Listening Test 6 form Semester II
Task 1
Listen to the text “Antonio Vivaldi” and choose the best variant.
1. Vivaldi is a famous / unknown composer.
2. He was taught to play the piano / violin.
3. He wrote horrible / nice music.
4. He wrote about 40 / 14 operas.
5. When he died he was rich / poor.
6. He died at the age 63 / 33.
Task 2
True or false.
1. Antonio Vivaldi was a famous artist.
2. He was born in Venice.
3. He was born in spring.
4. At the age of 25 he served in church.
5. He taught music at a school for boys in Venice.
6. Antonio Vivaldi was single.
Task 3
Answer the questions.
1. Where was Antonio Vivaldi born?
2. Who taught young Antonio to play musical instruments?
3. What music did he write?
4. What did he do at the age of twenty five?
5. What countries did he travel?
6. Who did he wrote brilliant pieces of music for?
Task 4 What new facts about Antonio Vivaldi have you got to know from the text? Write a short paragraph about a famous composer.
Task 1
Listen to the text “Antonio Vivaldi” and choose the best variant.
1. Vivaldi is a famous / unknown composer.
2. He was taught to play the piano / violin.
3. He wrote horrible / nice music.
4. He wrote about 40 / 14 operas.
5. When he died he was rich / poor.
6. He died at the age 63 / 33.
Task 2
True or false.
1. Antonio Vivaldi was a famous artist.
2. He was born in Venice.
3. He was born in spring.
4. At the age of 25 he served in church.
5. He taught music at a school for boys in Venice.
6. Antonio Vivaldi was single.
Task 3
Answer the questions.
1. Where was Antonio Vivaldi born?
2. Who taught young Antonio to play musical instruments?
3. What music did he write?
4. What did he do at the age of twenty five?
5. What countries did he travel?
6. Who did he wrote brilliant pieces of music for?
Task 4 What new facts about Antonio Vivaldi have you got to know from the text? Write a short paragraph about a famous composer.
Text for Listening 6 form II semester
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was a famous Italian composer and violinist. He was born in Venice on 4th March, 1678. His father taught young Antonio to play the violin. In 1703, at the age of twenty-five, Vivaldi became a priest. He also taught music at a school for girls in Venice. He travelled to many countries and wrote brilliant pieces of music for the school.
Vivaldi was a genius. He wrote about 40 operas, 39 concertos for the bassoon and 30 for the flute.
Although he was a rich man at the height of his career, Vivaldi died very poor. He died on 28th July, 1741, at the age of sixty-three. Vivaldi never married.
Keys
Listening Test
Task 1 1 famous, 2 violin, 3 nice, 4 40, 5 poor, 6 63.
Task 2 1 F, 2 T, 3 T, 4 T, 5 F, 6 T.
Task 3
1 He was born in Venice.
2 Father taught him to play the violin.
3 He wrote concerts for the bassoon and flute and operas.
4 Vivaldi was a priest. 5 He travelled to many countries.
6 He wrote brilliant music for the school.
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