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Second Test
Date:
Name: Surname:Diego Bravo Class: 1°1

C l a s s i c a l
meets pop
Vanessa-Mae, the girl with the electric violin, talks to Miranda Gray.

Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson is only twenty-four years old, but she is a world-famous violinist. When she plays classical violin concertos on her electric violin, the world listens.

Vanessa-Mae is Thai-Chinese. Her mother is Chinese and her natural father is Thai. She is from Singapore, but she now lives in London with her mother and her English stepfather. She´s got cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents in Thailand, Singapore, China and England.

Vanessa-Mae loves classical music, especially Mozart, Bethoven and Tchaikovsky, but she also likes the Beatles, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.

Some of Vanessa-Mae´s teachers are unhappy about her music.
They don´t like the mixture of classical and pop on her CDs.

1) READING COMPREHENSION: Answer T (true), F (false) or DK (don´t know).

She is a world-famous violinist..
Vanessa-Mae is from England.
Her mother is Chinese and her natural father is Thai.
Vanessa-Mae has got cousins in Singapore.
She loves classical music and the Beatles.
Their teachers like her CDs.
Vanessa-Mae is Uruguayan.
She plays electric-guitar.
Vanessa-Mae is only twenty-eight years old.
She likes cumbia, salsa and reagueton.

2) Read and answer:

What type of violin does Vanessa-Mae play?
Why does she live in Britain? Because . . .
What type of music does she like?

3) Write about one of your favourite bands. Write about each member.
- My Favourite Bands is The DOORS. They are four members. Their names are Jim Morrison Their are from England.
4) Write about you and your family. Write about each member.
- I Live my Mother and sister