Test 1
Test 1
Test 1
I. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. guitar B. singer C. chorus D. sequence
2. A. between B. perforin C. enjoy D. happen
3. A. comment B. common C. channel D. compose
II. Fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase from the box.
idol identify performance judge series
single
audience in search of song writer talented
1. Three thousand __________ crowded the concert hall.
2. The audience was clearly enchanted by her __________ .
3. Never __________ people by their appearance and a book by its cover.
4. A __________ album is an album which only has 1 or 2 songs in it.
5. The target audience for the TV __________ are young people aged 13 to 18.
6. She travelled the globe __________ good writers of children’s stories.
7. A great cheer went up from the crowd as they caught sight of
their__________.
8. You are such a __________ member of our team and we are grateful of having
you.
9. I didn’t enjoy the book because I couldn’t __________ with any of the main
characters.
10. Bob Dylan, a singer and __________ , said that there would be no music
without the words.
III. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D.
Music is sound that has been organized by using rhythm, melody or (1)
__________ . If someone bangs saucepans while cooking, it makes noise. If a
person bangs saucepans or pots in a (2) __________ way, they are making a
simple type of music.
There are (3) __________ things which music has most of the time: Music often
has pitch. This means high and low notes. Tunes are made of notes that go up
or down or stay on the (4) __________ pitch.
Music often has rhythm. Rhythm is the way the musical sounds and (5)
__________ are put together in a sequence. Every tune has a rhythm that can be
tapped. Music usually has a regular beat.
Music often has dynamics. This means (6) __________ it is quiet or loud or
somewhere in between.
Music often has timbre. This is a French word (pronounced the French way:
“TAM-br”). The “timbre” of a sound is the way that a sound is (7) __________ .
The sort of sound might be harsh, gentle, dry, warm, or something else. Timbre
is what makes a clarinet sound different from an oboe, and what makes one
person’s voice sound different (8) __________ another person.
1. A. harmony B. harmonic C. harmonica D. harmonics
2. A. straight B. rhythmic C. fixed D. constant
3. A. one B. two C. three D. four
4. A. same B. like C. rather D. as
5. A. silent B. silence C. silences D. silently
6. A. how B. which C. whether D. that
7. A. interested B. interesting C. interests D. interest
8. A. with B. to C. for D. from