Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:
                                        HISTORY OF MUSIC         Music is found in every known culture, past and present, (1)________ wildlybetween times and places. Scientists now believe that modem humans emerged from Africa 160,000 years ago. Around 50,000 years ago these humans began to disperse from Africa (2)_______ all the habitable (3)__________ . Since all people of the world, including the most isolated tribal groups, have a form (4)________ music, scientists conclude that music must have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of (5)________ around the world. Consequently, music must have been in existence (6)________ at least 50,000 years and the first music must have been invented in Africa and (7)__________ evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life.        A culture's music is (8)_________ by all other aspects of that culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. The emotions and ideas that music (9)_________ , the situations in which music is played and listened to, and the attitudes toward music players and(10)_______ all vary between regions and periods. "Music history" is the distinct subfield of musicology and history which studies music (particularly western art music) from a chronological perspective.
 
1. A. altering               B. varying                C. changing                D. moving2. A. reaching             B.reach                    C. to reach                  D. reached3. A. areas                 B. continents            C. land                        D. soil4.A. in                        B. for                        C. of                            D. at5. A. men                   B. humans                C. human                    D. people6. A. in                       B. at                         C. of                            D. for7. A. then                   B. so                        C. now                        D. finally8. A. influence            B. to influence          C. influenced               D. influential9. A. writes                B.speaks                  C. conveys                  D. expresses10. A. composer        B. composers            C. components           D. composing
 
A. 1. B                2. A                 3. B                 4. C                 5. B6. D                7. A                 8. C                 9. D                 10. B 
B. 1. B                2. A                 3. B                 4. C                 5. C6. D                7. A                 8. C                 9. B                 10. C 
C. 1. B                2. A                 3. A                 4. C                 5. B6. D                7. B                 8. C                 9. A                 10. D 
D. 1. B                2. C                 3. B                 4. C                 5. D6. D                7. A                 8. C                 9. D                 10. A

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
What he is always late for class makes the teacher angry.
A. What
B. always
C. late
D. makes

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  
likes                  ends                  gets                    walks
A. likes                  
B. ends                  
C. gets                    
D. walks

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
polite                      problem                       arrive                       guitar
A. polite                      
B. problem                       
C. arrive                       
D. guitar

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
ambitious                  background                     tragic                      humane
A. ambitious                  
B. background                     
C. tragic                      
D. humane

Choose one sentence that has the nearest meaning to the root one:
 My brother always drives to work.
A. My brother always goes to work in my car.
B. My brother always gets to work by car.
C. My brother always repairs cars at work.
D. My brother’s driver is always off work.

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The sea ______________ the sun’s warmth longer than the land 
A. develops                     
B. retains                     
C. ranks                   
D. fascinates

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Without Jack's help, I wouldn't have been able to move the table.
A. Jack hadn't helped, but I could move the table.
B. Jack didn't help, so I hadn't been able to move the table.
C. If Jack hadn't helped, I wouldn't have been able to move the table.
D. Had Jack helped, I wouldn't have been able to move the table.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
spread                         dream                         teacher                       really
A. spread                         
B. dream                         
C. teacher                       
D. really

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
My brother and I went to that school.
A. I went to that school and so did my brother.
B. I went to that school, so my brother went with me.
C. I went to that school and my brother went with me.
D. I and my brother agreed to go to that school.