viernes, 7 de octubre de 2011

Fourth Test

Soda Stereo were an Argentine rock band who are recognized as one of the most influential and important Latin American and Ibero-American bands of all time. They were a power trio formed in 1982 by lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Gustavo Cerati, bassist and backing vocalist Héctor "Zeta" Bosio, and drummer Charly Alberti at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Soda Stereo were the first Latin rock group to achieve success throughout South and Central America. They helped popularize the Rock En Español, Ibero-American Rock, and Latin Rock genres to a mainstream audience. The band established what would become the template for many other popular Spanish-speaking rock music groups. Soda Stereo has topped the all time lists in much of Latin America and in their native Argentina, where they set landmarks in record sales and concert attendances. In theirs active career they sold over 7 million of albums only in Latin America and this number has continued to rise after the separation of the band. In 2002 Soda Stereo was awarded the Legend Prize by MTV Latin America, the first prize to be awarded of its kind.
Their career spanned from 1982–1997, followed by a short comeback tour in 2007-2008. Soda Stereo began as a new wave outfit influenced by The Police, The Specials, Television, The Cure, XTC,  and other Argentine rock. Their music evolved toward a heavier alternative rock sound throughout the 90’s, eventually drawing influences from classic rock, grunge, progressive rock, shoegaze, and Britpop.
Two of their albums have been included in the Rolling Stone Argentina list, "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional" (The 100 best albums of national rock): Canción Animal (No. 9) and Signos (No. 25).

Third Test

1-Which of the three countries below does not share a continental border with our destination?
The United States of America
2-Who was Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros?
A member of the"Primera Junta"
3-Which territories were part of the Viceroyalty of Rîo de la Plata ?
Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, the South of Brazil, some part of the North of Chile and Paraguay
4-The first inhabitants of this land were...
Indians
5-Who wrote"The Tunnel" ?
Ernesto Sabato
6-During the presindency of .......women were allowed to vote for the first time
Juan D.Peron
7-The lyrics of the country´s national anthem were written by...
Alejandro  Vicente Lopez y Planes

Second Test

Country: Argentina Republic.
Capital City: Buenos Aires
Language: Spanish
Inhabitants: 40.276.376
Currency: Peso
3 Biggest Cities: Buenos Aires , Cordoba and Rosario
Typical Dish: Asado, mate, milanesa, empanadas, humita, locro, dulce de leche and vino
Flag:
 
Type of Government: Federal Representative Presidential Republic
President/King´s name: Cristina Fernandez
3 artist: Nicolas Pauls(Actor) Charly Garcia(singer) Maria Elena Walsh( writer)
3 Touristic Place: Quebrada de Humahuaca(it is situated by National Route N°9 from Yala at few km of San Salvador de Jujuy to Humahuaca at 130km), National Park Iguazu(crated in 1934, with surface of 66,000 hectares, this park intends to proctetor one of the more impressive natural beauties of Argentina the UNESCO declared "natural pratimony of the humanity" in 1984) and Ushuaia(it is at 3,040 km of  Buenos Aires, 5,171 of the Quiaca and about 4 thousand of the South Pole) .

sábado, 13 de agosto de 2011

Fourth Test, Roxette


Roxette is a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. The group enjoyed worldwide success from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, gaining nineteen UK Top 40 hits. They achieved several US hits, including four US number-ones with "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love", and "Joyride". Other major hits included "Dangerous" and "Fading Like a Flower" (each at US #2) and "Dressed for Success" 
After a hiatus in the mid-1990s, their popularity continued in other territories such as Europe and South America, where they earned various Gold and Platinum awards until the beginning of the new millennium. The duo took a break from recording and touring, when in 2002, Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Roxette took to the stage together again for the first time in 8 years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crasher tour.
Their songs continue to receive radio airplay, with "It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart" both recently receiving awards fromBMI for achieving four million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide, with over 3.5 million record sales in the United States, achieving platinum for Joyride and Look Sharp! there

Third Test

1. The Swedish motto is ... For Sweden.
       A) Through the times.          B) With the times.          C) Despite the times.

2. The cheapest plane ticket to this destination for the next winter holiday is ...
      A) U$S 4000.                      B) U$S 4200.                C) U$S 3200.

3. What´s the Prime Minister´s name?
     A) F.Reinfeldt.                       B) M. Reinfeldt.            C) J. Reinfeldt.

4. The first inhabitants of this land were...
    A) Skimos.                             B) Vikings.                   C) Indians.

5. One of the most important Swedish fashion brands is...
    A) H&M                                B) M&M                     C) S&M.

6. The author of Pipi Longstocking is...
   A) Agnetha Faltskog.              B) Greta Garbo             C) Astrid Lindgren.

7. Which of the three countries below does not share a continental border with our destination?
  A) Nourway.                           B) Denmark.                 C) Finland.



Second Test

Country: Sweden.
Capital city: Stockholm
Language: Swedish.
Inhabitants: 9.074.055
Currency: Swedish krona 
3 biggest cities: Gothenburg, Malmo, Uppsala.
Typical dish:  lutfisk and smörgåsbord
Flag:
 Bandera de Suecia
Type of governament:Unitary parliamentary democracy andconstitutional monarchy
King´s name: Carl XVI Gustaf.
3 artists (writers, painters, etc.):  ABBA , Roxette,  Europe.
3 touristic places: 


  • Gamla stan: the old medieval quarter, the Stockholm Cathedral Great Cathedraland the Royal Palace.
  • Skansenan open air museum (literally, "the stronghold") located on the island ofDjurgården near the center of Stockholm. There are old buildings from all parts of Swedenand plays about life in the cities and towns from the sixteenth century.There is also a section on the Lappsand a small natural park (with differentspecies of Nordic animals such as moose, bears, etc.). And an aquarium.
  • Vasa Museum: Here you can see a warship of the seventeenth century (Wasa) with a curious history: it sank just finished building in 16281,300 meters of the shipyard. The reason is simply that the boat was too heavy to navigate. He was rescued in 1961.