5 Quickly readthrough this extract from an article about pop music

to get some idea of what it is about. Don't fill in any spacesat this
stage.When you've read it, answer the questions below.

) Exam spot
In Reading and Use of English, Part 4
transformations, you must use between three
and eight words including the key word.
Contractions (can't, won't, etc.) count as two
words. Check your answers for length and
accuracy before transferring them to the
answer sheet.

Band Manufacture

4 Complete the secondsentence so that

it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence,using the word given. Do
not change the word given. You must
use between three and eight words,
including the word given.
1

I all probability Alan will get a

place to study music at Oxford.
chances
The
,.
accepted to study music at Oxford

2 Professor Potts is unlikely to retir

before she has to.

doubtful
It
..
early retirement.
3 Unless there is a last-minute hitch,
the Head's job is his for the taking.
bound
He's
.
there isn't a last-minute hitch.

The fate of any pop band is a question that (0)

~9.
.
longer is of interest to its fans alone. (1)
only have
economists recognised pop music'simportance (2)
..
a business,pointing (3)
that it contributes more
(4)
export earnings than the steel industry, but
strange as it (5)
seem,people in some countries
spend more on pop than they do on fruit and vegetables.
(6)
such serious money washing around,the
question of (7)
will be the next big thing is
(8)
too important to be left to random factors such
as chance and talent. (9)
the great names of rock in
the 60s and 70s formed bands spontaneously (10)
..
they were discoveredand then marketed,their successorsare
increasingly (11)
to be brought
(12)
by marketing men.Many groups,often sold
as four young men or women in (13)
of their own
destiny, were in (14)
dreamed up and promoted by
middle-aged men. Designing a band is much the same as designing
(15)
other product: take a basic,successful model
and adapt it. The challenge,when everything has been tried already,is
to persuade consumersthat what you
are doing is in some way innovative.

4 It's possible tha the fire was caused

by an electrical fault in the gym.

likelihood
In
..
of the fire in the gym was an
electrical fault.
S It's pretty certain that we'll win a gold
medal this year in the 100 metres.
foregone

It'
is ours for the taking in the 100
metres this year.
6 There's a strong possibility the
audience will ignore any mistakes
she makes at the concert.
take
It's highly
...............................................................................

of any mistakes she makes at the

concert.

a What is the writer's attitude to the pop industry?

b What comparison does the writer make in the article?
c What conclusion does the writer draw?
Now fill the spaceswith one word only.

THE

SOUND

OF MUSH