3. Jack Strom has been a postman all his life; he ..... mail to homes and offices to the people of the town.
is delivering
has delivered
has been delivering
delivers
4. I ..... Mario for some time since he left Milan a few years ago.
haven’t seen
don’t see
didn't see
aren’t seeing
5. This building is very high. Actually it’s ..... building in the town.
more higher
the highest
higher
6. I don’t like Alice. She ..... about difficulties of life all the time.
complains
is complaining
has complained
has been complaining
7. Hardly ..... the place of our destination when it became quite dark.
had we reached
we reached
we were reaching
we had been reaching
8. I taught ..... to play the guitar.
myself
meself
by myself
9. Traffic is a big problem in London which is full of people ..... homes and families can be located quite far away.
who's
whose
its
their
10 A new supermarket is going to ... next year.
build
be built
be building
building
III Essay Writing
Imagine that you are in London. Write what do you want to visit there.
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EXAM CARD XV
I Reading
THE CHURCH AND MUSIC
In colonial times, when the majority of the population was Protestant, most serious music was in the form of hymns because the Puritans always put religion first, even in their music. Although they did enjoy such entertainment as folk songs outside the church, most of the music in their lives was in the form of the psalms they sang at services.
Meanwhile, Negro slaves were allowed some religious expression and much of their music came out of their hymns. So black churches were developing their own gospel songs, blending African rhythms with religious texts.
More and more religious verses were sung to popular melodies, patriotic airs, and dance tunes. Such were the hymns sung at camp meetings in the late 1800s and early 1900s in isolated areas where there were no churches.
Those meetings, which went on for 4 or 5 days, featured rousing evangelical preaching, praying, and singing. The songs were revival hymns — simple, folklike, repetitious pieces that were often called spiritual songs and, later, spirituals. Negro religious songs, which blended African musical traditions with Christian themes, became known as spirituals, too, because of their similar use of repetition.