BÀI 9. Write complete sentences using the prompts given.

1. Tickets for this particular show/ be/ as expensive as $200.

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2. Your favourite/ music and arts/ be/ different/ mine

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3. Classical music/ be/ not/ as/ exciting/ pop and slow rock

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4. The music live show/ will/ be/ at/ same/ place/ last time

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5. The tickets/ to/ the concert/ be/ expensive/ than/1 thought

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6. Play/ the saxophone/ be/ quite different/ play/ the cello

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7. The price/ of/ this songbook/ be/ same/ it/ be/ last year

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8. artists on the stage/ not be/ as friendly as they/ be/ after a show?

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BÀI 8. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.

Have you ever drawn a picture to show how you were feeling? Art has always been a powerful way to express ideas and (1) ___________. Art is a way to share who you are and what (2) ___________ believe in. Art is also a way to document a certain time in history.

The first (3) ___________ used ashes from fire, red clay or natural pigments from plants for paint. Today, artists can choose from many means, including oil paints, watercolour, chalk, pastel, pencils and (4) ___________. Artists create their work on computers (5) ___________ even tablets. Artists can also use video, photographs, paper, metal, plastic or even (6) ___________ materials in their art.

Some artists create art that is displayed in museums or (7) ___________. Other artists produce (8) ___________ for books, movies, commercials and websites. Even products like your breakfast cereal are packaged in boxes designed by artists

BÀI 7. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Artists use colour to create patterns. Colour can also show different moods. Bright colours make us feel happy and energetic. Dark colours make us feel calm or sad.The primary colours are red, yellow, and blue. They are the colours that can be mixed together to make different colours. Mixing two primary colours makes a secondary colour. The secondary colours are orange, green, and violet. Orange is made by mixing yellow and red. Green is made by mixing yellow and blue. Violet is made by mixing red and blue. Intermediate colours can be made by mixing two primary colours and a secondary colour together. Some intermediate colours are blue violet and red orange. Black, white, and gray are special colours. They are called neutral colours.

Colours have been organised into a colour wheel. It shows the three primary colours, the three secondary colours, and the six intermediate colours. Artists use the colour wheel to help them know which colours they want to use together.

-        primary (adj): co bản                                        - secondary (adj): thứ cấp

-        intermediate (adj): trung gian                            - neutral (adj): trung tính

1. What is the passage mainly about?

      A. Primary colours, secondary colours and intermediate colours

      B. The ways to mix colours

      C. Colour and its effects on our mood

      D. Some basic information about colour

2. Which of the following is the correct way to make red orange from the three primary colours?

      A. Mix red and yellow, then mix the new colour with red.

      B. Mix yellow and blue, then mix the new colour with red.

      C. Mix red and blue, then mix the new colour with yellow.

      D. Mix the three primary colours.

3. According to the passage, white is a.

      A. special colour    B. neutral colour          C. Both A and B          D. None of above

4. Which of the following can't be found in the colour wheel?

      A. Red orange                    B. Green                      C. Yellow                    D. Black

5. We can learn from the passage that.

      A. happy and energetic people like bright colours

      B. the colour wheel has 12 colours

      C. we can also mix different colours to make the primary colours

      D. artists are the best ones to know and use colour

BÀI 6. Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

1. She was more famous (A) as a writer (B) than (C) as singer (D).

2. Our vocalist may not (A) be as famously (B) as others (C) in this list.

3. Everyone cheers (A) for the (B) violinist at (C) our school concert (D) yesterday.

4. I think (A) the (B) drum is one of the (C) oldest music (D) instruments.

5. If you have (A) time, you should (B) pay a visiting (C) to (D) the City Art Gallery.

6. Tracy seem (A) to be anxious (B) about (C) the performance coming up (D).

7. Their voices (A) blend marvellously (B) as (C) they singing (D) in chorus.

8. Her singing (A) became as popularly (B) as her instrumental (C) work (D).

9. I should (A) warn you in advance (B) that I (C) not a very good dancer (D).

10. Her performance in that play (A) put (B) her on the map as (C) a comedy actor (D).

BÀI 5. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. Oliver and Joe are from Toronto. They come from __________ city.

      A. different                        B. the same                  C. like                          D. as

2. You look __________ an artist although you aren't one.

      A. different                        B. different from         C. from                        D. like

3. I don’t agree with you. Your ideas are __________.

      A. same as me                   B. the same as I           C. different from mineD. similar to mine

4. The gallery is __________ it was 10 years ago. There is no change at all.

      A. different from   B. different                  C. as                            D. the same as

5. This year’s musical festival is not __________ it was last year.

      A. as exciting than B. same exciting as C. as exciting as                D. as exciting more

6. Tickets for the concert are __________ gold dust - we couldn't buy one.

      A. like                                B. as                            C. different                  D. from

7. It was noisy because he turned the volume up __________ it would go.

      A. as loud as                      B. as loud than             C. as loud like              D. loud as

8. This film is __________ the film I watched with my friend last week.

      A. so interesting as B. not as interesting as   C. as interesting so     D. not as interesting to

9. My feelings about this song are __________ what I have imagined before.

      A. different from quite  B. quite different from   C. quite from different  D. different quite from

10. Her popularity among celebrities remains __________ ever. 

      A. different than    B. strong as                  C. as strong as              D. strong like

BÀI 4. Complete the sentences with as... as comparison and the words in the box.

1. Their harmonies in concert are __________ original recordings.

2. We'll make the ticket __________ possible so everyone can afford to buy one.

3. I must try to be __________ possible in my artistic career choices.

4. Choir competitions are __________ big sporting events.

5. Restricted view tickets are not always __________ they sound.

6. The album rises __________ the top five on some charts.

7. About the chance of success, the new album is __________ the first record.

8. She wouldn't be __________ she is if she couldn't sing.

9. Among the students, the band is __________ individual artists.

10. The little girl is __________ a picture and dances artistically.

BÀI 3. Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1. His public image is very different ...............(from/ as) the real person.

2. A concert ticket is almost as expensive.................. (as/ than) a film ticket.

3. We have similar views on art, and we play........... (the same/ different) musical instrument.

4. Learning a musical instrument is not ..............(like/ as) difficult as you imagine.

5. Classical music is................. (different from/ like) modern music, so they have different audience.

6. He says drawing is.............. (like/ from) making an expressive gesture.

7. The film is not as interesting................... (from/ as) you told me.

8. To sing a favourite song is................... (from/ like) a part of my daily routine.

9. Staying in a live show is different ...................(as/ from) what we see on a video clip.

10. If you talk bad about pop music, it'll be .................(like/ as) saying bad things about my mom.