An opera director's upbringing - Module 6
B2 First · Open Cloze · First Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson Education
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
My mother loved music and she influenced me ___ my choice of career. She had a number ___ records which I played a lot from quite ___ early age. These included classical recordings as ___ as traditional folk music and the current pop songs. I was lucky because I discovered all kinds of music and my mother never gave me the impression that one sort was better ___ another. I just learnt to love each type of music for ___ it was. The thing which really influenced my future career, ___ , was the public lending library near our home. Before the days of downloadable books, everyone in the UK used public libraries. Our local one had a record collection ___ addition to books. I would borrow whole operas which came in boxed sets, complete ___ a booklet containing all the words and the musical score.
An opera director's upbringing
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