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Part 1

You are going to read a newspaper artrcle about a musical famiiy. Foi.cuesiions .1-8, choose the

unr*"r t[, A. C or D) which you ti^rink fits best according tc ihe texi

N/ark your answers on the separate answer sheet'

rnazlng Watkins FamilYThe sons are cor.nposers and prize-winning ^rii"iurt,

ttthile Daci nakes the instrurnents'

Matthew RYe rePorts'

Whoiefarniiiesofrirusiciansarenotexactlythat.n.rybroiherpial'iheviolintoo,butherare. F{ow-ever, it is unusual to corne uo'oit ottL woulci have none oi ii"

that inciudes not only writers aroci perftorl}ers 'My parenis r'r'ere both supportive and

of music, but arsi l"-i"'ttt"nt*t rnaier' rexaxed" F{uw says' 'l don'i ihink I would have

when south' lia", ,.iroolteachers John responded very well to being pushed' And'

and Hett-v Watl,lns neeOed to get their ,"1] V"";- rather than ieeling threatened. bY Paul's

oid son, Faui, a certro to srii his urorroJmiig ;;.;.-9*, t {^ound ihattr had something to aspire

talents, ilrey uaiu;JJilr]".or,. irrrrorrrii.':wE io.; x"* 22, he is beginning to make his own

had a look at v"iiou, o"ul",s aird lt wasobvious mark as a pianist and composer,

it was going io be very_expensi.ve,,J:;;'r^ryt l,'l"untttit"' John watkins' cello has done his

,so tr wondered if tr could actuaily r,-uate one. tr elcier son proud. with it, Paui won thle string

discoveredthatthewelshschooloiinsti*"reni final o{ the BBC YoLtng Musicisn of the Year

MaKing *u, noi'iir'i;;;;h"r. r li.r"J, u,,o I competiticn' Then' at ihe remarkablv youthful

went along for evening classes once a ;L"k'i"; ige o-f-z^0, ^ne

was appointed principal celiist of

aboutthreeyears., ite BBC Symphony'orchestra' a position he

.After probaiiy ,n."" or four goes with held, still o13vi"s h"is father's instrurnent' until

line rT violins u,.,o "iJiji, rr"'n"al .r".r. ii ;;t ;;;; iu'l'v"ut.'rqo*'"ho*"o"t' he has acquired a

celto,, paui, I)#iU,'"0# fr i"r""A;"i'?""ii:; rtt*i""t Rugeri ceitro' on loan from the Rovai

well. He rnade me ano.rher one a bit l*"r *n"i n5"0"*v of ilIusic. 'Dad's not said anything

he,d got the #;;i;i ,A"d thar's tlie one i used about me *""i"g on' though recentiy he had

rightr.rp*.til"'f:;;;;;:;;;.'J;i."t',urui^o" thre chancelo t""n a bo-r across the strings of

retired as a teacher to work u. u l.rtl-ri*e each in turn and had to admit that my new one

craftsman, and makes up to a aor"r1 uililt, a is quite nicei I think the oniy thing Dad's doesn't

vear - seiling one to rhe esteern"d A;;;;;;; '"ui'" - and'mav acquire a[ter about 50-l 00

tlaver Jaime Laredo was ,the i.i"g.".trr"I.tJ. f"ur, - is trre'poiuer to proiect right to the back

^ doth paui and his younger u""tlt"', ut'*, ""l lutg" tot"ert halls' if will get richer with age'

were encouraged to piay n'rusic fr"*;; ";rly llft" ttiY Rugeri wnich is alreidy 304 vears old''

age. The piu,.,,iil*-";;;i, ;A; socn as i;;G .- 4""1'n1.]vil ue seen on television plaving the

"io*sr, te '1iii1"p "'"'u*s'l:

-T;iT* H*,:1,il5;""i'Eh'l'?11^,:{{l?.:5fitri!

f**tll;':.llJ"*?lH::'Li} i&; *",; in the new;";:i;:t;;'"*orfts. 'rhe wei-known

realty quite r""i r.. *" to take Lr: ir'e t'i"lin' perf orrnan"u ttlttoty ooesn't af fect the way tr piay

because Dad, who playgd. tr.," ,rtolu,'ir.I'i" ine wgtr<,3e ruy,';l'* aiways going to do it rny

play chambei *"rii *itn ni, ,nut"*"uii"i.,"]' *uV'' gut pu"ito"'t be ableio watch himself on

needed anotner violin to make up u ,tring i'io television - irt" tut" night he is playing at the

I learned it for about six weeks ur, iii.T i"l" Lrt"rr"irrtu* Festival' Noiwill Huw' whose String

to it. But f ,"u1fy took to tf,e ci.,a.aJer *i-,o Quartet it tlt"i"i"g its London premiere at the

piayecl ,"" .;li'ir -o"it"

g.oup- r tlr",igr nt friig*oo" nJiitt" slme evening' John and Hettv

was a very cool guy when I was ,it .i';;;;;. 'S'; ;ifi-h;;" io-tl alpl"*atic - and energetic - il

he said he'd. gir)e-me some lessonr."^J 'n"' +'hey are t" ft""p track of all their sons"musica

really started it all off' l-ater' they;;;;;t"d acrwitiesoverthecomingweeks'

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