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Reading 3 Complete these sentences using the correct form of

1 Read the article and decide whether statements 1–5 the word in brackets.
are true or false. Write T or F in each box.
1 It’s true to say that not all people are
1 Mozart first wrote music when he was six. happy. (success)
2 Mozart performed all over Europe in his childhood. 2 To achieve things in your life, you need plenty of
3 Mozart’s father wanted him to move to Vienna. (determined)
4 Four of Mozart’s children died when they were babies.
5 The Emperor paid for clothes for Mozart’s family. 3 My sister is very – she wants to be
6 Mozart continued to perform in public until he died. a champion runner. (ambition)
7 Mozart was always poor in his lifetime. 4 Many people who don’t get to the top say they have been
A child star . (luck)
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born 5 You must have natural and you must
in Salzburg, Austria in 1756, with an extraordinary be able to work hard if you want to become a
musical talent. The son of a musician, at the age of dancer. (talented)
three he started to play notes on the clavier (an early 6 You have to be very if you want to
kind of piano). He composed his first piece of music
be a top tennis player. (discipline)
when he was five years old, and he first performed in 6
public at the age of six. The boy travelled around
Europe with his father and sister, performing in many 4 Choose the best answer, a, b or c, to complete the text.
countries; when he was 13 he went to Rome, where Simona always wanted to be a ballet dancer, from a
the Pope praised his wonderful talent.
young age. She started lessons when she was only five
Wherever he performed as a child, he was a great
success. years old. She was 1 to get to the top. She knew
that to achieve her dream, she needed to be very 2 ,
He started work at the age of 15, as head of the
Archbishop of Salzburg’s Orchestra. But he didn’t like eat properly and get enough sleep. Her parents were
the Archbishop, and so he left Salzburg and went to very
Vienna – even though his father didn’t want him to. 3 of their daughter and her talent.
He married Constanze Weber when he was 25. They had But problems started when she was 12. Although she
six children, but only two of them survived beyond was
babyhood. For a time, Mozart worked for Emperor 4 as a small child, she quickly grew
Joseph of Austria, but the Emperor didn’t pay him very taller. Soon the worst happened: she became too tall for
well. However, when Mozart performed in public, the classical ballet. She was very sad about this, but her
Emperor gave him fine clothes and jewellery to wear.
teacher told her to be 5 and suggested that
The family had very little money, and it was difficult to
buy food and clothes for the children. she take up Modern Dance. Simona followed her
advice, and became a very successful dance teacher.
Mozart was very hard-working. He composed an
She tells all her pupils that however hard you work,
enormous amount of music. But some people in his
world didn’t like his talent, and towards the end of his some things are a question of
life, he stopped public performances and earned money 6 !
teaching. Also, his friends gave him money. He was only
1 a strong b c determined
35 when he died, and he was never rich in his lifetime.
disciplined
But nearly 250 years later, recordings of his music
2 a hard- b well built c talented
make millions of dollars each year.
working
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3 a ambitious b proud c dedicated
Vocabulary 4 a weak b tiny c skinny
2 Match these words to their opposites. 5 a positive b different c disciplined
6 a discipline b talent c luck
1 skinny a ashamed
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2 positive b succes
3 proud c tiny
4 failure d similar
5 different e well built
6 enormous f negative
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7 Prepositions of Time
5. Complete the story with the correct past tense Complete the sentences using at, on, in or no preposition.
form of the verbs in brackets.
1. "Let's meet _______ midday _______ Saturday."
Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I 1 _____ (try) to
2. They always get together _______ Christmas day
do my English homework on my laptop, the battery
3. He was born ______ the 19th century.
2 ______ (run out). I 3______ (lie) on my bed and I
4. They are showing lots of Charlize’s films _____ this month.
4______ (listen) to music on Spotify. It helps me to
1. 5. My brother's birthday is ______ the 5th of November.
concentrate. I 5_______ also (chat) to my friend Daniel on
6. The weather wasn’t much good ______ last week, was it?
Facebook. OK, so I 6 ______ (not concentrate) very hard
on my homework and I 7 ______ (forget) to plug in my
7. The trees here are really beautiful ______ the spring .
laptop! I didn’t notice that the battery was getting low. I was
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just finishing the essay when the screen 8 _______ (go)
black. I 9 _____ (lose) everything. I 10 ____(scream) in
frustration. My dad 11 ______ (come) running into my
bedroom. I 12 _____ almost (cry) so he 13 _____ (give) me
his laptop. I 14 ______ (try) to remember everything in my
essay – it 15 _____ (be) quite difficult especially because
Daniel was sending me lots of funny videos. Anyway, while
I was watching one, the WiFi stopped working. In the end it
was probably better because I 16________ (manage) to
finish the essay.

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6. Complete the sentences using the /a/ or no article.

1. ____ Swedish is a difficult language to learn.

2. She is ______ prettiest girl in the school.
3. _____ new CD, which I bought yesterday, is
amazing!
4. _____ British people are great tea-lovers.
5. Do you enjoy _____ si-fi films?
6. _____ successful films are made in ______ US
today.
7. Have you ever seen _____ Charly Chaplin film?

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