Question

SOS Help me True, false or unstated? What makes a good pianist? When I was a kid, my family could only afford to send one child to private lesson- it was expensive-and my older sister got to be the one to go. It seemed like going to get some privilege that I was not going to get, so I threw a temper tantrum for several days. I was four years old. Fnally my Dad said, “OK,OK, OK, just be quiet, you can go,.” And after the second lesson I wanted to stop, because I didn’t know you were supposed to come home every day and practice. So I said, “Thanks, Dad, but now I don’t want to do it,” and he said, “ Oh no, no,no , it doesn’t go that way.” So from four years old until about eleven years old, playing the piano was not fun. I mean, there were other things that I thought I should be doing. At 11 years old I started studying at the musical college which is now the musical college of Roosevelt University. That’s when the things changed. I started hearing things within the music then and started seeing things between the notes. I got to there instead of my parents saying, “You’d better go there and practice”. They would say, “Hey, it’s 11 o’clock, don’t you want to stop practicing now?” The tabes had turned. I could just sit at the piano for hours. I loved the sound of it, the feel of it. A5. The first sent to private piano lessons was the boy’s sister. True 2) False 3) Not stated A6. The boy thew a temper tantrum-behaved badly- because he liked music and wanted to practice. True 2) False 3) Not stated A7. Piano lessons were not fun for the boy. True 2) False 3) Not stated A8. At the age of 11 the boy came to understand music. True 2) False 3) Not stated

Answer 1

А5 - 2, А6 - 2, А7 - 3, А8 - 1

Answer 2

A5. The statement "The first sent to private piano lessons was the boy’s sister" is not stated. The passage only mentions that the boy's older sister got to go to private lessons, but it does not specify if she was the first one to go.

A6. The statement "The boy threw a temper tantrum because he liked music and wanted to practice" is false. The passage states that the boy threw a temper tantrum because he felt it was unfair that his sister got to go to private lessons and he didn't. It does not mention anything about him liking music or wanting to practice.

A7. The statement "Piano lessons were not fun for the boy" is true. The passage mentions that from the age of four until about eleven, playing the piano was not fun for the boy. He thought there were other things he should be doing and did not enjoy it during that time.

A8. The statement "At the age of 11, the boy came to understand music" is true. The passage states that at the age of 11, when the boy started studying at the musical college, things changed for him. He started hearing things within the music and seeing things between the notes, indicating a deeper understanding and appreciation for music.