Making a violin

This task is about listening and recalling information.
Listen to the story about a visit to a violin maker and answer the questions.

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a) Violins have been made the same way for more than the last

    • one hundred years.

    • two hundred years.

    • three hundred years.

    • four hundred years.

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b) This violin maker uses only

    • power tools.

    • hand tools.

    • expensive tools.

    • home made tools.

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A violin is made with

    • a few parts.

    • up to fifty parts.

    • as many as a hundred parts.

    • many more than a hundred parts.

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d) The trees that violin parts are made from grow in

    • Europe.

    • South America.

    • England.

    • all of these places.

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e) The shine of Noel's violins comes from a varnish made from

    • kauri gum from New Zealand.

    • plants from Australia.

    • roots from Australia.

    • tree bark from Australia.

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f) Why does the writer hear the sounds of "trees of the world singing" when a violin is played?

    • Wind through trees reminds him of violin.

    • Trees and violins are made of wood.

    • Lots of different trees go into making a violin.

    • Violin sounds remind him of forests.