Úkol 1 Read the article about three piano players. Piano players - when they were young Ivan Petrov Ivan was born on a farm in Russia, but from the age of twelve to eighteen he studied in Poland. His first music teacher couldn't play the piano but taught him and his sister songs from the opera. His mother began to teach him the piano when he was six. At ten, he decided that he wanted to write music too, and he soon started on his first song. Oleq Gagarin Oleg was the youngest of five children and when he was four years old his father, who liked playing the piano, taught him some traditional Russian music. When he was six, he started having lessons with a piano teacher who lived in the same city. Oleg soon began to win prizes for his piano playing. At the age of fourteen, he went to a music college in Austria for two years. Later, he returned home to Russia. Josef Heptmann Josefs father was German but he taught music in Poland where Josef was born. The family moved to Germany when Josef was two, and a year later he started playing the piano. He gave his first concert when he was six. At ten, he gave fifty-two concerts in two months during a trip to England! Josef always liked music but he was also interested in physics and languages. He is too busy now but one day he would like to write his own music. 1 Example: Who lived in the countryside when he was young? A Ivan B Oleg C Josef Answer: ABC □ 21 Who had more than one sister or brother? A Ivan B Oleg C Josef 22 Who enjoyed other subjects as well as music? A Ivan B Oleg C Josef 23 Who studied in another country for two A Ivan yearS? B Oleg C Josef 24 Who was the youngest to begin playing A Ivan thePiano? B Oleg C Josef 25 Who had music lessons with someone A Ivan who wasn't a piano player? ^ ^ C Josef 26 Who did well in music competitions? A Ivan B Oleg C Josef 27 Who also wrote music? A Ivan B Oleg C Josef 2