UNIT 4: MUSIC AND ARTS

Exercise 1.
1.D 2.D 3.B 4.B 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. A 9.C 10. C
Exercise 2.
1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6. B 7. A 8.C 9.A 10.C
Exercise 3.
1. drums 2. poet 3. singer 4. composer 5. comedian
6. pianist 7. musician 8. artist 9. actress 10. clown
Exercise 4.
1. dancing 2. composed 3. paints 4. sang
5. to play 6. have exhibited 7. drew 8. taking
9. is performing 10. to act
Exercise 5.
1. singer 2. language 3. artists 4. theatre 5. instruments
6. exhibition 7. popular 8. classic 9. pleasure 10. dancer
Exercise 6.
1. characters 2. control 3. exhibition
4. original 5. performance 6. photographer
7. puppet 8. favourite 9. musician
10. compulsory 11. originally 12. artistically
13. Photography 14. worst 15. musical
Exercise 7.
1. I'm not as tall as you.
2. My salary isn't as high as yours.
3. You don't know about cars as much as me.
4. It isn't as cold as it was yesterday.
5. I don't feel as tired as I felt yesterday.
6. Our neighbours haven't lived here as long as us.
7. I wasn't as nervous as I am usually.
8. You don't know them as well as me.
9. There aren't as many people at this meeting as the last one.
10. I don't go out as much as I used to.
Exercise 8.
1. the same height as 2. the same hobby as
3. the same age as 4. the same movie as
5. the same musical instrument as 6. the same style as
7. the same subject as 8. the same number of students as
9. the same dress as 10. the same length as
11. the same books as 12. the same price as
13. the same TV programs as 14. the same appearance as
15. the same old coat as
Exercise 9.
1. Walking is not as fast as cycling.
2. This tea tastes different from the one I usually drink.
3. Health is more important than money.
4. His new guitar is the same as his old one.
5. K2 is not as high as Everest.
6. Oil painting is different from pencil painting.
7.Today's exam was shorter than yesterday's.
8. Your idea is not the same as mine.
Exercise 10.
3. This house is different from your last house.
4. The child's height is the same as the height of the table.
5. Jane is very different from her sister.
6. This cake tastes the same as that cake.
7. Food in San Francisco is different from food in New Orleans.
8. His shoes are the same as my shoes.
9. American English is slightly different from British English.
10. People say I look just the same as my mother.
Exercise 11.
1. D 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8. B 9. B 10.C
11. A 12.D 13.B 14.B 15.C
Exercise 12.
1. B → photography 2.C→with 3. D→art 4. D→ well
5. D→as 6. A→ from 7. D→ either 8. D→ from
9. C→was 10. D→to
Exercise 13.
1. was 2. in 3. leaving 4. wrote 5. much
6. made 7. lived 8. the 9. However 10. most
Exercise 14.
1. He has already taught hundreds of young people.
2. There are over 30 schools of rock in different towns in the USA.
3. He started the first School of Rock in 1998.
4. It's about a rock musician who became a teacher.
5. He teaches them to be rock performers.
Exercise 15.
1. The room at the end of the corridor of the art gallery is not as large as this room.
2. In my opinion, romance films are not as exciting as action films.
3. Picasso's paintings are not the same as Salvador Dali's paintings.
4. I am interested in comic books, and my brother is, too.
5. My mother doesn't like thrillers, and I don't, either.
6. Her hobbies are taking photographs and collecting coins.
7. Viet Nam has some kinds of traditional opera, such as "Cheo" or "Cai luong".
8. I don't sing as well as my sister.
9. Ballets and modern dance are not the same.
10. The project was not as long as we thought at first.
Exercise 16.
1. This painting is made from traditional paper with natural colours.
2. I saw interesting portraits at the art gallery last week.
3. Piano is much heavier than other instruments.
4. Which musical instrument do you have?
5. Who composed this song?
6. The villagers are not as friendly as they were years ago.
8. This film is not as long as the film I watched yesterday.
9. Classical music is not as interesting as rock music.
10. I never watch dramas at the theatre.