What is "pop" music? It has always been difficult for me to decide (1)___________ "popular music" means music written for the people or it is simple music that the people like.The same problem of definition exists with jazz. So (2)___________ different types of music have been called jazz at one time or (3)___________ that is hard to say what it really is. Jazz has always been considered (4)___________black music but when I first took an interest in it I used to hear white bands playing music that was like Louis Armstrong's in the 1920s. I found out (5)___________ that they learn to do this by playing his records over and over again until their style was (6)___________ to his for them to imitate him. Since then white singers (7)___________ Bob Dylan have rediscovered their own folk tradition, instead of borrowing from black roots. But the main changes since 1960 have been social and technical. One is that (8)___________have more money to spend on records at an earlier age than they used to, so Tin Pan Alley, the "pop music" industry, aims at the teenage audience. Another is that electronic equipment has developed (9)___________ extent that technicians are now capable of mixing sound to produce recordings that are quite different from a live performance. But the real problem with "pop" music is that Tin Pan Alley has always worked against (10)___________ a genuine music of the people. It takes everything original and natural out of it and replaces it with cheap commercial imitation. As the American folk singer, Woody Guthrie said: "They've always preferred the second-rate song. They've never wanted to play the good one.
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Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√). If the line has a word that should not be there, write the word at the end of the line. There are two examples at the beginning.
Congratulations on winning of the tennis championship! You must be very pleased, especially since the prize is quite a lot of money. What are you going to spend it on? You could even buy a new car with all that money! You should have be in great shape after all the training you have been doing. It must be so very hard work, practising all those hours for every day but it is worth it in the end, isn't it? Perhaps you are thinking of going on holiday so that you can have a break from tennis and relax. Can you tell me exactly what is kind of tennis racket you chose for the competition? If I would get the same, it might help me to improve my game. Anyway, congratulations on your great victory! I'm still studying English every single day and the course has three months to go. I have moved house, as if you can see from my new address. Make sure you reply back to the right address! Your last letter went to my old address, but it wasn't by your fault because I hadn't told anyone who I had moved then. Did you know that I have had a job for the last three weeks? I work in a restaurant four evenings a week. I like it, but I don't arrive at home until one o'clock in the morning, which is a bit inconvenient.
I will leave the party early because I must studying for my exam.
Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
It's incredible that his new song leads the Billboard hot 100 chart only in 3 days.
Everyone thought the book was written by the princess herself.
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After many weeks, his solo album ____ a profound influence on the youth all over the country.
Are you one of the thousands of people who eagerly follow every new (1)_____ that appears? Or are you one of those who go to the shops and just buy (2)____ they can find in their size that (3)______ them? Or perhaps you order from a mail- order catalogue, and then have to send everything back because nothing fits?
Whatever kind of shopper you are, one thing is certain. Every one finds clothes important. (4)______ a recent survey, people spend more time (5)________ buying clothes or thinking about buying them, or looking at them in shop windows, than they do on most other products, apart from food. And the reason is obvious. Clothes are an important part of our appearance. At work, you may need to impress a customer. or persuade the boss that you know what you are doing, and clothes certainly help. Well dressed people, so they say, get on in the world. And as far as attracting the opposite sex is concerned, clothes also play a vital role. (6)_______a friend who has been wearing the same old jacket or the same old dress suddenly appears in the (7)_____ fashion, you can be sure that romance is in the air. And apart from work and romance, there are the (8)_____ of sport, music and leisure on the way we dress. So excuse me while I (9)_____ on my tracksuit and training shoes. I‘m just dashing off ( 10)__ some fast window-shopping.
It turned out to be a ______ journey when the weather became bad.
Choose the best answer:
Oprah Winfrey has played a key role in modern American life, shaping cultural ____ and promoting various liberal causes
never leave any electrical appliances on standby and I think it is a good way to _______________ energy in the home.
I never leave any electrical appliances on standby and I think it is a good way to ____ energy in the home.
The police caught the thief _________ the corner of Cascade and Plum Streets.
Tìm từ đồng nghĩa: A digital camera is more economical than a film camera since you don't have to buy rolls of films.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
It's incredible that his new song leads the Billboard hot 100 chart only in 3 days.
