Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Today, at 28, the young German Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is at the top. "She gives radiance to the music," wrote Geoffrey Norris in The Daily Telegraph, prefix = st1 /London. Mutter is also one of the world's youngest professors.

Born in Rheinfelden on June 29, 1963, Anne-Sophie grew up in Wehr, a small town just five kilometers from the Swiss border. Her father, Karl Wilhelm Mutter, and her mother, Gerlinde, considered music lessons part of a good education. Thus, their son, Andreas, began practicing the violin at eight, and his younger brother, Christoph, had piano lessons. It came as no surprise when Anne-Sophie said she wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

Her parents thought she was too young for the violin, and persuaded her to start on the piano. But Anne-Sophie has always had a mind of her own. "I longed to play the violin," she says. "It seemed to me a much more interesting instrument." After six months, her parents gave in.

The famous violin teacher Erna Honigberger, who lived nearby, became Anne-Sophie's tutor. After only nine months of lessons, she entered the six-year-old in a nationwide competition for young musicians. With Christoph accompanying her on the piano, Anne-Sophie won first prize.

In 1974, Erna, Erna Honigberger died. Anne - Sophie's new teacher was Aida Stucki. She taught Anne-Sophie to develop her own ideas on how a piece should be played, not just to imitate others. This is one of the violinist's strongest most distinctive characteristics today.

Though the Mutters were short of money at time, they limited their daughter's performances to one or two a year. "We are glad we went the family road," says her father. "No outsider can ever have an effect on our daughter's career or push her into playing more concerts than she wants to." Later she was allowed to give six to eight concerts a year and make some recordings. Only when she turned 18 did she begin her professional career.

1. When was Anne-Sophie born?
2. Where?
3. When did she start playing violin?
4. Did she play well?
5. Wass she self taught or did she have a tutor?
6. Who tutored her?
7. Did she have anyone else tutor her?
8. Who?
9. What did she teach her?
10. When did Anne-Sophia turn pro?
11. Did she win any awards before that?
12. What kind?
13. How old was she when she won that?
14. Did she have siblings?
15. What were their names?
16. Were they also musicians?
17. What did they play?
18. Were her parents always supportive of her desire to play violin?
19. What were her parents names?
20. Did they allow her to perform regularly as a child?
21. Why?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. June 29, 1963
2. Rheinfelden
3. Five
4. Yes
5. tutor
6. Erna Honigberger
7. Yes
8. Aida Stucki
9. to develop her own ideas on how a piece should be played
10. when she turned 18
11. Yes
12. nationwide competition for young musicians
13. Six
14. Yes
15. Andreas and Christoph
16. Yes
17. violin and piano
18. Yes
19. Karl and Gerlinde
20. No
21. They said no outsider could push her into playing more concerts than she wanted to.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Ralph the bee wanted to go visit his friend George the fly. George lived very far away, it would a long trip for Ralph. Ralph first flew over a jungle, in the jungle he met a nice tiger by the name of Benny. Benny wanted to play but Ralph had no time, he still had a long way to go. Then Ralph flew by a lake. At the lake he met a cowboy. The cowboy was named Walter. Walter was letting his horse get a drink of water from the lake. The horse drank a lot and when he was done he let out a huge burp. Ralph waved goodbye to Walter and his horse. Ralph then stopped for lunch, he had some bread he brought with him from home. While he was sitting when all of the sudden a pig walked up to him. He did not get the pigs name, because the pig could only say oink. Finally, after a long trip, Ralph finally got to the house of George the fly. George wanted to play, but Ralph was too tired. So Ralph went to sleep.

1. What type of insect was Ralph?
2. who did he want to visit?
3. what was his name?
4. and what sort of insect was he?
5. was his dwelling close to Ralph's?
6. where did Ralph have to fly over first?
7. who did he see there?
8. what sort of animal was he?
9. what did Benny want?
10. Did they?
11. why?
12. where did he fly to next?
13. who did he see there?
14. what was his name?
15. What was this man doing there?
16. what did his animal do after?
17. what did Ralph do after he left the man and his animal?
18. what did he have?
19. where did he get it from?
20. what walked up on him?
21. what could it say?
22. Did they friends play when Ralph arrived?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a bee
2. his friend
3. George
4. a fly
5. no
6. a jungle,
7. Benny
8. a tiger
9. to play
10. no
11. Ralph had no time
12. a lake
13. a cowboy
14. Walter
15. letting his horse get a drink of water
16. burped
17. stopped for lunch
18. bread
19. his home
20. a pig
21. oink
22. no

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

South Ossetia () is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian SSR. It has a population of 53,000 people who live in an area of 3,900km, south of the Russian Caucasus, with 30,000 living in its capital city of Tskhinvali.

South Ossetia declared independence from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991. The Georgian government responded by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to re-establish its control over the region by force. The crisis escalation led to the 199192 South Ossetia War. Georgian fighting against those controlling South Ossetia occurred on two other occasions, in 2004 and 2008. The latter conflict led to the RussoGeorgian War, during which Ossetian and Russian forces gained full "de facto" control of the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast.

In the wake of the 2008 war, Russia, followed by Nicaragua, Venezuela and Nauru, recognised South Ossetia's independence. Georgia does not recognise the existence of South Ossetia as a political entity, including most of the area in its Shida Kartli region, under the administration of the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. Georgia and a significant part of the international community consider South Ossetia to be occupied by the Russian military. South Ossetia relies heavily on military, political and financial aid from Russia. Russia does not allow European Union Monitoring Mission to enter South Ossetia.

1. When did South Ossetia become free from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic?
2. Where is it located?
3. Within the?
4. Who many people live there?
5. What is it south of?
6. What is the capital?
7. How many people live in the capital?
8. How did the Georgian government respond to it's independence?
9. Did it try to regain control?
10. How?
11. What war did this lead to?
12. What years?
13. Did they fight again?
14. When?
15. What war happened in 2004?
16. What about 2008?
17. What did they gain?
18. What does South Ossetia rely on Russia for?
19. Who does Russia not allow to enter there?
20. Is South Ossetia considered to be occupied by Russian military?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. 1991
2. in the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
3. the former Georgian SSR
4. 53,000
5. the Russian Caucasus
6. Tskhinvali.
7. 30,000
8. by abolishing it's autonomy
9. yes
10. by force
11. South Ossetia War
12. 1991 to 1992
13. yes
14. in 2004 and 2008
15. unknown
16. the RussoGeorgian War
17. de facto control
18. military, political and financial aid
19. European Union Monitoring Mission
20. yes