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Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC -- VOA's radio magazine in Special English.

This is Doug Johnson. On our program today:

We play electric guitar music ...

Our VOA listener question this week comes from Vietnam. Long Quang Bui asks about the
musical instrument called the electric guitar.

Music experts say the guitar is probably the most popular musical instrument around the
world today. It is used to play many different kinds of music.

The electric guitar was one result of efforts by musicians to use electricity to create louder
string instruments. They were not able to solve some of the technical problems until the
nineteen-thirties. Les Paul was among the first to play an electric guitar. Listen to one of his
hit recordings, "Meet Mister Callaghan."

In its early years, music experts debated the idea of the electric guitar being a true
instrument. Some claimed it did not produce a real musical sound. But country and jazz
musicians defended the music made by the electric guitar.

One of these defenders was jazz man Charlie Christian. Music experts say he created the
sound of the electric guitar that led to the modern electric guitar music of today. Listen to a
recording of Charlie Christian playing with the Benny Goodman jazz group in nineteen-thirty-
nine. The song is "Flying Home."

One modern electric guitar player who followed Charlie Christian is the world famous blues
musician B. B. King. He calls his guitar "Lucille". We leave you now with B. B. King and Lucille
playing their famous recording, "The Thrill Is Gone."

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1What is the most popular musical instrument in the world today?

A. The drums B. The piano C. The guitar

2. In what decade did musicians start using the electric guitar?

A. In the nineteen-fifties B. In the nineteen-forties C. In the nineteen-thirties

3. Who was one of first musicians to play an electric guitar?

A. B. B. King B. Les Paul C. Charlie Christian

4.Who defended the music made by the electric guitar in the early years?

A. Only country musicians B. Both country and jazz musicians C. Only jazz musicians

5. Who created the sound of the electric guitar that led to the modern electric guitar music
of today?

A. Les Paul B. B. B. King C. Charlie Christian

6. What is the name of one of the very early electric guitar recordings?

A. "Flying Home" B. "Lucille" C. "The Thrill Is Gone"

7. One modern electric guitar player is the world famous blues musician

A. B. B. King. B. Lucille. C. Charlie Christian.

II. CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT

8.John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.

A. trys B. try C. tries

9.My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.

A. Fry B. fries C. frys

10.It ________ almost every day in Manchester.

A. Rain B. rain C. raines

11. My best friend ________ to me every week.

A. Writies B. write C. writes

12.My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV every night.

A. Watch B. watchies C. watches

13. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.

A. pass B. passies C. passes

14. She ________ in Florida.

A. Lives B. live C. livees

15.We ________ to Spain every summer.

A. Flys B. flies C. fly

16.The bank ________ at four o'clock.

A. Closes B. close C. closies

17. I ________ in a bank.

A. Work B. works C. workes

18. She ________ to disco music, only tango.

A. no listen B. doesn't like C. doesn't dance

19. We don't ________ which airport the plane goes from.

A. Knows B. know C. knows

20. I _______ know the correct answer.

A. am noT B. don`t C. doesn`t

21. He ______ do anything to help me.

A. don't do B. isn't C. doesn't

22. I come from Canada. Where ______ you come from?

A. Are B. do C. is

III. CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE SIMPLE PAST

23. He __ soccer yesterday.

A. plaied B. plaid C. played

24. I __ 50m last week.

A. swam B. swum C. swimmed

25. She __ too much chocolate.

A. eated B. ated C. ate

26. They didn´t __ the match?

A. Wan B. wun C. won

27. I didn´t __ here last year as well.

A. came B. comed C. come

28. John __ to New York last month.

A. Goed B. going C. went

29. I ___ to Tom last night.

A. Writed B. wroted C. wrote

30. Mary __ TV all day!

A. watched B. watch C. watching

31.Did He __ very fast in the race this morning?

A. ran B. run C. runs

32. She __ the newspaper on the train.

A. read B. readed C. red

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