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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 that follow.

Music can bring us to tears or to our feet, drive us into battle or lull us to sleep. Music is indeed remarkable in its power over all humankind, and perhaps for that very reason, no human culture on earth has ever lived without it. From discoveries made in France and Slovenia, even Neanderthal man, as long as 53,000 years ago, had developed surprisingly sophisticated, sweet-sounding flutes carved from animal bones. It is perhaps then, no accident that music should strike such a chord with the limbic system – an ancient part of our brain, evolutionarily speaking, and one that we share with much of the animal kingdom. Some researchers even propose that music came into this world long before the human race ever did. For example, the fact that whale and human music have so much in common even though our evolutionary paths have not intersected for nearly 60 million years suggests that music may predate humans. They assert that rather than being the inventors of music, we are latecomers to the musical scene.

Humpback whale composers employ many of the same tricks that human songwriters do. In addition to using similar rhythms, humpbacks keep musical phrases to a few seconds, creating themes out of several phrases before singing the next one. Whale songs in general are no longer than symphony movements, perhaps because they have a similar attention span. Even though they can sing over a range of seven octaves, the whales typically sing in key, spreading adjacent notes no farther apart than a scale. They mix percussive and pure tones in pretty much the same ratios as human composers – and follow their ABA form, in which a theme is presented, elaborated on and then revisited in a slightly modified form. Perhaps most amazing, humpback whale songs include repeating refrains that rhyme. It has been suggested that whales might use rhymes for exactly the same reasons that we do: as devices to help them remember. Whale songs can also be rather catchy. When a few humpbacks from the Indian Ocean strayed into the Pacific, some of the whales they met there quickly changed their tunes – singing the new whales’ songs within three short years. Some scientists are even tempted to speculate that a universal music awaits discovery.

According to the passage, which of the following is true of humpback whales?

A. they do not use rhyme, unlike humans

B. their tunes are distinctively different from human tunes

C. whale songs of a particular group cannot be learned by other whales

D. they can sing over a range of seven octaves

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 that follow.

Music can bring us to tears or to our feet, drive us into battle or lull us to sleep. Music is indeed remarkable in its power over all humankind, and perhaps for that very reason, no human culture on earth has ever lived without it. From discoveries made in France and Slovenia, even Neanderthal man, as long as 53,000 years ago, had developed surprisingly sophisticated, sweet-sounding flutes carved from animal bones. It is perhaps then, no accident that music should strike such a chord with the limbic system – an ancient part of our brain, evolutionarily speaking, and one that we share with much of the animal kingdom. Some researchers even propose that music came into this world long before the human race ever did. For example, the fact that whale and human music have so much in common even though our evolutionary paths have not intersected for nearly 60 million years suggests that music may predate humans. They assert that rather than being the inventors of music, we are latecomers to the musical scene.

Humpback whale composers employ many of the same tricks that human songwriters do. In addition to using similar rhythms, humpbacks keep musical phrases to a few seconds, creating themes out of several phrases before singing the next one. Whale songs in general are no longer than symphony movements, perhaps because they have a similar attention span. Even though they can sing over a range of seven octaves, the whales typically sing in key, spreading adjacent notes no farther apart than a scale. They mix percussive and pure tones in pretty much the same ratios as human composers – and follow their ABA form, in which a theme is presented, elaborated on and then revisited in a slightly modified form. Perhaps most amazing, humpback whale songs include repeating refrains that rhyme. It has been suggested that whales might use rhymes for exactly the same reasons that we do: as devices to help them remember. Whale songs can also be rather catchy. When a few humpbacks from the Indian Ocean strayed into the Pacific, some of the whales they met there quickly changed their tunes – singing the new whales’ songs within three short years. Some scientists are even tempted to speculate that a universal music awaits discovery.

According to the passage, which of the following is true of humpback whales?

A. they do not use rhyme, unlike humans

B. their tunes are distinctively different from human tunes

C. whale songs of a particular group cannot be learned by other whales

D. they can sing over a range of seven octaves

Read the passage about clothes, then answer the questions below.Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts.But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts .Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk, or linen. But today, there are many kinds of man–made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.Are there many kinds of man –made cloth?

I/ Change the following sentences from active into passive form.

1.Somebody has taken my briefcase.

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2.The teacher returned our written word to us.

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3.She had finished her report by soon.

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4.The mad dog bit the little boy.

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5.The police have arrested five suspects.

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6.The doctor ordered him to take a long rest.

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7.Lightening strucsk the house.

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8.A group of students have met their friends at the rail way station.

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9.They didn't allow Tom to take these books home.

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10.The teacher won't correct exersices tomorrow.

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11.Marry há operated Tom since 10 o'clock.

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12.This is the second time they have written to us about this.

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13.Mr. Smith has taught us French for two year.

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14. they didn't look after the children properly

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15.Nobody swept this street last week

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16.People drink a great deal of tea in England

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17.People speak English all over the world

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18.Tom was writing two poems

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19.she often takes her dog for a walk

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20.They can't make tea with cold water

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21The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plan

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22.Somebody has taken some of my book away

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23.They will hold the meeting before the May day

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24.The have to repair the engine of the car

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25.The boys broke the window and took away some pictures

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26.They may use this room for the classroom

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27. People spends a lot of money on advertising everyday

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28.The teacher is going to tell is story

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29.Marry is cutting the cake with a sharp knife

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30.The children looked at the women with a red hat

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II/Rewrite the sentences in the passive with modal verds:

1. The new president might fulfill this promise as quickly as people would like

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2. You can buy videos like this one anywhere

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3.Someone has to write the history of the European Community one day

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4.They ought to have reported the accident to the police

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5.They must do something soon to solve the proplem of violence in schools

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6.If the river floods , water may destroy the village

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7.People may cook carrots or eat them raw

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8.Someone has to fit the air conditioner before the hot weather comes

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9. He can't repair my bike

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10. We must do something to protect the environment

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