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.

Pop music has always been influenced by other forms of music. An important form is folk music. Folk songs are the songs composed and sung by country people. The songs may be hundreds of years old, so nobody knows who originally composed them. Modern music is often music for dancing. In Britain, it was traditionally played with instruments like flute, accordion, etc.

In the 1950s and 1960s the people who wrote songs and played them with ascoutic guitars were also called folk singers. The songs were often complaining of bad things happening in society.

Question 31: A. Which form of music is pop music mainly influenced by?

A. classical music                B. jazz                        C. folk music                         D. rock and roll

Question 32: Who were folk songs composed by?

A. countryside people                                                         B. old singers                                   

C. modern musicians                                                           D. city people

Question 33: According to the passage, what is modern music often used for?

A. forming pop music                                                          B. dancing

C. singing only                                                                      D. playing with guitars

Question 34:  The underlined word ‘it’ refers to _________ .

A. instruments                      B. folk songs                         C. modern music                 D. dancing

Question 35: In the 1950s and 1960s, what did people play folk songs with?

A. drums                                B. flutes                                 C. pianos                                D. guitars

Read  the  following  passage  and mark  A,  B,  C,  or  D  to  indicate  the  correct  answer  to  each  of  the blanks.

American  folk  music  originated  with  (31)  ________  people  at  a  time  when  the  rural  population  was isolated  and  music  was  not  (32)  ________  spread  by  radio,  records,  or  music  video.  It  was  (33)  _______  by  oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part  in  its  heritage.  Later  settler  from  other  countries  also  contributed  songs.  In  the  nineteenth  century, composer Steven Foster  wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (34) _________ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer – composers such as Peter Seeger,  Bob  Dylan,  Joan  Baez  continued  this  tradition  by  urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (35) ________ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.

Điền vào ô 31

A. ordinary

B. popular

C. common

D. typical

Read  the  following  passage  and mark  A,  B,  C,  or  D  to  indicate  the  correct  answer  to  each  of  the blanks.

American  folk  music  originated  with  (31)  ________  people  at  a  time  when  the  rural  population  was isolated  and  music  was  not  (32)  ________  spread  by  radio,  records,  or  music  video.  It  was  (33)  _______  by  oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part  in  its  heritage.  Later  settler  from  other  countries  also  contributed  songs.  In  the  nineteenth  century, composer Steven Foster  wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (34) _________ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer – composers such as Peter Seeger,  Bob  Dylan,  Joan  Baez  continued  this  tradition  by  urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (35) ________ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.

Điền vào ô 33

A. transferred

B. transformed

C. transmitted

D. transited

Read  the  following  passage  and mark  A,  B,  C,  or  D  to  indicate  the  correct  answer  to  each  of  the blanks.

American  folk  music  originated  with  (31)  ________  people  at  a  time  when  the  rural  population  was isolated  and  music  was  not  (32)  ________  spread  by  radio,  records,  or  music  video.  It  was  (33)  _______  by  oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part  in  its  heritage.  Later  settler  from  other  countries  also  contributed  songs.  In  the  nineteenth  century, composer Steven Foster  wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (34) _________ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer – composers such as Peter Seeger,  Bob  Dylan,  Joan  Baez  continued  this  tradition  by  urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (35) ________ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.

Điền vòa ô 34

A. which

B. this

C. who

D. that

Read  the  following  passage  and mark  A,  B,  C,  or  D  to  indicate  the  correct  answer  to  each  of  the blanks.

American  folk  music  originated  with  (31)  ________  people  at  a  time  when  the  rural  population  was isolated  and  music  was  not  (32)  ________  spread  by  radio,  records,  or  music  video.  It  was  (33)  _______  by  oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part  in  its  heritage.  Later  settler  from  other  countries  also  contributed  songs.  In  the  nineteenth  century, composer Steven Foster  wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (34) _________ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer – composers such as Peter Seeger,  Bob  Dylan,  Joan  Baez  continued  this  tradition  by  urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (35) ________ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.

Điền vào ô 32

A. even

B. still

C. until

D. yet

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.

Which type of music is often involved with piano accompaniment?

A. spirituals

B. ragtime

C. blues

D. jaz

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.

Which type of music is often involved with piano accompaniment?

A. spirituals

B. ragtime

C. blues

D. jazz

Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to eac of the blanks.

American folk music originated with (31)________ people at a time when the rural population was isolated and music was not (32)________ spread by radio, records, or music video. It was (33)_______ by oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part in its heritage. Later settler from other countries also contributed songs. In the nineteenth century, composer Steven Foster wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (34)_________ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer – composers such as Peter Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez continued this tradition by urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (35)________ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.

Question 31:

A. ordinary

B. popular

C. common

D. typical