Unit 4: MUSIC AND ARTS

A. PHONETICS
I. Put the words into the correct column according the underlined part.
special essential vision leisure musician
exhibition fiction sunshine closure social
treasure machine usually sure delicious
pleasure television champagne measure occasion
attention decision discussion collage conclusion

/ʃ/ /ʒ/
………………………………………………. ………………………………………………
………………………………………………. ………………………………………………
………………………………………………. ………………………………………………
………………………………………………. ………………………………………………

II. Underline the letter(s) having the sounds /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ in the following sentences, and then read
them aloud.
1. Is there any special programme on television tonight?
2. He usually plays traditional music in his leisure time.
3. It’s his pleasure to become a musician.
4. It’s essential to have a vision of the future.
5. Let’s go to the exhibition to see the art treasures.

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I. Complete the following text, using the words in the box.
subject saxophone pop star concert
band singing painting art

My friend’s name is Nick and he loves music. He is good at (1) and he can play the
guitar. He wants to learn the (2) when he is a bit older. He is already in a (3)
and they hope to play at the school (4) next term. He is also interested in (5)
so his favourite (6) at school is (7) . But to be honest, he can’t
wait to leave school and become a (8)
II.Fill in each blank with the words from the bo
hands weddings trousers
rap drums India
Bhangra is from (1) and Pakistan. People traditionally played
the music at harvest time and also to celebrate New Year and (2) .

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 The most traditional instrument is a type of (3) .
Many modem pop artists mix bhangra with hip hop and (4) .
The dancers in Ayesha’s class learn the dance steps and how to move their (5) .
Women wear colourful clothes including a shirt, (6) and a kind of scarf.
III.Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form.
Kevin O’Donnell works in Hollywood. He records sound for films. He (1. work) on his
first film in 1980: Star Wars. He’s now 51 and he (2. help) to make more than 100
films. In 1983, he (3. do) the sound on the film called Terms of Endearment. The film (4.
win) five Oscars, but O’Donnell (5. not win) one. He (6. be)
at the Oscars in 1983 when he was only 26.
Now, he (7. be) to the Oscars 20 times. He has worked on Top Gun, Terminator 3,
Spider-Man, Transformers and other great films, but he (8. not win) an Oscar yet. He (9.
write) 20 speeches so far, but (10. never given) one. The speeches are in a
drawer in his house. Kevin doesn’t mind. He knows the sound in his films is amazing. He’s going to win - one
day!

IV. Rewrite the sentences using “not as...as".

1. Football is more exciting than rugby.
Rugby isn’t______________________________________________________________________________
2. Indonesia is hotter than Viet Nam.
Viet Nam .
3. French is easier than German.
German
.
4. Anita is friendlier than Alice.
Alice
.
5. The hotel in London was better than the hotel in Paris.
The hotel in Paris
.
V. Complete the text using the correct comparative form of the adjective or “as...as".
I think Johnny Depp is a (1. good) actor than Keanu Reeves. Depp is also in (2. interesting)
and (3. exciting) films than Reeves. In Constantine, for example, Reeves
was (4. bad) than in any other film.
I think that Depp was (5. good) in Finding Never land. Maybe The Secret Window or From
Hell were (6. thrilling) , but they were not (7. interesting)
Finding Neverland. I think most Hollywood actors are not (8. good) Johnny Depp.

VI. Complete the sentences using the correct comparative, superlative form or “as…as” of the adjectives
given.
1. Some people think that Music isn’t (important) Maths or Science. I don’t agree.
2. The guitar is one of the (popular) instruments among young people.
3. It’s (easy) to play an instrument after you’ve been practising for a while.

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4. I play the piano (good) than I play the violin.
5. Guitars aren’t (expensive) many other instruments.
6. Saxophones are (heavy) than a lot of instruments.
7. Traditional pianos are (suitable) than keyboards for beginners.
8. Mai is (good) singer in our class.
VII. Choose the correct option.
Breaking Records
Avril Lavigne is one of the most famous/ more famous musicians to come from Canada. She became 2
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younger/ the youngest female to go to the top of the UK album charts in January 2013. She was aged 18 years
and 106 days.
But Avril wasn’t more young/ as young as singer Stevie Wonder. He was only
13 years old when he reached the top of the US chart in 1963.
In 1998, Rebel XD beat the record to become 4 faster/ the fastest rapper. In June
2005, he tried again and was even 5 the quickest/ quicker than before! He rapped 683
syllables in 54 seconds.
Britney Spears became 6 bigger/ the biggest selling teenager in December 2001 when her sales reached 37
million records.

D. READING
I. Read the passage, and then answer the questions.
There are many activities after school hours in Lan’s school, so she and her classmate can take part in them.
Lan and Mai join the school theater group and they are also the members of the stamp collector’s club. They are
rehearsing a play for the Teacher’s Day. Hung and Tuan are members of the school sport club. They play for the
school football team, Ha and Thanh are the members of the school art club, and they want to be good artist one
day in the future.
1. Which of them joins the school theater group?
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are they doing now?
________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Who are the members of the stamp collector’s club?
________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Who plays for the school football team?
________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Who are the members of the school art club?
________________________________________________________________________________________
Spectacular: khán giả xem bóng đá 100
II. Read the passage, and then answer the questions.
School of Rock
Have you seen the film School of Rock? It’s about a rock musician: nhạc sĩ who became a teacher. The film
is based on: dựa vào a real music school which is run by: được điều hành bởi Paul Green. Paul Green started
the first School of Rock in 1998 in Philadelphia in the USA. He gave students rock music lessons after school,

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but he wanted: muốn to do more. Now he gives them the chance: đưa cơ hội cho ai đó to play in rock concerts.
“Some of our students have never played in front of a real audience: khan giả before. We teach them how to do
it,” he says. He has already taught hundreds of; hàng trăm young people to be rock performers: người biểu
diễn , and now there are over 30 schools of rock in different towns in the USA.
1. How many schools of rock are there in the USA?
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the film School of Rock about?
________________________________________________________________________________________
3. When did Paul Green start his first rock school?
________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What does he teach his students to do?
________________________________________________________________________________________
5. How many students has he taught?
________________________________________________________________________________________
III.Read the text about an artist. Choose the correct answer: A, B, or C.
You can’t can buy a drawing by Julian Beever and you can’t see his work in a gallery or museum. Julian
makes his amazing: ngạc nhiên pictures on the pavements: trên vỉa hè of city streets. People have called him
“the Pavement Picasso” and perhaps: có lẽ you have only seen his pictures on the Internet.
Julian has made hundreds of pieces of “pavement art” in different countries - in many parts of Europe and
also in the USA, Australia, Japan, Argentina, and Brazil.
His drawings can take three or four days to finish: hoàn thành . But he draws with chalk, the drawings only
stay for a short time. When people walk on them or when it rains, they quickly disappear: biến mất . For Julian,
this isn’t a problem: vấn đề. The drawings survive: tồn tại in the photos he has taken, and this is the most
important(a): quan trọng thing for him.
Julian’s fame: danh tiếng hasn’t come from experts: chuyên nghiệp, chuyên gia in the art world, but from
the Internet. “The reason why my work has become well-known=famous is because people like it and they’ve
sent it to each other: lẫn nhau on the Internet,” he says. “So I know that what I do is popular: phổ biến.”
Julian Beever is from Leicestershire in England, but he now lives in Belgium. Đức
1. Julian Beever makes drawings .
A. outside B. on his computer C. for exhibitions in a gallery
2. He has worked .
A. in a few cities B. in lots of countries C. with hundreds of people
3. His pictures .
A. are easy to draw B. look good when it rains C. don’t stay for a long time
4. Lots of people know Julian’s art because .
A. they know a lot about art
B. he has sent photos to them
C. they have seen it on the net
5. Julian Beever .
A. hasn’t lived in Britain
B. hasn’t tried to be a star in the art world
C. isn’t very interested in photos

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TEST (UNIT 4)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. exhibition B. question C. collection D. tradition
2. A. pleasure B. leisure C. closure D. sure
3. A. discussion B. decision C. treasure D. vision
4. A. saxophone B. music C. so D. expensive
5. A. similarity B. talent C. happy D. hard
II. Find which word does not belong to each group.
6. A. saxophone B. guitar C. violin D. artist
7. A. camera B. photograph C. portrait D. opera
8. A. ballet B. pop C. rock D. rap
9. A. singer B. actor C. film director D. film producer
10. A. canvas B. water puppet C. crayon D. pencil
III.Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
11. The Brit School is the most famous arts school in Britain.
A. perform B. performed C. performing D. performance
12. Since the 1970s, the festival in Glastonbury has taken almost every year and has grown in size.
A. note B. notice C. time D. place
13. Dong Ho paintings are made on paper with beautiful colours.
A. tradition - nature B. traditional - natural C. traditional - nature D. tradition - natural
14. You can see many interesting in that art gallery.
A. paints B. colours C. portraits D. paper
15. Water puppetry in the 11 century in the villages of the Red River Delta of North Viet Nam.
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A. start B. begin C. originated D. formed

16. The puppet shows present themes of Vietnamese villages.
A. country B. rural C. city D. urban
17. The group is for their albums and tours around the world.
A. well-prepared B. well-known C. well-know D. know-how
18. The performances of puppetry show in the countryside and .
A. everyday life - folk tales B. every day life - folk stories
C. everyday life - folk rock D. every day lives - folk people
19. I never watch ballet, and my sister doesn’t .
A. too B. so C. either D. like that
20. Teenagers in Viet Nam like K-pop, and they like Korean films .
A. too B. either C. so D. however
21. Today, subjects like music and arts are put into the school in Viet Nam.
A. school year B. subjects C. curriculum D. education
22. For many people, a good knowledge of music and arts is regarded as a for every student.

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 A. necessary B. need C. needs D. necessity
23. Arts are of great in education, especially for young children.
A. important B. importance C. unimportant D. unimportance
24. Classical music is not as pop music.
A. as exciting B. as excited C. exciting D. more excited
25. This film is not long as the film I watched last week.
A. as B. but C. either D. too
26. My brother’s taste in art is quite different mine.
A. than B. as C. to D. from
27. My village is not it was ten years ago.
A. same as B. the same C. the same as D. the same like
28. The villagers are they were years ago. There is no change at all.
A. as friend as B. as friendly as C. different from D. not as friendly as
29. This year’s musical festival is not it was last year.
A. as good as B. as well as C. different from D. worse
30. My cousin, Mai, is the same age .
A. like B. to C. of D. as

VIII. Complete each sentence so that it means the same as the sentence above.
61. This room is larger than the one at the end of the corridor of the art gallery.
The room at the end of the corridor of the art gallery is not
.
62. I think action films are more exciting than romance films.
In my opinion, romance films are not
.
63. Salvador Dali’s paintings are different from Picasso’s paintings.
Picasso’s paintings are not
.
64. I am interested in comic books, and my brother is also interested in comic books.
I am interested in comic books, and my brother is
.
65. My mother doesn’t like thrillers. I don’t like them.
My mother doesn’t like thrillers, and I don’t
.
66. She takes photographs and collects coins as hobbies.
Her hobbies are
.
67. “Chèo” or “Cải lương” are considered some kinds of traditional opera in Viet Nam.
Viet Nam has some kinds of
.
68. My sister sings better than me.

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 I don’t sing
.
68. Ballets and modern dance are quite different.
Ballets and modern dance are not
.
70. The project was shorter than we thought at first.
The project was not as ________________________________________________________________________
VI. Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following text.
My friends and I have written a (51) . We have decided to (52) it for our school. I
have already built the set. Karen has just finished the (53) for us to wear. I haven’t learned the (54)
yet, so I am a bit nervous, but I’m excited (55) . I haven’t been in a play before. I can’t
wait!
51. A. film B. song C. play D. club
52. A. perform B. make C. take D. build
53. A. stage B. actors C. play D. costumes
54. A. script B. scripts C. play D. lessons
55. A. also B. then C. too D. either