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Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio situated at 3, Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, City of Westminster, London. Over the years it (1) a. has come b. is getting c. have been d. has become one of the most popular attractions in London.
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Towards the end of 2009 the studio (2) a. came b. were c. began d. found under threat of being sold to property developers, but the British government (3) a. has decided b. was deciding c. decided d. decides to declare the site and the building protected for future generations.
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People (4) a. associates b. has associated c. associate d. was associating Abbey Road Studios with the Beatles, who (5) a. have recorded b. recorded c. has recorded d. was recording almost all of their albums there from 1962 to 1970. In 1969 Iain Macmillan (6) a. took b. is taking c. was taking d. takes the famous cover photograph for the Beatles’ album Abbey Road, showing the Fabulous Four crossing the street on a zebra crossing.
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Now Beatles fans from all over the world (7) a. visits b. has visited c. visited d. visit the place, often photographing themselves on the same zebra crossing. And not only that. It (8) a. was b. has been c. will be d. had been a long-standing tradition for visitors to write something on the wall in front of the building to honour the Beatles, and still is. Really? (9) a. Don’t b. Isn’t c. Doesn’t d. Wasn’t the wall get full of writing? Well, actually they (10) a. paints b. painted c. had painted d. paint it over every three months.
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Studio Two at Abbey Road (11) a. becomes b. got to be c. came d. went the centre of rock music in 1958 when Cliff Richard and the Drifters recorded Move It. Studio One (12) a. will always be b. was always being c. has always been d. always were popular among lovers of classical music, ever since the opening ceremony of the studio in 1931 when Sir Edward Elgar (13) a. conducted b. conducts c. has conducted d. were conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. In 1936 cellist Pablo Casals (14) a. did b. made c. does d. were making history by recording Bach’s Cello Suites 1 & 2, which was considered revolutionary amongst Bach aficionados and cellists alike.
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Who else (15) a. are b. is c. did d. has recorded at Abbey Road Studios? (16) a. Have b. Are c. Did d. Were you heard of such artists as Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson and Kylie Minogue, to name but a few? Film enthusiasts perhaps (17) a. knows b. are known c. knowing d. know that John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra (18) a. having used b. used c. was using d. are using the studio to record the scores of five films from the Star Wars. Abbey Road sound engineers (19) a. mixed b. were mixing c. has mixed d. are mixing all three film scores for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, although the actual recordings weren’t done at Abbey Road.
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Let’s hope Abbey Road Studios (20) a. are continued b. will continue c. has continued d. is continued to remain a working studio and not turn into a museum.
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