invite B inviting C to invite D inviting

PART IV READING

Questions 41-50: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C

or D of the correct answers Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

Ragtime, developed primarily by black pianists, is a style of composed piano music that was popular from the

1890s to about 1915 It is a style of jazz characterized by an elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily

accented accompaniment Ragtime quickly gained popularity after its first appearances, reaching millions on a national scale through sheet music, player pianos, ragtime songs, and arrangements for dance and marching bands The leading ragtime composer was Scott Joplin, known as the "King of Ragtime," whose most famous piano piece, "Maple Leaf Rag," was published in 1899

Ragtime piano music has a generally standard form, duple meter (2/4, or two beats per measure) performed at a

moderate march tempo The pianist's right hand plays a highly syncopated melody, while the left hand steadily maintains

the beat with an "oom-pah" accompanishment A ragtime piece usually consists of several similar melodies that take such forms as AA BB A CC DD or Introduction AA BB CC DD EE, where each letter represents a melodic phrase "Maple Leaf Rag" is a classic example of ragtime

The forms of ragtime derive from European marches and dances, but the rhythms are rooted in African-American folk music

41 The author's main purpose in the passage is to

42 Ragtime reached people nationwide through all of the following EXCEPT _

43 According to the passage, the letters A in AA and B in BB each represent _

44 Which of the following is NOT characteristic of ragtime?

C Left-hand accompaniment D Highly syncopated melody

45 This passage would be part of required reading in which of the following courses?

46 The word "elaborately" in line 3 is closest in meaning to

47 "Maple Leaf Rag" is _

C the name of a popular piano piece D the name of a famous guitar piece

48 Ragtime became popular

A at the beginning of the 19th century B in the middle of the 19th century

C in the middle of the 20th century D at the turning of the 20th century

49 In line 11, the word "maitains" may best be replaced by _

50 Which of the following conclusions can be made from this passage?

A Ragtime music is complex and hard to identify

B Ragtime was popular only with African Americans

C Ragtime has an early recognisable rhythm

D Ragtime is a completely different form of music than jazz

Questions 51-60: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space by circling

the letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

Lovers of music who are a little rusty when it comes to history shouldn't miss forthcoming issues of this magazine In our most ambitious series of articles (51) date, we aim to span the history of western music in (52) entirety Obviously, (53) _the lack of space at our disposal, we cannot be totally comprehensive (54) we do feel

we have a (55) than adequate overview of the socio-cultural context If you're already feeling (56)

off by the prospect of a rather dry history lesson, then I must stress how unlike a lesson these articles will be

(57) _ the extent to which you might be familiar (58) _ the historical background, you must

read these articles for the insight they give (59) the music itself In (60) _to this, the series will represent a guide for readers whose

PART V WRITING

Questions 61-65: After each following sentence there are foui sentences marked A, B, C or D Choose the sentence

that has tht same meaning as the original one by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on

the answer sheet.

61 They will never forget seeing the Beatles live in concert

A They will remember seeing the Beatles live in concert

B They cannot forget to see the Beatle live in concert

C They cannot forget see the Beatle live in concert

D They will remember to see the Beatle live in concert

62 Meryl Streep gave one of her best performances in Africa last year

A Meryl Streep had given one of her most successful performances in Africa last year

B Meryl Streep has given one of her most successful performances in Africa last year

C Meryl Streep gave one of her most successful performances in Africa last year

D Meryl Streep was giving one of her most successful performances in Africa last year

63 Ba hadn't expected the concert to be so good.

C The concert was worse than Ba had expected D The concert was better than Ba had expected

64 "Do you know what the time is, Minh?" asked Ba

A Ba asked Minh to know what the time was B Ba asked Minh what was the time

C Ba asked Minh if he knew what the time was D Ba asked Minh if he had known what was the time

65 All the school children enjoyed themselves at this summer camp

A Every school child had great fun at this summer camp

B All of the school children enjoyed going camping in the summer

C School children hardly had fun at this summer camp

D School children at this summer camp were funny

Questions 66-70: The words in italic below are cues to make sentences Choose the correct option by cirling the

corresponding letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

66 play / so well / she / that / never / she / loose / game / a /.

A She plays so well that she's never lost a game B She plays so well that she never lost a game

C She played so well that she never looses a game D She has played so well that she had never lost a game

67 go / last / two months / I / shopping / ago /.

68 walk / I / home / rain / heavy /.

A It was raining heavily when I walked home B It rained heavily when I walked home

C It had rained heavily when I walked home D It is raining heavily when I walked home

69 appointment / make / an / doctor / to / see /go / the / Hoa / after /yesterday /

A.Yesterday Hoa goes to see the doctor after making an appointment

B Yesterday Hoa made an appointment after going to see the doctor

C Yesterday Hoa went to make an appointment after seeing the doctor

D Yesterday Hoa went to see the doctor after making an appointment

70 last / week / what / never / happen / me / to / guess / you /.

A You never guess what was happened to me last week

B You'll never guess what had happened to me last week

C You'll never guess what happened to me last week

D You would never guess what was happening to me last week

Questions 71-80: In the following sentences, each one has four

underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C or D Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for

the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet*

71 "How many rice do you want?" "A kilo, please."

A B C D

72 If you are on the Mars, what would you do?

A B C D

73 Rock music was original a mixture of country music and rhythm and blues

A B C D

74 If I find out anything more about the fire, you'll be the first person knowing

A B C D

75 I wish can always pass the exams

A B C D

76 In summer, Peter usually plays the tennis every day

A B C D

77 Music is clear different from laguage

A B C D

78 People can use to music to express their emotions

A B C D

79 Music plays an importance part in our life

A B C D

80 Modern music is popular for young people all over the world

A B C D

Unit 12 MUSIC

Parti 1 C 2 A 3 C 4 D 5 B

Part 2 6 B 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 D 11 A 12 C 13 B 14 A 15 D

16 C 17 A 18 B 19 D 20 A

Part 3 21 B 22 A 23 C 24 B 25 A 26 D 27 B 28 D 29 C 30 D

31 A 32 B 33 D 34 C 35 B 36 C 37 B 38 D 39 B 40 C

Part 4 41 D 42 A 43 C 44 A 45 B 46 C 47 C 48 D 49 B 50 C

51 B 52 D 53 A 54 C 55 A 56 D 57 B 58 C 59 C 60 D

Part 5 61 A 62 C 63 D 64 C 65 A 66 A 67 B 68 A 69 D 70 C

71 A 72 B 73 B 74 D 75 B 76 C 77 B 78 C 79 C 80 B