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UNIT1 M: Why don’t we go to the concert today? W: I’ll go get the keys. Q: What does the woman imply? W: I can’t find my purse anywhere. The opera tickets are in it. M: Have you checked in the car?Q: What does the man imply? M: Are you going to buy that pirated CD? W: Do I look like a thief? Q: What does the woman imply? M: Do you think the singer is pretty? W: Let’s just say that I wouldn’t/t vote for her in the local beauty contest. Q: What does the woman imply about the singer? M: Have you seen Tom? I can’t find him anywhere. W: The light in his dorm was on just a few minutes ago. Q: What does the woman mean? 1.B 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.A Mozart Mozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose fame continues to grow more than two centuries after his death. He was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756. Before the age of four, he had shown great musical talent. His father then decided to let him start taking harpsichord lessons. The boy’s reputation as a musical talent grew fast. At five, he was composing music. Form that time on, Mozart was performing n concerts and writing music. By his early teens, he had mastered the piano, violin and harpsichord, and was writing symphonies and operas. His first major opera was performed in Milan in 1770, when he was only fourteen. At fifteen, Mozart became the conductor for an orchestra in Salzburg. In 1781, he left for Vienna, where he was in great demand as both a performer and a composition teacher. His first opera was a success. But life was not easy because he was a poor businessman, and his finances were always in a bad state. His music from the next decade was not very popular, and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a living. In 1788 he stopped performing in public, preferring only to compose. He died in 1791 at the age of thirty-five. Although he lived only a short life, he composed over 600 works. 1. Which of the following is true of Mozart? D 2. How long has Mozart’s fame lasted? A 3. Which