I. Listening Test
Listen to a talk about two people and complete the sentences.

Nancy Yi Fan
1 Nancy Li Fan started writing a novel when she was 11 years old.
2 Nancy wrote a very successful story about birds .
3 It took her 2 years to write it.
4 She sent her book to a number of publishers in usa .
5 A one month later an American publisher agreed to publish her book.
6 In 2006 Nancy became one of the …youngest………..published novelists in the USA.
7 Nancy’s first language is chinese .

Emily Kngwarreye
8 There was a very successful exhibition of art in Sydney, Australia in 1989.
9 Emu Woman was Emily Kngwarreye’s painting.
10 Emily’s painting was on the cover of the catalogue for an exhibition.
11 Emily made nearly 3,000 paintings in the next years.

Listen again. Are the sentences true (T), false (F) or don’t know (DK)?

1 Nancy has always loved birds.
2 She and her parents came to the USA seven years ago.
3 She couldn’t speak English before she came to the USA.
4 Nancy has written two books.
5 Emily made one painting every day for eight years.
6 Emu Woman was her first painting on canvas
7 Emily became the most famous artist in the world.
8 Emily sold ‘Emu Woman’ for a lot of money.
9 She began painting when she was 78.
10 Emily is alive today.

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