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III. USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)
1. For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D fits best each space

THE HISTORY OF ROCK’N’ROLL
Rock’n’roll started in the USA (1) _____ the great black rhythm’n’blues players: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Chuck Berry.
Fifty years ago black and white music were two completely separate things. Chuck Berry was the first black musician (2) _____cross the barrier and sell records to (3) _____ black and white young people. His songs were about the lives of teenagers.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly mixed black music with white ‘country’ music to create rock’n’roll.
This was all happening in the United States. But people in Britain were listening to this music (4) _____. The black rhythm’n’blues singers and the best rock’n’roll stars (5) _____ Buddy Holly were (6) _____ popular in Britain than in the States.
Then, in the 1960s the British invaded America, (7) _____ the Americans some years ago did. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who. There were concerts with tens of thousands of fans. The name of the music – rock’n’roll - changed to ‘rock’.
In the 1960s the style of the musicians changed a lot. The clothes of the musicians became crazy and (8) _____ their hair. The guitar became as important as the voice. Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were guitarists more than singers.
In the 1970s rock went in two different directions. (9) _____ Elton John and Rod Steward, The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, and a few other bands started to play loud, violent music called ‘punk’. Punk was also important (10) _____ a fashion in clothes.
1. A. with B. at C. from D. on
2. A. who B. to C. – D. that
3. A. – B. like C. both D. like
4. A. either B. so C. too D. –
5. A. and B. and C. as D. so
6. A. more B. much C. as D. so
7. A. so B. like C. as D. also
8. A. so was B. both was C. as did D. so did
9. A. Unlike B. Not as C. More than D. As not
10. A. – B. as C. like D. than