HE SAYS HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THE MISSING DOCUMENTS BUT I’M SURE...

10. He says he knows nothing about the missing documents but I’m sure he is holding ____________ me.

Part 4. The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. ( 10 points)

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For at least five centuries attempts have been made to devise a system of notation to record

the sequence of movement in dances. Scholars believe that the ancient Egyptians made use

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of hieroglyphs to do this and that Romans employed a method of notation for formal gestures.

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However, the earliest known attempt, recording in two manuscripts preserved in the

Municipal Archives of Cervera, Spain, dates from the second half of the fifteenth century.

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From that time, many other systems have been devised. Some were published and achieved

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a measure of popularity for a while, but almost all, until the present day, fell eventually in

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disuse.

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It is significant that music notation, which opened the way for development in the art of music

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as we know it today, was first conceived in their modern form in the eleventh century, but was

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not established as a uniform system till the beginning of the eighteenth. Dance notation got

off to a much later start and has undergone a long success of false attempts. Those so many

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successful beginnings were made is not surprising. Dance is more complex than music lest it

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exists in space as well as in time and because the body itself is capable of so many

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simultaneous modes of action. Consequently, the problems of formulating a movement

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notation that can be easily written and read are numerical.

Part 5. For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.(5

points)

Along with London’s West End theatres, New York’s Broadway theatres are thought to be the pinnacle of

theatrical production in the English-speaking world. For most American actors, landing a role in one of these

productions is far (1) _______ their wildest dreams, as working on Broadway represents the highest (2)

_______ in any theatrical actor’s career. Naturally, all actors must keep their options (3) _______ when

seeking theatrical work. For those just about to (4) _______ the plunge, it might be wise to first pursue a role

in what’s (5) _______ as the Off-Broadway theatres, or even better, Off-Off-Broadway theatres. These two

types of theatre are defined by seating capacity - the former being 100 to 499 seats, the latter under 100.

While the productions are smaller, performances in these theatres can still (6 ) _______ respect from the

theatrical community. An actor can use the venues to get their craft down to a fine (7 ) _______ and

eventually turn in performances eliciting reviews (8 ) _______ of praise from critics who attend. Conversely,

there’s less need (9 ) _______ an actor to worry too much about a bad performance. As it’s only an Off-Off-

Broadway production, it’s not the (10 ) _______ of the world.

Part 6. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate

the best answer to each of the following questions. ( 5 points)

The sleepy village of Bussier-Badil is (1)______ the place where you’d expected to find an internationally

famous ceramics exhibition attracting fifteen thousand visitors each year. Yet when a pottery fair was first

held there over fifty years ago, it was the only one (2)_______ of France , and it is still one of the most

important.

But why here? There is a seam of clay that runs through the area, but it is red clay of the type used to make

tiles and bricks as (3)________ pots, so there is no (4)____________ tradition of art pottery. The idea of the

fair started when a pottery potter by the name of Miguel Calado (5)__________ a studio in the village at the

(6)________of the mayor, himself a local tile-maker, who was (7)__________ to put the region on the map.

And he had certainly succeeded. Every year, up to 40 potters from all over France and beyond (8)_______

on the village to display their wares in a huge purpose-built shed. (9)________on show range from the

utilitarian to the decorative, with every nuance in between. And the crowds come to look, to (10)_______ at

the potters’ art, and to buy.