Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, drum and bass, jungle, and industrial dance, among others. It has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles intended not just for dancing but also concentrated listening.

In North America, in the late 1990s, the mainstream music industry adopted and to some extent manufactured "electronica" as an umbrella term encompassing styles such as techno, big beat, drum and bass, trip hop, downtempo, and ambient, regardless of whether it was curated by indie labels catering to the "underground" nightclub and rave scenes, or licensed by major labels and marketed to mainstream audiences as a commercially viable alternative to alternative rock music. By the late 2000s, however, the industry abandoned "electronica" in favor of "electronic dance music" (EDM), a term with roots in academia and an increasing association with outdoor music festivals and relatively mainstream, post-rave electro house and dubstep music. Nevertheless, the U.S.-based "AllMusic" still categorises electronica as a top-level genre, stating that it includes danceable grooves, as well as music for headphones and chillout areas.

In other parts of the world, especially in the UK, "electronica" is also a broad term, but is associated with non-dance-oriented music, including relatively experimental styles of downtempo electronic music. It partly overlaps what is known chiefly outside the UK as "intelligent dance music" (IDM). What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What does EDM stand for?
2. What does the term Electronica encompass?
3. When did the North American mainstream music business adopt and somewhat create "electronica"?
4. When did the industry stop using the term and replace it with EDM?
5. Where does the term get its roots from?
6. Who categorizes electronica as a top-level genre?
7. Where is "electronica" associated with non-dance-oriented music?
8. What is IDM?
9. What name has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles?
10. What is one of the music styles of "electronica"?
11. What does electronica have an increasing association with?
Answer: 1. electronic dance music
2. broad group of electronic-based styles
3. 1990s
4. late 2000s
5. academia
6. AllMusic
7. UK
8. intelligent dance music
9. Electronica
10. techno
11. outdoor music festivals

My name is Toby. I'm eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William's parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother's brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.

I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don't know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best _ in England.

He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play--Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6thof January, 1601. She liked it.

William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There's no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn't like that in my young days. But I can still think--and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I... What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What famous person did Toby know?
2. Where did they meet?
3. When?
4. Who was older?
5. By how much?
6. What did the older person do in 1595?
7. What was it called?
8. Who was overweight in it?
9. Which of his works had an overweight character?
10. What else did the character do?
11. Did anyone of note see this one?
12. Who?
13. Did she have a good time?
Answer: 1. William Shakespeare
2. Near a big field of apple trees in Stratford
3. October, 1579
4. William Shakespear
5. Two years
6. Wrote a play about love in 1595
7. Romeo and Juliet
8. unknown
9. Twelfth Night
10. Drinking too much and having a good time
11. Yes
12. Queen Elizabeth
13. Yes

One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why? In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor. The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English. The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They're more active and easier to talk with. The British and Americans may use different _ for many things. The British usually use "football", "eraser" and "mail" while Americans prefer to use "soccer", "rubber" and "post". What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who went to London?
2. Who was his friend?
3. Where was he visiting from?
4. Are people from the USA different than those in the UK?
5. How many examples of this are given?
6. What did they name the first level in the UK?
7. What sort of difference between the US and UK does this show?
8. Do they communicate in Spanish in the UK?
9. What do they communicate in?
Answer:
1. Simon
2. Rick.
3. America
4. yes
5. Three
6. the ground floor.
7. culture
8. no
9. English.