Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
Exercise 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
(2).
Music is one of the human species' relatively few (1).
abilities. Without formal training,
any individual, from Stone Age tribesmen to suburban teenagers, has the ability to recognize music
and, in some fashion, to make it. Why this should be so is a mystery. After all, music isn't necessary for
getting through the day, and if it aids in reproduction, it does so only in highly indirect ways. Language,
is also everywhere - but for reasons that are more obvious. With language, you and
the members of your tribe can organize a migration across Africa, build reed boats and cross the seas,
and communicate at night even when you can't see each other. Modern culture, in all its technological
the human talent for manipulating symbols and syntax.
_ by the connection between music and language. Yet
over the years, words and melody have acquired a vastly different status in the lab and the seminar
essential to unlocking the mechanisms of human intelligence,
music is generally treated as an evolutionary frippery - mere "auditory cheesecake", as the Harvard
extravagance, springs directly (3).
Scientists have always been (4)
room. While language (5)
cognitive scientist Steven Pinker puts it.
[Adapted from https://www.ielts - mentor.com]
Question 1: A. parochial
B. omnipresent
C. sophisticated
D. divergent
Question 2: A. in addition
Question 3: A. from
B. nevertheless
B. up
C. on the contrary
C. on
Question 4: A. repulsed
C. defeated
Yal
B. counteracted
Question 5: A. has long been considered
C. have long been considered
D. moreover
D. for
D. fascinated
B. has been long considered
D. have been long considered
Exercise 4: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, and one of his country's most (1)
songwriters. As a young (2)
in the 1950s, he was influenced by the style of Joao Gilberto,
1967. He travelled in the 1970s,
but he didn't release his first album, Louvacao, (3)
recorded an album in English (4)
in 1980, introduced reggae to Brazil when he released
many musicians,
his version of Bob Marley's song, 'No woman, no cry.' He has played (5)
while continuing his career as a solo artist. In all he has produced over 40 albums. His music appeals to
people because of its rhythms and (6)
and for social causes.
but people also admire him for his work in politics
Question 1: A. talent
Question 2: A. music
Question 3: A. before
B. talenting
C. talented
D. talents
B. musical
C. musically
D. musician
Question 4: A. but
Question 5: A. for
B. until
B. so
B. with
C. and
C. after
D. in
D. or
C. by
D. to
Question 6: A. melodies
B. songs
C.music
D. sound
[Adapted from Global Success Workbook 101
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
(2).
Music is one of the human species' relatively few (1).
abilities. Without formal training,
any individual, from Stone Age tribesmen to suburban teenagers, has the ability to recognize music
and, in some fashion, to make it. Why this should be so is a mystery. After all, music isn't necessary for
getting through the day, and if it aids in reproduction, it does so only in highly indirect ways. Language,
is also everywhere - but for reasons that are more obvious. With language, you and
the members of your tribe can organize a migration across Africa, build reed boats and cross the seas,
and communicate at night even when you can't see each other. Modern culture, in all its technological
the human talent for manipulating symbols and syntax.
_ by the connection between music and language. Yet
over the years, words and melody have acquired a vastly different status in the lab and the seminar
essential to unlocking the mechanisms of human intelligence,
music is generally treated as an evolutionary frippery - mere "auditory cheesecake", as the Harvard
extravagance, springs directly (3).
Scientists have always been (4)
room. While language (5)
cognitive scientist Steven Pinker puts it.
[Adapted from https://www.ielts - mentor.com]
Question 1: A. parochial
B. omnipresent
C. sophisticated
D. divergent
Question 2: A. in addition
Question 3: A. from
B. nevertheless
B. up
C. on the contrary
C. on
Question 4: A. repulsed
C. defeated
Yal
B. counteracted
Question 5: A. has long been considered
C. have long been considered
D. moreover
D. for
D. fascinated
B. has been long considered
D. have been long considered
Exercise 4: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, and one of his country's most (1)
songwriters. As a young (2)
in the 1950s, he was influenced by the style of Joao Gilberto,
1967. He travelled in the 1970s,
but he didn't release his first album, Louvacao, (3)
recorded an album in English (4)
in 1980, introduced reggae to Brazil when he released
many musicians,
his version of Bob Marley's song, 'No woman, no cry.' He has played (5)
while continuing his career as a solo artist. In all he has produced over 40 albums. His music appeals to
people because of its rhythms and (6)
and for social causes.
but people also admire him for his work in politics
Question 1: A. talent
Question 2: A. music
Question 3: A. before
B. talenting
C. talented
D. talents
B. musical
C. musically
D. musician
Question 4: A. but
Question 5: A. for
B. until
B. so
B. with
C. and
C. after
D. in
D. or
C. by
D. to
Question 6: A. melodies
B. songs
C.music
D. sound
[Adapted from Global Success Workbook 101