BÀI TẬP TRẮC NGHIỆM TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 UNIT 12 MUSIC I/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it: Music, artful arrangement of sounds (1) _ time This definition is obviously very broad, but a narrower one would exclude (2) _ much Music is part of virtually every culture on (3) _, but it varies widely among cultures in style and structure Definitions of music can (4) _ dramatically over a short time, as they have across the world during the 20th (5) _ Can music exist without (6) _? Some philosophers argue that music should be defined as a kind of “mental (7) _” and that the physical aspects of sound are simply by-products of this image If you (8) _ you can have a musical experience by imagining the sound of a piece of music, then you think (9) _ can exist without sound But most musical experiences involve producing or (10) _ to physical characteristics of sound such as pitch and timbre (quality comparable to texture or color in sight) Is the tape-recorded sound of a large metal-stamping machine music? Are minutes (11) _ 33 seconds of silence music? Is the activity of reading a (12) _ of hundreds of seemingly unrelated objects, activities, and states of mind music? Each of these “(13) _”, as well as many other sounds (or nonsounds), has been copyrighted (14) _ a musical composition, performed, and recorded in the 20 th century One of the legacies of 20th-century music is to have blurred the definition of music as (15) _ before 1/ A through B over C along D across 2/ A too B so C very D enough 3/ A Earth B the moon C stars D the sun 4/ A vary B change C remain D stay 5/ A year B month C century D decade 6/ A accent B voice C sound D noise 7/ A drawing B painting C picture D image 8/ A know B say C see D think 9/ A music B people C culture D images 10/ A reading B speaking C listening D writing 11/ A and B but C or D so 12/ A title B book C list D menu 13/ A phrases B letters C words D works 14/ A like B as C such as D for example 15/ A not B seldom C ever D never II/ Read the passage and statements below carefully, and then say whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (N): Music is part of every culture on Earth Many people feel that music makes life worth living We can make music ourselves if we play an instrument or sing We can hear music on CDs and on radio or television Music gives us pleasure It can cheer us up, excite us, or soothe us WHAT IS MUSIC? Music can be happy, sad, romantic, sleepy, spine-tingling, healing—all kinds of things But what is it? Some people define it as an artful arrangement of sounds across time Our ears interpret these sounds as loud or soft, high or low, rapid and short, or slow and smooth The sounds need to continue for a time in some sort of pattern to become music Music, like language, is a uniquely human form of communication As with language, there are many different kinds In North America, people listen to jazz, rock, classical, folk, country, and many other kinds of music Each kind of music has its own rules and “speaks” to us in its own way What we think of as music depends on where we live What Americans are used to listening to might sound strange to someone from another culture, and vice versa It might not even sound like music In Indonesia, gamelan orchestras play music on gongs, drums, and xylophones These aren’t the instruments you’d find in a typical orchestra in North America Today, modern communications make it possible for us to listen to music from all over the world Music from one part of the world influences music from another part For example, gamelan music from Indonesia influenced 20 th-century American composers such as John Cage 1/ Music is part of every culture on all the planets 2/ Music is considered one important thing which makes life fun and beautiful 3/ Everyone can make music 4/ You can see music everywhere 5/ There are many kinds of music in Vietnam 6/ We can feel happy when we hear music 7/ Music can be many kinds of things 8/ People have the same definition of music 9/ Sometimes the sounds of music can be slow 10/ People know all kinds of music in the world 11/ Everyone understands music the same way 12/ In different places there are different music instruments 13/ Nowadays we find it easier to listen to music 14/ Music from one place is influenced by others from other places 15/ American music influences Indonesian music a lot