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1 What is the best title for the passage?
✔ The Famous Stradivarius Violins
The Greatest Violist in the World
The Difficulty of Violin Performance
The Secret Method of Making Violins
2 The word perfected is closest in meaning to
invented changed
worsened ✔ made better
3 Which of the following is NOT true about Stradivarius?
✔ Stradivarius made 1,100 violins during his life.
Stradivarius violins are difficult to know from other violins.
Stradivarius violins are the most expensive violins in the world.
Stradivarius signed his violins with his name and the name of his birth city.
4 What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in the passage?
Violin makers wanted to let people know their violin was an original.
Violin makers were honest people and wanted to make the best violins.
✔ Violin makers wanted their violins to look like Stradivarius’ violins.
Violin makers made it difficult to tell if the violin was an original or fake Stradivarius.
Visualize the Text
Complete the map with the words from the passage.
Famous Instrument: Stradivarius Violins
He made Stradivarius violins.
Stradivarius He developed the first modern violin .
Stradivarius He made 1,100 string instruments .
Violins
They are the most expensive violins in the world
Most people can’t afford them because of the expensive price.
Violin makers continued to use Stradivarius’ signature .
It is difficult to know which is an original Stradivarius’ violin.
Unit 1 Music 41
✔ The Famous Stradivarius Violins
The Greatest Violist in the World
The Difficulty of Violin Performance
The Secret Method of Making Violins
2 The word perfected is closest in meaning to
invented changed
worsened ✔ made better
3 Which of the following is NOT true about Stradivarius?
✔ Stradivarius made 1,100 violins during his life.
Stradivarius violins are difficult to know from other violins.
Stradivarius violins are the most expensive violins in the world.
Stradivarius signed his violins with his name and the name of his birth city.
4 What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in the passage?
Violin makers wanted to let people know their violin was an original.
Violin makers were honest people and wanted to make the best violins.
✔ Violin makers wanted their violins to look like Stradivarius’ violins.
Violin makers made it difficult to tell if the violin was an original or fake Stradivarius.
Visualize the Text
Complete the map with the words from the passage.
Famous Instrument: Stradivarius Violins
He made Stradivarius violins.
Stradivarius He developed the first modern violin .
Stradivarius He made 1,100 string instruments .
Violins
They are the most expensive violins in the world
Most people can’t afford them because of the expensive price.
Violin makers continued to use Stradivarius’ signature .
It is difficult to know which is an original Stradivarius’ violin.
Unit 1 Music 41
