Unit 12: Music - Reading

Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage Everyone loves music, it seems. And there's little reason to wonder why. There is so much music (1) ............... from which to choose. and there is a category of music to appeal to every (2)............ The major groups of music are divided broadly (3) ......... classical, popular, and jazz. Within these broad groups are many other subcategories. For example, (4) ...............disparate types of music as movie sound tracks rhythm and blue, rock, and rap all fit within the category of popular music. Another reason that music is so (5) .......... is the variety of settings in which one can enjoy his or her (6) ...........  kind of music. You can go to the church to hear great religious music, or to the concert hall to hear a well-known classical  (7) ............. On another right, you might go to the small club to listen to an up- and-coming jazz group (8) ....... you enjoy a   rink. A few nights later. Ty might go with some friends to join thousands of other people in a (9) ............to hear your favorite rock band play in your city on a world tour. And, back your house or  apartment, you can (10)............. while you put in a tape or CD and listen to your favorite artists again and again in your own home.

Choose the correct answer All over the world people listen to classical music. Classical music is cult to describe. It means different things to different people. Some famous classical composers were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. In their music, they did not tell a story or show strong emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting design. They wanted-to write lovely sounds.Then composers started to interpret ideas. They told stories about wars, armies and soldiers. They wrote about religion. Sometimes they composed music for holidays. They told love stories and showed strong emotion. Some of these compete were Beethoven, Schumann Chopin, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky. Classical music stays with people a long time. Bach wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven wrote about 200 years ago, and Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago. Sometimes people close their eyes to listen to classical music. When they close their eyes, they can see the design. They can listen to the same classical music many times and enjoy it.Sometimes it is difficult to understand. The listener has to think about it. How­ever, we can all learn to enjoy some classical music. It is very important to people.