Question

Puneți verbele dintre paranteze la forma corectă,precizând timpul la care le-ați pus şi traduceți textul: Every art _______(have) [1] its own basic materials,as well as the techniques of shaping them into a completed work, which _________(build) [2] up over centuries. The task of a composer _______(be) [3] to fill a fixed amount of time with sound that can hold the audience's attention. In the casevof an orchestral work, the composer's initial creation ______(be) [4] interpreted by as many as 100 people,playing many kinds of instruments,and controlled by a conductor who may have very different ideas about the work from what ______(be) [5] originally in the composer's mind. The american composer John Cage was the prophet of indeterminate music - that is,music that is not fixed in a single form,unchanged at each performance. He ________(be) [6] born in 1912,the son of an inventor,and he _______(study) [7] architecture and painting before he _______(devote) [8] himself to music in the early 1930s. During this period he _______(take) [9] lessons with Schoenberg,who ________(settle) [10] in California. During the 1940s,like many other americans at this time,he _______(study) [11] Zen Buddhist philosophy,with its emphasis on contemplation rather than western style action. As a result of this interest he _______(become) [12] more concerned with the process of creating music than with the finished piece. He also _______(begin) [13] to bring the element of randomness or change into his works,using the ancient Chinese method of I Ching to decide on what course of action to pursue. In Cage's case,this ______(take) [14] the form of tossing coins to determine the structure that his music eventualy ________(take) [15]. Cage's most original and eccentric piece _______(date) [16] from 1952. Called "4'33","it is a completely silent piece for piano,during which the pianist ______(sit) [17] at the keyboard for exactly four minutes and 33 seconds,moving his hands at three widely spaced intervals to give the impression of three movements. Audiences _______(feel) [18] the Cage-______(make) [19] fools of them - as he _________(be) [20],to a certain extent. But he also ____(have) [21] a more serious purpose: To make people question why they _______( sit) [22] at a concert at all,to make them think about the quality of silence,which ________(be) [23] the negative image of sounded music.

Answer 1

1.       Has 2.       Builds 3.       Is 4.       Is 5.       Was 6.       Was 7.       Studied 8.       Devoted 9.       Took 10.   Settled 11.   Studied 12.   Became 13.   Began 14.   Took 15.   Took 16.   Dates 17.   Sits 18.   Feel 19.   Makes 20.   Is 21.   Has 22.   Sit 23.   Is

1.       Has (Present Simple) 2.       Builds (Present Simple) 3.       Is (Present Simple) 4.       Is (Present Simple) 5.       Was (Simple Past Tense) 6.       Was (Simple Past Tense) 7.       Studied (Simple Past Tense) 8.       Devoted (Simple Past Tense) 9.       Took (Simple Past Tense) 10.   Settled (Simple Past Tense) 11.   Studied (Simple Past Tense) 12.   Became (Simple Past Tense) 13.   Began (Simple Past Tense) 14.   Took (Simple Past Tense) 15.   Took (Simple Past Tense) 16.   Dates (Present Simple) 17.   Sits (Present Simple) 18.   Feel (Present Simple) 19.   Makes (Present Simple) 20.   Is (Present Simple) 21.   Has (Present Simple) 22.   Sit (Present Simple) 23.   Is (Present Simple)

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