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CONCORDANCE AND PARALLELISM
1. Each of the participants ______ received
an invitation.
a. having
b. have
c. has
d. be having
2. Neither the football players nor their
coach _____ satisfied with the referee’s
decision.
a. was
b. be
c. were
d. being
3. The way he talks and smokes ____ me of
his father.
a. remind
b. reminding
c. it reminds
d. reminds
4. Anwar decided to quit school and ______
on his career in music.
a. concentrating
b. concetrates
c. concentrate
d. concentrated
5. Blood pressure is measured by feeling the
pulse and _____.
a.to apply pressure to the arm
b. applying pressure to the arm
c. application of pressure to the arm
d. they apply pressure to the arm
6. Each number in a binary(a) system are(b)
formed(c) from only two(d) symbols.
7. The great digital(a) advances of the
electronic age, such as integrated
circuitry(b) and a microcomputer, has(c)
been planted(d) in tiny chips.
8. There are many frequently(a)
mentioned(b) reasons why one out of four
arrests(c) involve(d) a juvenile.
9. Only with a two-thirds vote(a) by both
houses are(b) the US Congress able to(c)
override a presidential veto(d).
10. Of all the evidence that has piled(a) up
since Webster’s paper was published,
there is(b) no new(c) ideas to contradict(d)
his original theory.
11. Fire extinguishers(a) can contain(b)
liquefied gas, dry chemicals, or(c)
watery(d).
12. A well-composed(a) baroque opera
achieves(b) a delicate balance by
focusing(c) alternatevly on the aural,
visual, emotional, and philosophy(c)
elements.
13. Manufacturers may use(a) food additives
for preserving(b), to color, to flavor, or to
fortify(c) foods(d).
14. A bankruptcy(a) may be(b) either
voluntary(c) nor(d) involuntary.
15. The legal systems of most countries can be
classified _____ common law or civil law.
a. as either
b. either as
c. either to
d. to either
16. The skeleton of a(a) shark is made(b) of
cartilage rather than(c) having bone(d).
17. In 1870, the attorney general was made(a)
head of the Department of Justice, given
an enlarged(b) staff, and endow(c) with
clear-cut law-enforcement functions(d).
18. . ______ heated by solar energy have
special collectors on the roofs to trap
sunlight.
a. A home is
b. Homes are
c. A home
d. Homes
19. The president felt(a) that no one were(b)
better suited(c) for the position of(d) chief
staff advisor.
20. Every time(a) someone take(b) unncessary
breaks(c), precious moments of production
time are lost(d).
The first jazz musicians played in New
Orleans during the early 1900's. After 1917. many
of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south
side of Chicago. where they continued to play their
style of jazz. Soon Chicago was the new-center for
jazz.
Several outstanding musicians emerged as
leading jazz artists in Chicago. Daniel Lotus
"Satchmo" Armstrong, born in New Orleans in
1900, was one. Another leading musician was
Joseph king Oliver. who is also credited with
having discovered Armstrong, when they were both
in New Orleans. While in Chicago. Oliver asked
Armstrong, who was in New Orleans, to join his
band. In 1923 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
made the first important set of recordings by a Hot
Five and Hot Seven bands under Louis Armstrong
also made recordings of special note.
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(A) By the 1930's jazz was appreciated by a

Although Chicago’s South Side was the main wide audience
jazz center, some musicians in New York were also (B) Classical music had a great impact on jazz
demanding attention in jazz circles. In 1923 (C) jazz originated in New Orleans in the early
Fletcher Henderson already had a ten - piece band nineteenth century
that played jazz. During the early 1930’s, the (D) jazz band were better known in, Europe
number of players grew to sixteen. Henderson' s than in the United States
band was considered a leader in what some people
have called the Big Band Era. By the 1930’s. big
dance bands were the rage. Large numbers of
people went to ballrooms to dance to jazz music
played by big bands.

One of the most popular and also a very

famous jazz band was the Duke Eilington band.
Edward "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington,
D.C., in 1899 and died in New York City in 1974.
He studied the piano as a young boy and later
began writing original musical compositions. The
first of Ellington's European tours came in 1933.
He soon received international fame for his talent
as a band leader, composer. and arranger. Ten years
later, Ellington began giving annual concerts at
Carnegic Hall in New York City. People began to
listen to jazz in the same way, that they had always
listened to classical music.

21. It can be inferred from the passage that Louis

Armstrong went to Chicago for which of the
following reasons?
(A) To form his own band
(B) To learn to play Chicago – style jazz
(C) To play in Joseph Oliver's band
(D) To make recordings with the Hot Five
22. According to the passage, which of the
following Black bands was the first to make a
significant set of jazz recordings?
(A) The Hot Seven band
(B) Fletcher Henderson's band
(C) The Red Hot Peppers band
(D) King Oliver's Creole jazz Band
23. As used in line 12, the word "note" could best be
replaced by which of the following?
(A) distinction
(B) memorandum
(C) mood
(D) song
24. The nickname "Duke" belonged to which of the
following bandleaders?
(A) Louis Armstrong
(B) Joseph Oliver
(C) Edward Ellington
(D) Fletcher Henderson
25. The passage supports which of the following
conclusions?