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LTTN 01 Câu hỏi 1 The sons are composers and prizewinning musicians, while Dad makes the instruments. Matthew Rye reports. Whole families of musicians are not exactly rare. However, it is unusual to come across one that includes not only writers and performers of music, but also an instrument maker. When South Wales schoolteachers John and Hetty Watkins needed to get their tenyearold son, Paul, a cello to suit his blossoming talents, they baulked at the costs involved. ‘We had a look at various dealers and it was obvious it was going to be very expensive,’ John says. ‘So I wondered if I could actually make one. I discovered that the Welsh School of Instrument Making was not far from where I lived, and I went along for evening classes once a week for about three years.’ ‘After probably three or four goes with violins and violas, he had a crack at his first cello,’ Paul, now 28, adds. ‘It turned out really well. He made me another one a bit later, when he’d got the hang of it. And that’s the one I used right up until a few months ago.’ John has since retired as a teacher to work as a fulltime craftsman, and makes up to a dozen violins a year – selling one to the esteemed American player Jaime Laredo was ‘the icing on the cake’. Both Paul and his younger brother, Huw, were encouraged to play music from an early age. The piano came first: ‘As soon as I was big enough to climb up and bang the keys, that’s what I did,’ Paul remembers. But it wasn’t long before the cello beckoned. ‘My folks were really quite keen for me to take up the violin, because Dad, who played the viola, used to play chamber music with his mates and they needed another violin to make up a string trio. I learned it for about six weeks but didn’t take to it. But I really took to the character who played the cello in Dad’s group. I thought he was a very cool guy when I was six or seven. So he said he’d give me some lessons, and that really started it all off. Later, they suggested that my brother play the violin too, but he would have none of it.’ ‘My parents were both supportive and relaxed,’ Huw says. ‘I don’t think I would have responded very well to being pushed. And, rather than feeling threatened by Paul’s success, I found that I had something to aspire to.’ Now 22, he is beginning to make his own mark as a pianist and composer. Meanwhile, John Watkins’ cello has done his elder son proud. With it, Paul won the string final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Then, at the remarkably youthful age of 20, he was appointed principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a position he held, still playing his father’s instrument, until last year. Now, however, he has acquired a Francesco Rugeri cello, on loan from the Royal Academy of Music. ‘Dad’s not said anything about me moving on, though recently he had the chance to run a bow across the strings of each in turn and had to admit that my new one is quite nice I think the only thing Dad’s doesn’t have – and may acquire after about 50–100 years – is the power to project right to the back of large concert halls. It will get richer with age, like my Rugeri, which is already 304 years old.’ Soon he will be seen on television playing the Rugeri as the soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto, which forms the heart of the second programme in the new series, Masterworks. ‘The wellknown performance history doesn’t affect the way I play the work,’ he says. ‘I’m always going to do it my way.’ But Paul won’t be able to watch himself on television – the same night he is playing at the Cheltenham Festival. Nor will Huw, whose String Quartet is receiving its London premiere at the Wigmore Hall the same evening. John and Hetty will have to be diplomatic – and energetic – if they are to keep track of all their sons’ musical activities over the coming weeks. What does the word “they” in the fourth paragraph refer to? a. Weeks. b. Dad and Dad’s mates. Câu trả lời đúng c. Some lessons d. Paul and Huw. Source because Dad, who played the viola, used to play chamber music with his mates and they needed another violin

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Câu hỏi 1

The sons are composers and prize-winning musicians, while Dad makes the

instruments Matthew Rye reports

Whole families of musicians are not exactly rare However, it is unusual to come across one that includes not only writers and performers of music, but also an instrument maker

When South Wales schoolteachers John and Hetty Watkins needed to get their year-old son, Paul, a cello to suit his blossoming talents, they baulked at the costs involved ‘We had a look at various dealers and it was obvious it was going to be very expensive,’ John says ‘So I wondered if I could actually make one I

ten-discovered that the Welsh School of Instrument Making was not far from where I lived, and I went along for evening classes once a week for about three years.’

‘After probably three or four goes with violins and violas, he had a crack at his firstcello,’ Paul, now 28, adds ‘It turned out really well He made me another one a bit later, when he’d got the hang of it And that’s the one I used right up until a few months ago.’ John has since retired as a teacher to work as a full-time craftsman, and makes up to a dozen violins a year – selling one to the esteemed American player Jaime Laredo was ‘the icing on the cake’

Both Paul and his younger brother, Huw, were encouraged to play music from an early age The piano came first: ‘As soon as I was big enough to climb up and bangthe keys, that’s what I did,’ Paul remembers But it wasn’t long before the cello beckoned ‘My folks were really quite keen for me to take up the violin, because

Dad, who played the viola, used to play chamber music with his mates and they needed another violin to make up a string trio I learned it for about six weeks but didn’t take to it But I really took to the character who played the cello in Dad’s group I thought he was a very cool guy when I was six or seven So he said he’d give me some lessons, and that really started it all off Later, they suggested that

my brother play the violin too, but he would have none of it.’

‘My parents were both supportive and relaxed,’ Huw says ‘I don’t think I would have responded very well to being pushed And, rather than feeling threatened by Paul’s success, I found that I had something to aspire to.’ Now 22, he is beginning

to make his own mark as a pianist and composer

Meanwhile, John Watkins’ cello has done his elder son proud With it, Paul won the string final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition Then, at the remarkably youthful age of 20, he was appointed principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a position he held, still playing his father’s instrument, until last year Now, however, he has acquired a Francesco Rugeri cello, on loan from the Royal Academy of Music ‘Dad’s not said anything about me moving on, though recently he had the chance to run a bow across the strings of each in turn and had to admit that my new one is quite nice! I think the only thing Dad’s

doesn’t have – and may acquire after about 50–100 years – is the power to project right to the back of large concert halls It will get richer with age, like my Rugeri, which is already 304 years old.’

Soon he will be seen on television playing the Rugeri as the soloist in Elgar’s CelloConcerto, which forms the heart of the second programme in the new series,

Masterworks ‘The well-known performance history doesn’t affect the way I play the work,’ he says ‘I’m always going to do it my way.’ But Paul won’t be able to watch himself on television – the same night he is playing at the Cheltenham Festival Nor will Huw, whose String Quartet is receiving its London premiere at the Wigmore Hall the same evening John and Hetty will have to be diplomatic – and energetic – if they are to keep track of all their sons’ musical activities over thecoming weeks

What does the word “they” in the fourth paragraph refer to?

a Weeks

b Dad and Dad’s mates Câu trả lời đúng

c Some lessons

d Paul and Huw

Source because Dad, who played the viola, used to play chamber music with his mates and they needed another violin

Câu hỏi 2

Why did John Watkins decide to make a cello?

a He wanted to encourage his son Paul to take up the instrument

b He wanted to avoid having to pay for one Câu trả lời đúng

c He felt that dealers were giving him false information

d He was keen to do a course at the nearby school

Source: We had a look at various dealers and it was obvious it was going to be veryexpensive,’ John says ‘So I wondered if I could actually make one

a tactful Câu trả lời đúng

What does Paul say about the Rugeri cello?

a He was not keen to tell his father that he was using it

b His father’s reaction to it worried him

c It has qualities that he had not expected

d The cello his father made may become as good as it Câu trả lời đúng

Answer: The cello his father made may become as good as it.Source: ‘Dad’s not said anything about me moving…

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Câu hỏi 3

What does Paul say about his performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto?

a It is less traditional than other performances he has given

b Some viewers are likely to have a low opinion of it

c It is typical of his approach to everything he plays Câu trả lời đúng

d He considers it to be one of his best performances

Source: ‘I’m always going to do it my way.’)

Câu hỏi 4

It can be inferred that the 'high standard of individual responsibility' is

a only present in girls

b weakened as the girl grows older

c taught to the girl before she is entrusted with babies

d developed mainly through child-care duties Câu trả lời đúng

Source & explain: Very small boys also have some care of the younger childrenCâu hỏi 5

By the time a child is six or seven she has all the essential avoidances well enough

by heart to be trusted with the care of a younger child And she also develops a number of simple techniques She learns to weave firm square balls from palm leaves, to make pinwheels of palm leaves or frangipani blossoms, to climb a

coconut tree by walking up the trunk on flexible little feet, to break open a coconutwith one firm well-directed blow of a knife as long as she is tall, to play a number

of group games and sing the songs which go with them, to tidy the house by

picking up the litter on the stony floor, to bring water from the sea, to spread out the copra to dry and to help gather it in when rain threatens, to go to a neighboring house and bring back a lighted faggot for the chief's pipe or the cook-house fire

But in the case of the little girls all these tasks are merely supplementary to the main business of baby-tending Very small boys also have some care of the

younger children, but at eight or nine years of age they are usually relieved of it Whatever rough edges have not been smoothed off by this responsibility for

younger children are worn off by their contact with older boys

For little boys are admitted to interesting and important activities only so long as their behavior is circumspect and helpful Where small girls are brusquely pushed aside, small boys will be patiently tolerated and they become adept at making themselves useful The four or five little boys who all wish to assist at the

important, business of helping a grown youth lasso reef eels, organize themselves into a highly efficient working team; one boy holds the bait, another holds an extra

lasso, others poke eagerly about in holes in the reef looking for prey, while still another tucks the captured eels into his lavalava.

The small girls, burdened with heavy babies or the care of little staggerers who are too small to adventure on the reef, discouraged by the hostility of the small boys and the scorn of the older ones, have little opportunity for learning the more

adventurous forms of work and play So while the little boys first undergo the chastening effects of baby-tending and then have many opportunities to learn effective cooperation under the supervision of older boys, the girls' education is less comprehensive They have a high standard of individual responsibility, but the community provides them with no lessons in cooperation with one another

This is particularly apparent in the activities of young people: the boys organize quickly; the girls waste hours in bickering, innocent of any technique for quick andefficient cooperation

Which of the following if true would weaken the author's contention about 'lessons

in cooperation' ?

I Group games played by younger girls involve cooperation

II Girls can learn from watching boys cooperating

III Individual girls cooperate with their mothers in looking after babies

a I and II only Câu trả lời đúng

a Both description and interpretation of observations Câu trả lời đúng

b Description of evidence to support a theory

c Presentation of facts without comment

d Generalization from a particular viewpoint

Source & explain: The author is describing, but she is also telling us what these observations imply

b show that young girls are trained to be useful to adults

c criticize the deficiencies in the education of girls

d give a comprehensive account of a day in the life of an average young girlSource & explain: to describe some aspects of the upbringing of girls in a

particular society and contrast that with the way boys were brought up

Source & explain: " the girls waste hours in bickering, innocent of any

technique for quick and efficient cooperation." Here, unaware of, or without knowing would fit well The best answer of the choices given is unskilled in

Coming into this business made me recall my childhood l can remember my

mother going out to work in a factory and me being so upset because l was left alone With that in mind, I thought, 'We want time for family life.' My wife

dedicated herself to looking after the children and did all my accounts, while I ran the business We lived over the restaurant in those days, and we always put a lot of emphasis on having meals together It's paid dividends with our children, Gary and Joe They're both very confident Also, from a very early age they would come down and talk to our regular customers It's given both of them a great start in life.Gary was quite a lively child when he was really small We had a corner bath, and when he was about seven he thought he'd jump into it like a swimming pool, and

he knocked himself out When he was older he had to work for pocket money He started off doing odd jobs and by the age of about ten he was in the kitchen every weekend, so he always had loads of money at school He had discipline He used to

be up even before me in the morning If you run a family business, it's for the family, and it was nice to see him helping out

Gary wasn't very academic, but he shone so much in the kitchen By the age of 15

he was as good as any of the men working there, and sometimes he was even left

in charge He would produce over a hundred meals, and from then I knew he'd go into catering because he had that flair So when he came to me and said, 'Dad, I've got to do work experience as part of my course at school,' I sent him to a friend of mine who's got a restaurant

Gary recently took up playing the drums and now he has his own band Goodness knows what will happen to the cooking if the music takes off My advice to Gary would be: if you start chasing two hares, you end up catching neither, so chase the hare you know you're going to catch He understood when I said to him: 'Gary, if you're going to get anywhere in life, you've got to do it by the age of 30 If you haven't done it by then, it's too late.

Gary went to catering college at the age of 17, and on his first day he and the other new students - they're normally complete beginners - were given what's supposed

to be a morning's work But within an hour Gary had chopped all his vegetables, sliced all his meats He'd prepared everything That's my son for you! In the end,

he was helping other people out

None of us can believe how successful Gary's TV cookery series has become I'm extremely proud of him I've always tried to tell him that if you want something, you've got to work jolly hard for it, because no one gives you anything He's seen the opportunity he's been given and grabbed hold of it with both hands You know, you talk to your children as they grow up, and if they only take in ten per cent of what you've told them, you've got to be happy with that The things Gary says, the things he does, I think, well, he must have listened sometimes

What does “done it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

a caught a hare

b Dachieved success Câu trả lời đúng

c lived your life

d chosen a profession?

Source: 'Gary, if you're going to get anywhere in life, you've got to do it by the age

of 30 If you haven't done it by then, it's too late

Câu hỏi 2

The word “shone” in Paragraph 4 means

a was clean

b was cheerful

c was helpful

d was very good Câu trả lời đúng

Source: By the age of 15 he was as good as any of the men working there, …

Câu hỏi 3

How did the writer react to his own big chance?

a He saw what could be done Câu trả lời đúng

b He thought the family would suffer

c He wondered if he should take it

d He worried about the problems

Source: I rushed over to look at the place It was in a really bad state It was perfectfor what I had in mind

Câu hỏi 4

Câu trả lời đúng

What is Gary's father's attitude to Gary playing in a band?

a pleased that he has a hobby he enjoys

b concerned that music may interfere with his career Câu trả lời đúng

c doubtful whether he will have time to improve his technique

d interested in how he can introduce music into the restaurant

Source: Goodness knows what will happen to the cooking if the music takes offCâu hỏi 5

As a young boy, Gary…

a showed how determined he could be Câu trả lời đúng

b demonstrated a variety of talents

c was motivated by money

d was always in trouble

.Source : when he was about seven he thought he'd jump into it like a swimming pool, and he knocked himself out When he was older he had to work for pocket money…

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Câu hỏi 1

What will require some effort from John and Hetty Watkins?

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a Being aware of everything their sons are involved in Câu trả lời đúng

b Preventing their sons from taking on too much work

c Advising their sons on what they should do next

d Reminding their sons what they have arranged to do

Source: Meanwhile, John Watkins’ cello has done his elder son proud With it, Paulwon the string final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition…

Câu hỏi 3

What do we learn about Huw’s musical development?

a He wanted it to be different from his brother’s

b His parents’ attitude has played little part in it

c It was slow because he lacked determination

d His brother’s achievements gave him an aim Câu trả lời đúng