Hoang Thao – Bien Hoa Gifted High School

PRACTICE 10

Part 1. Underline the correct answer

MUSIC - A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music came before speech and
(1. was/ swelled/ reacted/arose) as a development of mating calls. In fact, there is (2. one/ every/ such/ that)
theory that the (3. earliest/ newest/ easiest/ simplest) languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken.
Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (4. enjoying/ making/ recording/ stating) history. The Aboriginal
Australians, for example, use music as a means to (5. move/ pass/ hand/ happen) on stories of the land and
spirits to the next (6. children/ people/ tribe/ generation). New evidence suggests that music does not just (7.
convince/ satisfy/ please/ prefer) the feel-good factor but it is also good for the brain. A study of intellectually
(8. disabled/ inactive/ incapable/ disordered) children showed that they could recall more (9. facts/
knowledge/ memory/ information) after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as a story.
Researchers also report that people (10. examine/ prepare/ score/ achieve) better on a standard intelligence
(11. form/ scheme/ demonstration/ test) after listening to Mozart. The so-called 'Mozart effect’ has also been
(12. supported/ given/ marked/ remembered) by findings that rats (13. held/ brought/ stood/ set) up on Mozart
run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, (14. called/ heard/ regarded/ known) as a maze.
Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental (15. badness/ hurt/ illness/
pain) benefit from listening to music.

Part 2. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.

FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
Of the five senses, smell is probably the one that you value the least. Yet your sense of smell is the most
t between
direct link (1)………………….the brain and the outside world. It (2)………………….two
takes seconds for a
o approach
smell to (3)………………….the nose and travel to the part of the brain (4)………………….controls
which
emotions and memories. Exactly (5)………………..your
how sense of smell influences your emotions, however, is
not
(6)………………….fully understood.
Nevertheless, a sense of smell can even Influence your relationships (7)………………….
with other people.
fall
Apparently, you (8)…………………. in love through your nose, not your eyes or your ears. Moreover, people
tend to smell of what they eat and (9)………………….can
this also influence what people think of you. In one
famous study, 84 per cent of people taking (10)………………….said
part likely
they were more (11)………………….to
were
buy a particular brand of trainers, when they (12)…………………. placed in a room smelling of flowers. This
used
kind of knowledge can be (13)………………….to influence people's spending habits at a sub-conscious
(14)…………………. and could obviously be useful In (15)………………….all selling sorts of things from clothing
to cars.

Part 3. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets

1. She left her home last week and (not see) ………………………ever hasn't been seen since.
2. My teacher encouraged us (take) ……………………… to take part in the English contest.
3. My brother often fell asleep while he (do) ………………………his is doing homework.
4. I’m very exhausted now because I ( run) ……………………… ran
5. It was the second time we ( visit) ……………………… have visited Ha Long Bay.
6. He hated (bother)………………………with bothering trifling matters when he had many more important things to
deal with.
to have escaped
7. The prisoner is thought (escape) ........................ by climbing over the wall yesterday.
8. The stereo (play) has been
............. playing
since 6 pm. I wish someone would turn it off.
9. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she had been wearing her seat belt, she ( not hurt)
.................. so badly. wouldnt have been hurt
had stood
10. He stepped down from the bench on which he (stand) ............................ and walked out of the room