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Read the following passage and mark the letter a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
All life is sound. We are constantly surrounded by sounds and noises (1)…………..by nature and everything in it. For thousands of years man has been speaking and singing, and (2)………….…his wonderfully constructed ear, perceiving sounds and noises, although they are but a small part of the inconceivable wealth of sounds filling the universe. Children everywhere and without
(3)……………..are born with musical abilities with voices, and with hearing. The difference lies (4)………………in what they do with these gifts. That (5)…………....according to temperament upbringing nationality, and time.
Nature itself is full of sound, full of music. Musical sounds existed millions of years before there was a human ear to hear
(6)…………….: the soft bubbling of the water, the roll of thunder, the whistling and rustling of leaves in the wind and
(7)…………..….knows how many other audible manifestations of nature. Man was born (8)…………...a world of sound. Thunder filled him with fear and became a symbol of supernatural (9)…….………… In the roar of the wind he heard the voices of demons. Dwellers at the seashore (10)………….…the temper of the gods by the sound of the waves. Religious rites and music were inseparable at the dawn of humanity.
a. produced b. heard c. found d. existing
a. without b. based on c. in spite of d. thanks to
a. consideration b. doubt c. exception d. preparation
a. absolutely b. merely c. especially d. suddenly
a. varies b. forms c. depends d. differentiates
a. from b. it c. all d. them
a. he b. someone c. who d. everyone
a. with b. into c. in d. from
a. disasters b. existence c. symbols d. powers
a. judged b. touched c. terrified d. heard
Read the following passage and mark the letter a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
TALKING TO…………ELTON JOHN
Q - Do you miss doing the ordinary things in life?
- I like plodding round the kitchen doing the things everybody else does. I love going to the supermarket to do the shopping. I come back with far more stuff than I need. When I am on holiday in St. Tropez, I love to get up at six in the morning to get the fresh bread. So people often see me wheeling my trolley round the supermarkets in town.
Q - Do you mind being recognized?
- I’ve tried going out in disguise, but in the end most people recognize me, Ninety- nine percent are very pleasant, very polite. But it’s frustrating if you get out of bed on the wrong side- and you do some days- and someone asks you for an autograph and they haven’t got a pen or a piece of paper. But I enjoy my popularity; I don’t see the point in being a recluse.
Q - You once said that you’re a bit of a loner.
- Yeah, I always have been. By that I don’t mean that I’m alone. It’s just that I like to be my own boss all the time. Don’t confuse that with being lonely because I’m not. I have lots of great friends around me. Being successful has given me the confidence to do things I wouldn’t have had the courage to do otherwise. But I still retain that shyness when I first meet people. I’m never going to get rid of that.
Q - You like your food, don’t you?
- I’m one of those people who only has to look at a doughnut and I immediately put on 2 pounds without even eating it. I’ve always had a problem with my weight .it doesn’t bother me too much, although I get depressed when I’m very overweight. I dieted once and I became so obsessed that I neatly made myself ill. But I’m happy with the way I am at the moment. If you exercise