1. A. banned                B. cleared                    C. kissed                      D. raised

2. A. recognised          B. stringed                   C. conquered               D. watched

3. A. liked                    B. backed                    C. encouraged             D. reversed

4. A. enjoyed               B. finished                   C. suffered                  D. agreed

5. A. performed          B. released                  C. received                  D. adored

6. A. artists                  B. singers                    C. listeners                  D. drums

7. A. poets                   B. flutes                       C. organs                     D. instruments

8. A. melodies             B. festivals                   C. guitars                     D. contests

9. A. clips                     B. recordings               C. views                       D. manners

10. A. writers              B. laughs                     C. loves                        D. awards

Part II. VOCABULARY

Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

11. We’re best friends as we have a ____ interest in music.

            A. passion                    B. passionately            C. passionless              D. passionate

12. My teacher assigned us a writing task about ____ of our favorite singers.

            A. biology                    B. biography                C. biodiversity             D. biochemist

13. We find out that beat box has ____ very popular recently.

            A. came                       B. turned                     C. become                   D. became

14. Lina, the ____ album of the new music band in our city, will be uploaded on the website next week. I’m looking forward to listening to it.

            A. debut                       B. only                         C. best-selling             D. individual

15. The ____ cheered loudly when the singers came out on the stage.

            A. audience                 B. spectator                 C. public                      D. watcher

16. Our performance was ____ to be the best one in this competition last night.

            A. cheered                   B. appeared                C. judged                     D. seen

17. The local celebrities joined hands to ____ a fund-raising campaign for charity.

            A. solve                        B. conserve                 C. come up                  D. launch

18. He practically ____ a comic style called stand-up comedy in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience.

            A. realised                   B. invented                  C. distributed              D. thought

19. No longer did Pokémon Go become the widespread ____ in Viet Nam.

            A. effect                      B. phenomenon           C. invention                 D. news

20. That the young talented pianist won the Pulitzer Prizes has attracted ____ attention.

            A. worldwide               B. scientific                 C. undue                      D. careful

21. I like the cover ____ of these songs more than the originals.

            A. songs                       B. lyrics                       C. rhythm                    D. versions

22. Vietnamese ____ music is extremely diverse, including Quan Ho, Dan Ca, Ca Tru, Chau Van and others.

            A. country                    B. folk                          C. traditional               D. gospel

23. After many weeks, his solo album ____ a profound influence on the youth all over the country.

            A. remains                   B. maintains                C. becomes                 D. persuades

24. They had a global ____ hit with their album concept about “The dark side of the Moon”.

            A. top                           B. song                        C. smash                      D. popular

25. I passionately love the show “Familiar Faces” and this is the 4^th ____ I’ve seen.

            A. show                        B. chapter                   C. season                     D. episode

26. The “Marching song” was adopted as the national ____ of Viet Nam in 1945.

            A. anthem                   B. song                        C. flag                          D. identity

27. Chopin was considered to be one of the greatest Romantic piano ____ of the 19^th century.

            A. singers                    B. writers                    C. composers              D. poets

28. This concert marks nine years since the death of Trinh Cong Son, a prominent ____ of modern Vietnamese music.

            A. comedian                B. actor                       C. contributor              D. figure

29. Our band needs to ____ our nerves to perform in this music competition.

            A. control                    B. conquer                   C. calm                        D. lose

30. The best singer ____ went to Alan Walker for “Faded”.

            A. rank                         B. prize                        C. reward                    D. award