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II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
MUSIC - A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music
came before speech and (41) ______ as a development of mating calls. In fact, there is one
theory that the (42) ______ languages were chanted or sung, rather than spoken. Indeed, in some
cultures, music is a form of (43) ______ history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use
music as a means to (44) ______ on stories of the land and spirits to the next generation.
New evidence suggests that music does not just (45) ______ the feel - good factor but it is also
good for the brain. A study of intellectually (46) ______ children showed that they could recall
more information after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as a story.
Researchers also report that people (47) ______ better on a standard intelligence test
after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (48) ______ by
findings that rats brought up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or
passages, (49) ______ as a maze. Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer
from any form of mental (50) ______ benefit from listening to music.
41. A. was B. swelled C. arose D. reacted
42. A. earliest B. newest C. easiest D. simplest
43. A. enjoying B. making C. recording D. stating
44. A. move B. pass C. hand D. happen
45. A. convince B. satisfy C. please D. prefer
46. A. disabled B. inactive C. incapable D. disordered
47. A. examine B. prepare C. achieve D. score
48. A. supported B. given C. marked D. remembered
49. A. called B. heard C. regarded D. known
50. A. badness B. hurt C. illness D. pain
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
III. Fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
FRUITIBIX
Do you want to be slim?
Do you worry about your family’s health?
Then you should try Fruitibix, the new (51) ______ fruit and nut biscuit. Fruitibix
(52) ______ wonderful, but it contains less sugar than most other biscuits. Each biscuit
contains dried fruit and nuts, (53) ______ apples, coconut and bananas. Sometimes you
(54) ______ like eating something between meals. Now, instead of (55) ______ a chocolate
bar, bite into a Fruitibix. It will keep you healthy.
At lunchtime, instead of chips or hamburgers, have a Fruitibix. It contains all the essential
foods for a balanced (56) ______. And if you are in a (57) ______, and don’t have time for a proper
meal, Fruitibix will give you the (58) ______ to keep on going.
So whenever your children ask for (59) ______ sweet, give them Fruitibix instead of cakes or
chocolate. They will love the taste and it won’t (60) ______ their teeth. Discover Fruitibix. It’s on
your supermarket shelves now!
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
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