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Reading and Use of English Part 1 Read the article again and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)
best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0 A proposes B recommends (C)suggests D offers
• Read the title and the text quickly to get a 1 A purchase B invest C spend D buy
general idea of what it ' s about.
2 A guarantee B promise C security D assurance
• Deal with the gaps one by one. Read carefully 3 A pleasure B comfort C ease D support
before and after the gap. 4 A cut B hold C take D keep
• Check that the word fits into the sentence 5 A delivering B releasing C letting D supplying
grammatically by looking at prepositions and 6 A small B slight C short D little
other grammatical structures. 7 A pursued B dated C followed D traced
• If you are not sure which option is correct, reject 8 A opened B brought C made D turned
the options you think are wrong and choose
from the others. Now check your answers to Exercise 3 by using these clues.
1 This verb means ‘to allocate resources in order to achieve a
• When you have finished, read the future result’.
whole text quickly again to check
your answers. 2 This noun means ‘an assurance that something will happen’.
3 This noun must relate to the feeling of being at home.
4 This verb needs to collocate with costs.
Work in pairs. You are going to read an article 5 This verb is used specifically for music publications.
about ‘bedroom producers’. Before you read, 6 This noun must collocate with in.
discuss these questions.
7 A phrasal verb related to research must be formed with this
• How has the way we listen to music changed word.
over the last 10 years? 8 The phrasal verb needed here has an idiomatic meaning.
• Do you think it’s easier or harder to become a
successful musician today? Discuss one of these questions in groups.
Read the article quickly. What is a bedroom • If you wanted to become a bedroom producer,what genre of PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
music would you make and how would you promote yourself?
producer?
• Do you think bedroom producers are able to make music to
the same standard as traditional musicians? Why / Why not?
• 4 3 6

The rise of the bedroom producer

As its name (0) , a bedroom producer
is a musician who writes and creates music from their
home, usually in their bedroom. In the past, music
production was a costly process. Not only did musicians
need to (1) in a whole host of musical
equipment , they also needed to book time in a
professional recording studio with no
(2) that the track would get finished
within the allotted time.
Nowadays, thanks to modern technology, music
producers can make music from the (3) ==
of their own home, using just a laptop, headphones
and minimal software to help to (4) the
production costs down. They are typically self-taught,
learning music theory and production by watching
tutorials online before (5) their tracks on just some of the household names whose success can
social media for the world to hear. One genre of music be (7) back to their bedroom.
that has thrived under the rise of bedroom producers is It 's fair to say that technology has (8) up
Electronic Dance Music, or EDM for (6) new opportunities for aspiring musicians , allowing them
Artists like Martin Garrix, Porter Robinson and Skrillex are to find fame and fortune from their bedrooms.