Exam card I i reading Charles Darwin (1809—1882)

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II Grammar
1. Turn left ..... the traffic lights.
in
at
on
2. Are you ..... better today?
feeling yourself
feeling yourselves
feeling
3. Could you tell me ..... to the railway station?
how I can get
how can I get
I how can get
4. Paul is very smart; in fact he is ..... boy among his classmates.
more intelligent
the most intelligent
as intelligent
5. The child was punished by _____ to bed without dinner.
sending
being sent
having been sent
6. Craig, ..... only 16, is one of the most promising sportsmen in the UK.
who's
whose
it's
its
7. Sue ….. be able to help them.
might
could
should
shall
8. Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She ..... .
cried
was crying
had been crying
had cried
9. The train had all ..... windows broken.
its
it's
there
their
10. The boys felt ..... than the girls about losing the game.
bad
the worst
worse

III Essay Writing
TV: could you be without it.
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EXAM CARD XIX
I Reading
AMERICA'S MUSIC
In the early 1700s the well-to-do imported manuscripts of music from Europe to play for dancing and concerts. In the early 1800s more people had time and money for the pursuit of culture, and the music of European courts and concert halls was widely heard, especially in the cities.
By the mid- 1800s European romantic melodies were the favorite music. Into this "sea" of romanticism sailed American first great songwriter, Stephen Foster, who became famous in the 1850s for "My Old Kentucky Home" and other "plantation songs", as he called them.
With the wave of German immigration in the mid-19th century came many trained musicians who — as performers, composers, and teachers — spread an enthusiasm for romanticism and for that romantic instrument, the piano.
The Civil War brought martial music, and this music, in its turn, accelerated the development of the bright sound of the brass band, which — with Sunday concerts in the park — became one of America's most popular musical institutions for the next half century.
At the turn of the 20th century the music most widely representative of this country was gaining a fast-growing audience. This appealing new freewheeling sound was called jazz. This music, in all its cultural and ethnic permutations, has perhaps done as much to create understanding and respect among all races as any other single force in American history.
Until the early 1900s most classical music and most of the conductors and soloists came from Europe. Then a few American musicians, such as Charles Ives and Henry Cowell, began to create new sounds in their own way inspiring interest in contemporary music. Encouraged by outstanding schools of music, this interest has made the United States a leader in musical experimentation and innovation. Classical music composed in the US today is as American as folk music and jazz.