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)____ wildly
between 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. moving
2. A. reaching B.reach C. to reach D. reached
3. A. areas B. continents C. land D. soil
4.A. in B. for C. of D. at
5. A. men B. humans C. human D. people
6. A. in B. at C. of D. for
7. A. then B. so C. now D. finally
8. A. influence B. to influence C. influenced D. influential
9. A. writes B.speaks C. conveys D. expresses
10. A. composer B. composers C. components D. composing

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B

6. D 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C

6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B

6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D

1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. D

6. D 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A

Đáp án và lời giải

Đáp án:A

Lời giải:

1. varying 2. reaching 3. continents 4. of 5. humans

6. for 7. then 8. influenced 9. expresses 10. composers

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