Laura Denison, famous singer and star of Top Twenty, was born in Bristol in 1953.

Her parents
originally came from Ireland. Laura's father was a customs officer on the Bristol docks. Unfortunately,
he died a few years ago.
Laura, who is an only child, grew up in the suburbs of Bristol. She started her education at a local
school and then moved to a large, modern comprehensive school in another part of the city. After
leaving school when she was 18, Laura went to Bristol University to study history and economics. She
stayed there for three years. When she was at the university, she joined a university music group, and
started to sing. It was at this time that she wrote her
famous song The Price of Peace'. When she finished university she joined another group and began
to earn money with her performances and songs.
When she was 21, she married Tony Harper, who was a student at that time. They have two children -
a boy and a girl. When they got married they rented a beautiful farm house in a suburb of Bristol.
They are still there but only a few days ago they decided to leave Britain and move to Los Angeles.

1. When did Laura go to Bristol University? …………………………………………………………………………………

2. Did she write her first song after she finished university?
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3. How old was she when she married Tony Harper?
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4. How many children have Laura and Tony got? …………………………………………………………………………………
5. Where is their house? …………………………………………………………………………………
6. Have they just decided to leave for Los Angeles?
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NOTTINGHAM/BANGOR
Nottingham is a busy industrial, commercial and university town with almost 300,000 inhabitants.
Close to the centre of one of Britain's richest coalfields, it is important in the Midlands for its many
kinds of industry. Nottingham is an industrial city, but it is not at all ugly or dirty. Nottingham lies on
the side of a hill near the River Trent, only a short distance away from Sherwood Forest, the famous
home of Robin Hood. The city's castle is also quite famous, and Nottingham has three theatres,
several cinemas, a very large university and various museums and galleries to look after the cultural
needs of the town. Nottingham also enjoys some of the best sport in the country, with two
professional football clubs, a first-class cricket ground (Trent Bridge and the National Water Sports
Centre in its large country park.
BANGOR
Centred round its university on the hill and its cathedral below, Bangor is one of the most attractive
towns in North Wales. It is a small town with a population of only 13,000 and with little or no heavy
industry. Therefore, it is still clean and quiet.
Bangor is an important cultural centre. There is a theatre and a cinema and visitors should not miss
the Museum of Welsh Antiquities or Bangor's famous public garden, Gardd yr Esgob. A little further
away, there is Penrhyn Castle with its railway museum. For sports enthusiasts, Bangor has an 18-hole
golf course and a large modern swimming-pool.
1. Where is the home of Robin Hood? …………………………………………………………………………….
2. Why is Bangor a clean and a quiet town? (Give two reasons)
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True (T) or False (F).
____ 1. Going to a cinema and playing golf are two things that you can do in your spare time in
Bangor.
____ 2. Nottingham is a clean and beautiful city.
____ 3. Except for two football clubs and a cricket ground, there are no other sports facilities in
Nottingham.