GRAMMAR: UNIT 3.

MUSIC

Exercise I: Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following sentences.
1. Melody is a musical line that is the "tune" of the piece, ______ is the part you will
probably be humming when you leave the concert!
A. which B. There c. This D. What
2. Accompaniment is a musical line that is secondary _____the melody; and
accompaniment parts support the melody.
A. of B. in c. with D. to
3. Unison is the sounding of the same note by two or more ______. In a unison piece of
music, the players do not have different parts, but all play together.
A. player B. players c. the player D. the players
4. Folk Music refers to any music that comes from a common culture, and it is most often
passed on _______ from generation to generation.
A. oral B. orally c. oratorical D. oratory
5. Stringed instruments are played by drawing a bow _______ the strings or by plucking
the strings with the fingers.
A. from B. away c. across D. over
6. Woodwind players produce sound by blowing air into ______ mouthpiece. Most
woodwind instruments have reeds, which vibrate very quickly to produce the sound of
the instrument.
A. an B. a C. the D. his
7. Brass players make sound by "buzzing" their lips ______ blowing into the mouthpiece,
they change notes with the help of valves or slides.
A. while B. during c. before D. by
8. Music is an art form and cultural activity _________medium is sound organized in
time.
A. that B. in which c. where D. whose
9. The tragic end of “Swan Lake” shows that magic is __________ over love.
A. power
B. powerful
C. powerless
D. powerfully
10. ____ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.
A. Late
B. Later
C. Latter
D. Lately
11. You will have to ____ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.
A. put off
B. cut down
C. put out
D. put up
12. Nursing, teaching and engineering are ____.
A. works
B. lines
C. titles
D. professions
13. The government stopped the local companies from importing fake milk powder ____
of public health.
A. in the interest
B. to the best
C. for the attention
D. on the safe side
14. One problem for teacher is that each student has his/her own ____ needs.
A. separate
B. divided
C. individual
D. distinctive
15. Hat Boi involves singing with distinctive vocal production techniques, symbolic
gestures, ____________ it is extremely difficult to perform ________ requires special
training in the art form.
A. and - but
B. so - but
C. so - and
D. but - and
16. Vietnam Idol, a music reality show, is becoming popular among young
_________who love to watch their generation on TV.
A. spectators
B. singers
C. audiences
D. teenage
17. The first ever Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) _________ in Denmark, in
2003.
A. took part
B. took place
C. took advantage
D. took care
18. The local authorities will cooperate with the Department of Education and training
_______ the traditional music in the schools next year.
A. to teach
B. teach
C. teaching
D. taught
19. Nicholas Sparks is a ____ author. People love and respect him for his novels and
personalities.
A. notorious
B. renowned
C. remarked
D. resisted
20. Four artists have been ____ for the prize, but only one can win it.
A. offered
B. decided
C. nominated
D. pointed

Exercise II. Put the verbs into the correct form.

1. Could you please stop (make) _______________so much noise?
2. He refused (lend) _______________me any money.
3. Don't let him (try) _______________ this dangerous game!
4. I don't enjoy (write) _______________ letters.
5. Miss Smith was very strict. No one dared (talk) _______________ during her lessons.
6. I've arranged (play) _______________ tennis tomorrow afternoon.
7. Tom made Mary (cry) _______________ yesterday.
8. Have you finished (wash) _______________your hair yet?
9. Sally offered (look) _______________ after our children while we were out.
10. He admitted (steal) _______________ our car.
11. She doesn't want (go) _______________ home now.
12. We are not allowed (talk) _______________in the library.
13. Would you mind (answer) _______________ me some questions?
14. They watched their children (play) _______________ football.
15. He begged her (not/tell) _______________his mother.
Exercise III. Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences
1. He/ the/ place/ Idol/ won/ second/ contest/ in.
2. The player/ of/ answer/ series/ general/ a knowledge/ will/ questions.
3. with/ the/ increases/ amount/ number/ The/ of/ of/ with/ prize-money/ questions.
4. room/ crowded/ was/ with/ The/ audiences.
5. An/ ways/ actress's/ unlike/ that/ life/ of/ is/ other/ in/ many/ women.
6. to do / that / again. / for me / would be / It / awful

7. ten years / the championship. / to win / took / the team / It

8. dollars / lunch. / to buy / It / four / costs

9. information / allows / to get /The Internet / us / anywhere. / from

10. me / to give / my teacher / less / My mother / persuaded / homework.

Exercise IV: Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A. B. C or D - that must
be changed for the sentence to be correct.

1. I'm usually right about the weather. am not I?

A B C D

2. An old man walking along, the road stopped talking to us.

A B C D

3. Mike usually drives to work but today he walks.

A B C D

4. Hypnosis is sometimes employed as a means of helping people quit to smoke.

A B C D

5. Despite most mushroom are edible, some specie cause serious poisoning.

A B C D

6. Today we know that the earth is one of nine planets whose orbit the sun.
 A B C D

7. Do you want to get up by yourself, or would you like me to wake up you?

A B C D

8. I bought this new software for learning Chinese

A B C D

9. Computers are often used to control, adjustment, and correct complex industrial

A B C D

operation.

10. I'm tired because I'm not used to stay up late.

A B C D

Exercise V: Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning and choose the correct
answer.
1. How about booking tickets for the concert in advance?

A. Let’s booking tickets for the concert in advance.

B. Why not booking tickets for the concert in advance?

C. What about booking tickets for the concert in advance?

D. Shall we booking tickets for the concert in advance?

2. Johnny is simply blind to his own shortcomings.

A. He doesn’t know his own shortcomings.

B. He has talents for many things.

C. He doesn’t have any shortcomings

D. He is a good guy.

3. Van Cao is the musician who wrote “Tien Quan Ca”.

A. Van Cao didn’t compose “Tien Quan Ca”.

B. “Tien Quan Ca” is Van Cao’s favourite song.

C. “Tien Quan Ca” was written by Van Cao.

D. Van Cao is listening to “Tien Quan Ca”.

4. We couldn’t reach the house because the road was flooded.

A. Because of the flooded road, we couldn’t reach the house.

B. If there had been a flood, we couldn’t reach the house.

C. The house have been flooded.

D. The flood prevents us from reaching the house.

5. Beethoven’s music is so dedicating that many people love it.

A. Many people enjoy Beethoven’s dedicating music.

B. Beethoven’s music is too dedicating for many people to love.

C. No one like Beethoven’s music.

D. Beethoven’s music is not dedicating enough for many people.

6. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.

A. She worked very hard in difficult conditions.

B. She worked very hard but she still lived in difficult conditions.

C. She worked very hard even though her living conditions were difficult.

D. She worked very hard because her living conditions were difficult.
7. It was impossible to find Torn anywhere.

A. Torn was unable to go anywhere B. Torn could not be found anywhere.

C. It was possible to find Torn. D. Torn could go anywhere he liked.

8. Fewer people came to the meeting than we had expected.

A. Too many people came to the meeting.

B. There were more people at the meeting than we had expected.

C. There were not enough seats for all people as we had expected.

D. We had expected more people to come to the meeting.

9. The results of the research are not only impressive, but also alarming.

A. The results of the research are not alarming but impressive.

B. The results of the research are alarming but not impressive.

C. The results of the research are not either impressive or alarming

D. The results of the research are both impressive and alarming.

10. Mark is not interested in teaching.

A. Mark would like to teach. B. Teaching is not interesting to Mark.

C. Mark didn't think teaching is interesting. D. Mark knows how to teach.

Exercise VI. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank

WHAT IS "POP" MUSIC?
It has always been difficult for me to decide (1) ____ "popular music" means music
written for the people or it is simple music that the people like. The same problem of
definition exists with jazz. So (2) ____ different types of music have been called jazz at
one time or (3) ____ that is hard to say what it really is. Jazz has always been considered
(4) ____ black music but when I first took an interest in it I used to hear white bands
playing music that was like Louis Armstrong's in the 1920s. I found out (5) ____ that
they learn to do this by playing his records over and over again until their style was
(6)____ to his for them to imitate him. Since then white singers (7) ____ Bob Dylan have
rediscovered their own folk tradition, instead of borrowing from black roots. But the
main changes since 1960 have been social and technical. One is that (8) ____ have more
money to spend on records at an earlier age than they used to, so Tin Pan Alley, the "pop
music" industry, aims at the teenage audience. Another is that electronic equipment has
developed (9) ____ extent that technicians are now capable of mixing sound to produce
recordings that are quite different from a live performance. But the real problem with
"pop" music is that Tin Pan Alley has always worked against (10) ____ a genuine music
of the people. It takes everything original and natural out of it and replaces it with cheap
commercial imitation. As the American folk singer, Woody Guthrie said: "They've
always preferred the second-rate song. They've never wanted to play the good one."
1. A. what B. how C. whether D. when
2. A. much B. a lot of C. many D. plenty
3. A. the other B. The others C. others D. another
4. A. to be B. being C. as being D. that it is
5. A. presently B. afterwards C. after D. soon
6. A. so close B. close enough C. too close D. enough close
7. A. like B. as C. for instance D. for example
8. A. the youths B. young people C. the youth D. youngs
9. A. in so great B. to so great C. in such an D. to such an
10. A. its being B. it to be C. being it D. that it was