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.